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Hum

The Pod

Release date: 28th May 1996

From You’d Prefer an Astronaut
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"The Pod" is a track by Hum, from the album You’d Prefer an Astronaut, released 28th May 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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Hum

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Lyrics

The Pod

[Verse 1]

Morning scatters in and I am steady like a drug

Feeling out this one

She wakes up smashed as hell and steadies her ass against the rail

And bends before the pounding rain

[Refrain 1]

She had the widest bright ideas all along about my love

And I need this fucking fix and I beg her to pick from

One of a million ways to feel no pain

[Verse 2]

The morning after bends reflected in and I can hardly stand

The way this whole thing makes me seem

She climbs out from a dream with lungs hardening

She screams a stereo scream

And bends before astounding rain

[Refrain 2]

She's got a system made of metal with magnet bits inside her brain

She opens her box of tricks and begs me to pick from

One of a billion ways to feel no pain

[Chorus]

She had the widest bright ideas

That all the world would sleep away until the nightmare ends

Everyone is on

Wait, wait on the end

Hold me uptight, let me breathe now

[Instrumental break / guitar solo]

[Chorus]

She had the widest bright ideas

That all the world would sleep away until the nightmare ends

Everyone is on

Wait, wait on the end

Hold me upright, let me breathe now

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1996
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Hum
    Producer
    Hum, Keith Cleversley
    Bass
    Jeff Dimpsey
    Drums
    Bryan St. Pere
    Vocals
    Matt Talbott
    Assistant Engineer
    Pat Burkholder
    Lead Guitar
    Tim Lash
    Mastering Engineer
    Harry Burgen, Jeff Van Steen
    Mixing Engineer
    Keith Cleversley
    Recording Engineer
    Keith Cleversley
    Rhythm Guitar
    Matt Talbott
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