John Marshall Butler, a Republican from Maryland, a former partner in the Baltimore law firm of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, and a rabid anti-Communist, had an idea, albeit a technically impracticable one, given the times. Eisenhower stewed about Sputnik as it streaked across the firmament, U.S. ambassador, to comment was “an intercontinental outer-space raspberry to a decade of American pretensions that the American way of life was a gilt-edged guarantee of our national superiority.”īaltimoreans craned their necks into the night sky or dawn’s early light hoping to witness the celestial visitor as it sailed 560 miles above the city safe from ground attack. Sputnik 1’s radio emitted a constant “beep, beep, beep” sound, which led Clare Boothe Luce, a writer, politician and U.S. had been beaten into space by what many considered a backward nation. launched Sputnik 1, a 184-pound, 23-inch diameter aluminum ball, which was the first man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.Īnother dimension that sent Americans in the predawn hours into backyards, onto roofs, and into parks armed with binoculars, telescopes and the naked eye, hoping to catch a glimpse of the intruder that orbited the Earth every 96 minutes, was the reality that the U.S. Suddenly, an insular sense and security of place was shattered when the U.S.S.R. Off the South Carolina coast, two F-22 fighter jets from Langley Air Force Base fired a Sidewinder air-to-air missile into the intruder, successfully bringing it down into choppy Atlantic waters.Īn event of similar proportions that caused a case of worldwide jitters transpired in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, which like the Chinese balloon, was perceived to be an airborne intrusive spy. He knows she's no good for him, but he still gets sucked in by her, hoping that on day the truth will come out and that she'll honestly want him.Earlier this month, President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot down a balloon, termed a “weather balloon” by Chinese officials. The second verse is calling her superficial, saying he's a fool for her. She's the black hole nothing can escape her, not even light. The superstar getting sucked into the supermassive black hole represents Matt getting sucked in by this girl. The glacier is melting, reserves are melting, lines are getting blurred, inhibitions drop. Then, he goes onto say "you set my soul alight" which is pretty obvious in meaning.Ī glacier melting in the dead of night/superstar getting sucked into a supermassive black hole are both actions where a victim is undergoing inevitable circumstances. The speaker of the song, I'll just name him as Matt, met a woman under the said "false pretenses." She promised him more than he was going to get and he definitely wants more from her. The first verse is setting the listener up for the situation. General CommentI've liked this song for a while but only feel compelled to post about the meaning now because it totally applies to my life haha. Glaciers melting in the dead of night (ooh)Īnd the superstars sucked into the super massive (you set my soul alight)Īnd the superstars sucked into the (you set my soul)Īnd the superstars sucked into the super massiveĪnd the superstars sucked into the (you set my soul alight)
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