Themes: Sky / Stuff In The Sky / Celestial Objects, Backwards Instruments, Separation, Isolation, Loneliness, & Abandonment.
Influences: George W. Bush.
Instruments: White Levi Strauss 567 Jeans, Two Thumbs/Middle Fingers, Squier J/P-Bass, MeanBeat Percussion Samples, Epiphone Wildkat, Martin Backpacker.

Back at the beginning of 2004, George W. Bush announced his new vision for NASA, which was, in essence, to return to the moon and set up a permanent base there, and eventually use it as a stepping stone to Mars. What does that have to do with this song? Well, as it so happens, when I say "they're wishing for the moon," I'm not saying they're longing for the night life. In fact, these are the people in the streets who, having heard Bush's pronouncement, have renewed hopes for our future presence on the little mother-to-the-stars-at-night above us.

So, then, what's all the rest of the stuff going on in this song? From the first line, it's pretty clear that I'm being intentionally trite. Here is the basic format for the two verses: (a) I'm watching people; (b) They wish we'd hurry up and get back to the moon but right now they're just gonna have to chill; (c) They're doing things that annoy me; (d) They engage in idle chit-chat; (e) Clouds find this humorous.

As for the music, we start off with reverbed fingersnaps and ambient pants-rubbing (because I personally find it jarring to listen to sudden loud snaps with intervening silence, especially when listening on headphones). The first instrument you hear is the bass guitar getting set down against its amplifier and being allowed to feed back on its vibrations until it settles on an A note. The intention was to go from fairly calm to really loud and then back to fairly calm again, so during the really loud parts you have the bass and the Wildkat on overdrive, along with some MeanBeat drum samples laid out in FruityLoops, the mixing program I used for the song. As things calm down again, the Martin Backpacker strums into the mix.

For you trivia fanatics, I have the following facts: At the beginning of each loud moon bit, a different percussion sample is played backwards to mark the transition. The first time it is a crash cymbal; the second time it is a tom; and the final time it is a sizzling pair of hi-hats. And if you're trying to figure out "How 'bout those what??" — it's a messy blend of Lakers (Los Angeles) and Suns (Phoenix), two basketball teams that played each other a little while before I recorded the lyrics (any teams would have done — I'm not picky). This is taken from the cliché "How 'bout them Lakers?" — a phrase used to change the subject or break an uncomfortable silence.