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Grandmother's Spaceship

by Scaterd Few

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Intro 00:39
2.
Space Junk 03:42
Space Junk (Aguirre) Allow me to introduce my point of view As we slip another meg to clone a hyperlink Bouncing millimeter waves from head to toe I will show you scans from one of my future neuro-sync’s Every day and where is filled with space junk Some of us would call it static noise Surly Major Tom is now an info monk Making it possible for us to have all these new toys Anyone today can make a low-earth-flight We offer burials into the great beyond Maybe by sifting through the microwaves hat fall from outer space We’ll find some new friends with which to correspond Have you placed a sample on a nanogen chip Maybe heard a song or two or three from Hub All of these are evidence of space junk So climb aboard and welcome to the club How can you believe in a God that would let small children suffer How can you believe in a God that would let small children die How can you believe in a God that would kill His own Son Can you tell me why I see you see me with your electric eyes Designed to infiltrate my delicate mind The cyber age has spawned cerebral lines Filled with databases info and lies Once connected is it harder to see The pure simplicity of You and me Are waves and micros redefining the free When cyber-space defines your reality
3.
Lullaby 02:33
Lullaby (Archer, Aguirre) Rise where others lie Before death is realized and sleepers dormant cries Await to materialize You can cover me Cover that sets me free Freedom that lights my eyes Eyes that I may see Break down all the walls Where darker kingdom calls and shadows fill the air With martyr memories glare You can love on me Loving that made You bleed Blood that lights my eyes Eyes like laser beams Wake up sleeper Wake up creature Dreaming with a leprous skin Symmetry is hazy within Puffy pillows holding me tight Awaken sleeper and the Light will shine on you Awaken sleeper and the Light will make you true
4.
Win the Fisher (Meigs) Hook line and sinker And if you follow Me I'll make you fishers of men Match the hatch
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Arbitrator 05:27
Arbitrator (Aguirre) You have made me Your hands have shaped me You've molded me like clay In skin You've clothed me With bones You've knit me Fearfully wonderfully made Orion Maker the Bear Caretaker Treader of the waves of the sea You're Mountain Shaker and Heaven Stretcher When You pass it's so hard to see My only plea is mercy Send us Arbitrator You have made me Your hands have shaped me Will You now turn and destroy me Remember molding Did You not pour me Will You now turn me to dust again Pleiades Framer and Wisdom Keeper If You snatch me away how will they stop Thee In skin You've clothed me With bones You've knit me Fearfully wonderfully made My only plea is mercy Send us Arbitrator Can you probe the limits Can you fathom all His mysteries
6.
Future Love 01:59
Future Love (Archer, Aguirre) Titanic transmission read out with a cosmic teenage drive A hailing frequency screams out of line about moralities failure to guide Another hatch is ready to blow because the Rocketman wants inside And all the cophosis kids need to do is let the mercury level subside You better purge your cache and wait Before you download a virus - status: terminate Countdown: ceremonial time before you make connection Prior to a coupling you better get the signals straight Autopilot and the Galaxy Twins launch a beacon in Premarital 5 It seems their afterburners went off line before their abstinence was given a try Another hatch was ready to blow because the Rocketman wanted inside And all these cophosis kids had to do was let the mercury level subside You better purge your cache and wait Before you download a virus - status: terminate Countdown: ceremonial time before you make connection Prior to a coupling you better get the signals straight The Prime Directive Elutriation not contamination Quest illumination
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Species 02:46
Species (Aguirre) We shall reason for a season In nether regions the points of freedom Dare to surmise The constant demise That pales in disguise With the Light of the skies I bet you think that God is obsolete A crutch and only for the mindless weak A symbol representing mass oppression The One to blame for all the global tension My god was broken From death was woken Became the Token For human kind Species filled with anti-matter What does it take to right the mistake of living a lie with the God you deny I know you think my God is obsolete An altered state for the mindless weak A symbol representing mass oppression The One you blame for all your confusion Species filled with anti-matter
8.
Incorruptible (Meigs, Aguirre, Archer) Come close I'll tell you a mystery Some sleep while others will change The goal is shedding mortality It's not an option and clearly in range But first you run with purpose Don't run aimlessly Fighting like one beating the air Live with vision don't live hopelessly Fight as one befitting an heir You must put on incorruptible Without it nothing can change Unless you like the inescapable Sleeping fetus while others have changed But first you run with purpose Don't run aimlessly Fighting like one beating the air Live with vision don't live hopelessly Fight as one befitting an heir Death where is your sting
9.
Vanishing 02:51
Vanishing (Aguirre) No fear of God before their eyes Their wickedness renders them unwise Plotting evil from within their beds Depravity commits them to the dead See how they've fallen Thousands and counting Gnashing and cursing Taunting while vanishing They gape at me crying “aha aha” Contend for me oh Lord my King and God Vindicate me in Your righteousness Awake oh God and rise to my defense See how they've fallen In the pit of destruction He laughs at the wicked 'cause he knows their day is coming See how they've fallen Thousands and counting Gnashing and cursing Taunting while vanishing
