by the Flat Astronauts

TIME 02:37

 

LYRICS

DNA is kept in tanks. The whole world is kept in isolation.
Human life deposit bank, DNA coded rank initiation.

Isolation tank, Isolation tank, Isolation tank, isolation tank

I remember amber tanks. Exercise marauding equation simulation,
Simple marauding cranks. I emerged as a fully grown woman

Isolation tank, Isolation tank, Isolation tank, isolation tank

I was made from an iron test tube composed in a tender lab;
Waited all my life to find love. I didn’t think it’d be a man.

DNA is kept in tanks. The whole world is kept in isolation.
Human life deposit bank, DNA coded rank initiation.

Isolation tank, Isolation tank, Isolation tank, isolation tank
Isolation tank, Isolation tank, Isolation tank, isolation tank
 

RECORDED

Performed by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Written by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Recorded May 1999, Third Studio from the Sun, Wayne NJ
Appears on the full length Album: CELSIUS
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PERSONEL

 

NOTES

Isolation Tank, from Episode 2 of Celsius, is sung by a character named Princess Wu, who is describing the structure of her society on the planet Epsilon to the Flat Astronauts.

One of the biggest thrills of working with a band is when the sum is more than the parts. In this case, I had written the main verse/chorus part by coming up with the lyric and melody in my bathroom in Norwalk Connecticut, where I would often sing into a hand held tape recorder. I brought the tape which comprised the melody and lyrics to the studio and played it for the band. I envisioned a rather straightforward song with female vocals. Quite rapidly the guys put together at atmospheric sound that evoked soft rock songs from the mid-seventies.

Bus suggested that many of our songs lacked a bridge (Pruneface for example), and suggested that this song was pretty enough to bear one out. Bill had a chord progression that he was working on entirely separate from this song which he brought forward and which fit in marvelously. We worked out the structure and nailed the song in a couple takes. Originally I sang “scratch” vocals.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with studio lingo, Scratch vocals are termporary vocals which are meant to be replaced on the final version of a song. My vocals were eventually dropped out, and replaced with Amanda’s double tracked vocals.
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STUDY QUESTIONS

1) How is an Isolation Tank a metaphor for society itself?
2) How is gender defined in terms of concepts?
3) What is an “Exercise marauding equation simulation”?