Three Sheets to Kishkiyya · Track 73 · middle
Launch the Lunch
VOLUME III — being SICK, the small-hours reckoning at the porcelain. The idiom and the song's title hook: "Launch the Lunch". Its true history: Contemporary — the rocket metaphor; a 3-2-1 liftoff of the meal. Render this beat of the night as the band's affectionate, funny, celebratory tribute — the idiom itself is the chorus hook.
Lyrics
[Intro] Red alert on the midnight dial The payload's restless, the readouts wild It's 3 AM and the gravity slips A sudden tremor upon my lips [Verse 1] We had the street meat, we had the gin Now mission control is dialing in Contemporary science, a space-age rush When the human stomach decides to flush You got the modern metaphor for a gastric flight Tearing through the quiet of the neon night Clear the gantry, clear the hall I'm bracing my weight on the bathroom wall [Pre-Chorus] The telemetry's spiking, the atmosphere's hot I'm calculating the seconds I've got T-minus ten, abandon the ship [Chorus] Three, two, one, we have ignition! A volatile shift in the night's condition We're going up, we're losing touch Stand back, we're gonna launch the lunch! Strap right in, the chassis is shaking Look at the orbital arc we're making A rapid ascent with a powerful punch Houston, we have to launch the lunch! [Verse 2] The porcelain rim is Cape Canaveral now I'm gripping the tiles, I don't know how A perfect 3-2-1 liftoff sequence Ignoring all of my previous defense It's an emergency jettison, a beautiful purge Riding the crest of a vertical surge Wave to the cargo as it goes by Shooting straight up to the bathroom sky [Chorus] Three, two, one, we have ignition! A volatile shift in the night's condition We're going up, we're losing touch Stand back, we're gonna launch the lunch! Strap right in, the chassis is shaking Look at the orbital arc we're making A rapid ascent with a powerful punch Houston, we have to launch the lunch! [Bridge] Main engine cutoff, we're in the dark Leaving a glorious, terrible mark It's a brilliant system, the safety vent Sending it back to the stars it was sent Just a biological rocket to save my life [Outro] Splashdown in the ocean of white Orbit achieved We launched the lunch Yeah, we launched the lunch Mission accomplished... But I think I dropped my comms in the water