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Suspension My Love… (Meigs, Aguirre) Fear swept and falling silently touching the ground Clearly observing pointing a bony finger Wings of deception constantly crashing me down Engaging the sliding mournful the empty lingers (Crying all fall) Down in the planet's belly (Making lawful) Sounds of the Sorrow Sentry (Searching under) Stand with the God Sent Humans (Cast the crown) Let your sight (fulfill) The clouding in my eyes I'll be the wind (in your sails) and chart the savage tides See the braveless listless and stifled Seal the grave we've dug ourselves tonight And she's a killer (untamed) Footloose and fancy free Taking root in (solitude) Universal casket dress Let the mirror (unfold) Reflecting in guilty horror Embedded hurting (inside) The other I despise See the braveless listless and stifled Seal the grave we've dug ourselves tonight Be afraid Rest assured for the morrow Seize the day for soon the moon will rise Suspension The place we seek is in our hearts Suspension my love See the braveless listless and stifled Seal the grave we've dug ourselves tonight
12.
Bobby's Song 04:38
Bobby’s Song (Aguirre) Grandmother's Spaceship Bobby was a little one who spoke about the time his grandmother was being visited by Starmen waiting in the sky Who spoke of devastation that would kill our sphere but Bobby's family shouldn't fret The aliens would rescue all of them from here Grandmother's Spaceship Bobby's family went on a shopping spree to buy a set of everything from shoes to shirts to pants to last the many years in ultra space At last the secret time arrived for all of Bobby's kin to meet their saviors from the skies to lead them all away Grandma, what’s that fire in the sky? Don’t be afraid Bobby, they're our friends They've come to help us and they're taking us to a better place Are we really going away with them, Grandma? Yes we are, Bobby Now take my hand and don't forget your bag When you wish upon a star you better hope you know who's stars they are I wish I may I wish I might The foolish wonder on the stars they see tonight There are powers in the air Celestial bodies everywhere Star light Star so bright Are you an angel disguised as light Oh Universal King My love for only you shall bring The Light of Truth Eternal upon The mysteries found in this song Grandmother's Spaceship
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Twinkling of an Eye (Aguirre) So take us home First star at right until forever No longer roam Like Terrans lost without a Lover A new domain The dead shall rise incorruptible And we will change And mortal-I becomes immortal In a twinkling of an... In a twinkling of an eye Stand steadfast Let nothing move you Until the last With trumpet sound continue And in a flash with fellow humans watching I leave at last for dimensions new and shining In a twinkling of an... In a twinkling of an eye
14.
Worm Hole 02:11
Worm Hole (Archer) First Entry: Between two points in curved space time I flee the fear to change my kind Instead I opt to take the path the Light has lead away from wrath Though the journey does seem longer to complete my spirit is stronger Is it true that pure of soul can break the fear to face worm hole To the Future Ever forward Man and creature Second Entry: Now my craft is passing fast the constellations of the past Awakened from my hyper-slumber to discover mighty wonders Etched by God who's Spirit hovers everyone we can discover Surly this means pure of soul for those afraid to grasp worm hole To the Future Ever forward Man and creature Can you See through Worm hole Can you Get through Can you get through Worm hole Third Entry: As I wait millennium I can't escape I must succumb to where this path is bound to end Further up and further in While traversing space and time I've learned the need to change my kind And now that I've gained pure of soul I'm not afraid to seize worm hole To the Future Always homeward Man and creature
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Splendor 03:00
Splendor (Archer) Stardust a glow Beaming the warmth of many creatures in tow Following their eternal yearning All creation is groaning ‘Til Sons of God are revealed For its own liberation Not only so But we ourselves are yearning creatures who hope For what we have not patiently Body redemption By our adoption All creation is groaning ‘Til Sons of God are revealed For its own liberation Future splendor
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As the Story Grows V.2 (Aguirre) The thought of death eternal give these mad men peace of heart As the story grows... Alienation in an Alien Nation I feel so far from home The native voices I'm so tired of listening Don't want to have to keep on hearing them crying We love the smell of hell How dare you try to tell us He died to set us free The fallen angel we will serve undoubtedly Take your cross and let us be Morning will soon arise and I'll have to start the war again Fighting for freedom deliverance holiness just to keep my Saviors name And as the time has shown they've questioned my believing from the start Yet Your love and grace brings comfort to my heart The Words of Life You've given me have kept me from the dark As the story grows... We love the smell of hell How dare you try to tell us He died to set us free The fallen angel we will serve undoubtedly Take your cross and let us be
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Grandmother's Spaceship offers enough grit to salt the loose seams of Christian music's neat-and-pretty image but offers the salve as well. It is refreshing to see a brand of punk that draws its energy from its solution-oriented activism, rather than from the fake anger of endless complaints. ...the music inside punctures the package (plain artwork) like a hawk. It is punk that completes the circle of first offering the threat, then the solution for peace.
- Phantom Tollbooth Zine

