Stacking Theory - This Pale Blue Dot

from SpinTunes 18 Round 1 by Spintunes

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SpinTunes 18 Round 1 called for a song about a colour.

Oceans and denims are renowned for their blue, but there is no colour more iconic than the blue of Sagan's Pale Blue Dot

lyrics

riots at the top of town.
they’re pissing on our hallowed ground
it’s not a point that’s hard to grasp
they’re fascists with a union mask

hi-vis on denim blue

they’re stashing cash on foreign shores
they’ll take what’s theirs and also yours
it’s not a point that’s hard to grasp
they’ll eat first and you’ll eat last

sailing on oceans blue

we are nothing
just a stain on this pale blue dot
we are nothing
just a stain on this pale blue dot

just a stain on this pale blue dot

give it time, a hundred years or so
you will find the arseholes come and go
be resigned, there’s nothing we can do
just drift along on this dot of pale blue

the sun comes up the sun goes down
an empire falls - the earth rebounds
it’s not a point that’s hard to grasp
because we know this too will pass

our dot of palest blue

we are nothing
we are nothing
just a stain on this pale blue dot

just a stain
on this pale
blue
dot

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from SpinTunes 18 Round 1, released October 4, 2021

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