“These are songs about growing up on a tough planet,” said Springsteen, telling reporters that when the idea of humans and aliens working side by side in an extraterrestrial labor colony first occurred to him, he immediately knew he “had to tell their story.” “The Martians aren’t trying to run away from their lives or make excuses. They’re proud of what they do and where they’re from, even if the high-impact ion-compression carbonate mining industry isn’t what it used to be,” the Onion New Network reports.
Hits you deep. Hmm.
I really really want this album to exist. I would listen to it. Also, if it existed, the lyrics and narrative should be co-written by J. Michael Straczynski, except that might possibly be too much awesome in one place, which would cause the universe to explode. AND IT WOULD BE WORTH IT.
Gotta love The Onion.