The future was less certain,

Human contact gone

• Japan is the “Land of the Rising Sun”
• Band member had a health scare in 2009, future of band was uncertain
• Droids are non-human, hence no contact

Two by two they go,

Crabs scurry in the water,

While the pavement bakes

• Two by two: Noah’s Ark
• Crabs scurry = reference to Maryland, where Merriweather Post Pavilion is located, name of AC’s biggest record
• Pavement bakes = band members are avowed fans of Pavement

Joy on the north end,

Spiritual shaking abounds,

But does one believe?

• Arthur Baker (disco/hip hop producer) appeared in a Holy Ghost! video. Baker’s first group was called North End
• Holy Ghost! is a dance act = spiritual shaking
• Does one believe? Part of the Christian trinity

Oh, the weeping tree,

But beauty in the moon’s glow,

Peace before the cut

• A tree “cries” as it’s turned into paper
• Paper Diamond is on Pretty Lights’ label. Pretty = Beauty, Lights glow
• A tree is cut, a diamond is cut

A quiet engine,

Murmurs out back in the grass,

Hypnotizing drone

• Tame = quiet, Impala is a make of Chevy
• Out back = band is from Australia
• Hypnotizing drone = describes their sound

Two fathers sit still,

Deep in the fields of lava,

Waiting for the scream

• Men = two fathers
• Fields of lava = band is from Iceland (lots of lava fields!)
• Waiting for the scream = monsters cause screaming, also band’s first album was called My Head Is An Animal. Mouth is part of head, animals scream

Eric B’s partner,

Is paid in full with pesos,

On the Harlem streets

• A$AP Rocky’s real first name is Rakim“Peso” was the name of A$AP Rocky’s first single
• A$AP Rocky is from Harlem

Innocence of youth,

Dancing on the Galway shores,

Around they must go

• Purity = Innocence
• The Claddagh Ring, a traditional way to show your love for someone, has its origins in Galway
• Around = Ring

Eleven months wait,

For entry to the prestige,

The first rejected

• Eleven months long is the term of gestation.
• Band is from Oxford, home of the prestigious Oxford University
• Band rejected the initial mix of their debut album

A writer now done,

Inspired pastoral moves,

From the east to west

• A writer…legendary novelist Phillip Roth announced that he won’t write again
• Pastoral moves – Roth’s best known work is “American Pastoral” and FJM (aka Joshua Tillman) says Roth was an influence on his album “Fear Fun.”
• Tillman moved from east coast to Seattle

A school known for food,

Is near a maker of beats,

Hopes high for the kid

• Johnson & Wales University is in the Washington Park section of Providence, same neighborhood as AraabMUZIK lives.
• Makes beats (self explanatory)
• Hopes High – AraabMUZIK attended Hope High School in Providence

Pavement sticks to feet

At front of hotel

Mixed from a blue book

• Pavement sticks to feet: Tar Heel, Porter is from North Carolina
• A porter greets you at the front of a hotel
• He did a 2011 tour with Skrillex and Tommy Lee called Project Bluebook

Run, run like the wind,

On the North wide plains,

Where the big stones roll

• Run: The Guess Who song “Running back to Saskatoon” where they’re from.
• Plains: Have you ever been to Saskatchewan? It’s flat.
• They won the contest to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Generation what?,

Who lives in coral castle,

Mark is on the wall.

• Billy Idol’s first band called Generation X.
• He filmed the video “Sweet Sixteen” at the coral castle in Florida.
• He performed at the Roger Waters live in Berlin Wall concert.