Weather: Perfectly Clear
Fastbacks Lyrics
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Won't be 'round for a year
The instructions, they said, had been numbered instead:
'WEATHER: PERFECTLY CLEAR'
'Plot: uninspired'
Bored, I got tired
I won't pretend that I stayed 'till the end
Now they won't return my call
They won't return my call
It was Sunday again at a quarter to ten
He'd stepped out for a beer
While walking home in the rain all alone
Weather perfectly clear
The first verse of the song "Weather: Perfectly Clear" by Fastbacks talks about a spacecraft taking off into space from a terrible place and the fact that it won't be around for a year. The instructions present to the spacecraft consisted of a numbered list, and one of the instructions reads: "Weather: Perfectly Clear". The plot of the spacecraft's journey is uninspired, and the singer becomes bored and tired. He did not stick around until the end of the mission, and now the crew will not return his call or speak to him at all.
The second verse talks about a person stepping out for a beer on a Sunday, and while walking home alone in the rain, the weather was "perfectly clear". This creates an ironic contrast between the ideal weather condition and the singer's desolate situation. The song seems to be questioning the unpredictability of life and fate, even when everything seems to be set up perfectly.
Line by Line Meaning
It took off into space from this terrible place
Something/someone departed from a bad situation and went into space
Won't be 'round for a year
The thing/person that left will not return for a whole year
The instructions, they said, had been numbered instead: 'WEATHER: PERFECTLY CLEAR'
The instructions provided were straightforward and promised good weather
'Plot: uninspired'
The storyline was dull and uninteresting
Bored, I got tired
The artist was uninterested and eventually became tired
I won't pretend that I stayed 'till the end
The singer did not pretend to stay until the completion of something
Now they won't return my call
The people who were previously in contact with the singer won't respond to their calls
They won't speak to me at all now
The people won't talk to the artist at all
It was Sunday again at a quarter to ten
The setting is a repeated one, on a Sunday at 9:45 (15 minutes before 10)
He'd stepped out for a beer
A man had left to get a beer
While walking home in the rain all alone
In solitude, the man walked home in the rain
Weather perfectly clear
Despite his current environment, the weather was good
Contributed by Hunter S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.