In 1998 band leader, Allan Aguirre reassembled an entirely new cast for Scaterd Few and recorded Grandmother’s Spaceship, which he describes as “hard punk, funk, reggae, and futuristic, with angst, realism, and psychedelia.” He also jokingly referred to the record as Sin Disease 2, and most reviewers believe it to be a worthy successor to that revered masterpiece. The record evinces a very aggressive, predominantly punk sound with a science fiction “space alien” theme dominating or affecting many of its songs. The theme sometimes seems to serve as a concept for portraying the alienation of believers who live in a world where they are increasingly unwelcome. But in terms of content, the songs come much closer to mainstream Christian music than previous Scaterd Few projects, with fairly obvious religious allusions. The summons to “Wake up, sleeper ” in “Lullaby” echoes Ephesians 5:14, and the cry of “Death, where is your sting?” in “Incorruptible” is from 1 Corinthians 15:55. “Win the Fisher ” is a one-line song whose only lyric comes almost straight from Mark 1:17. The most up-front line in “Arbitrator ” (“You’ve knit me, fearfully and wonderfully made”) is from Psalm 139:14. But a number of songs explore darker, scarier stuff. “As the Story Grows, V. 2” presents voices that berate Christians from a world that has heard it all: “We like the smell of hell / How dare you try to tell us that / He died to set us free.” “Space Junk” records questions that assault the believer (“how can you believe in a god that lets small children suffer?”) and ends with a desperate cry (“get out of my mind!”) that identifies the assailant, this time, as within. “Bobby’s Song” (from which the album title comes) tells a bizarre story about a grandmother waiting for a flying saucer to take her away, with shades of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult suicides; the song features the memorable line, “When you wish upon a star, you better know whose stars they are.”

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released May 1, 1998

ALLAN AGUIRRE: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards / Treatments
RUSSELL ARCHER: Electric Guitars, Special Effects, Keyboard, BGVs
STEVEN MEIGS: Fretted / Fretless Bass Guitars
STEVE MARTENS: Drums, Percussion

Cristina Aguirre: BGVs on “Vanishing”
Joshua Pyle: Keyboards, Sampling
Corin Aguirre: Bobby on “Bobby’s Song”
Diane Morren: Grandmother on “Bobby’s Song”

Arranged, Produced & Recorded by Allan Aguirre
Production Assistant: Russell Archer
Mixed by Joshua Pyle & Allan Aguirre

Graphic Design / 3D-Design & Photo-Synthesis: Kyle Knight
Photography: Jeff Ott

2023 LEGENDS REMASTERED EDITION
Executive Producer: Matthew B. Hunt
Remastered by Rob Colwell @ Bombworks Sound

© & ® 1998, 2010, 2023 Faceless Gen Recording Company
All Songs ℗ 1998 Sacrosanctus Musick (ASCAP) / Kosmische Meerman (BMI)
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Scaterd Few Burbank, California

Perhaps the single most controversial Christian rock band of all-time!
A decade after it's sophomore release, HM Magazine called Sin Disease “the record that decisively ended the ’80s” for CCM & also “Christian music’s best punk album ever” a year before Nevermind.
Rarely has one single album had such a profound impact on how we think and see the world. Yet, Sin Disease did all that, and more.
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