Long Haul
Sanctuary Rig Lyrics
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"You OK, Wolf? You've got that look again." Debs could always tell when her Captain was uneasy.
"I'm fine."
"Not another one of your premonitions...!" Wolf was famous for his second sight. "Can you give me a hand to recalibrate the modulation rotary?"
"Don't you think I look fab in silk, babe?", she teased.
Wolf didn't. Smiling, he didn't reply. He was smiling because he knew that this would be Debs' final long haul. He knew that her stasis pod was going to malfunction. He knew this because he had programmed it to malfunction. He was going to kill Debs. And then he'd be free. Until he tracked down the next one.
"Crew to final takeoff positions", crackled the intercom, "preparing to open the space doors."
"OK everyone, see you on the other side!" said Wolf.
Debs winked and whispered, "Nighty night, babe, unless you fancy waking me a little earlier..." Wolf didn't. Quite the reverse...
The space doors slid silently open, and Captain Bagger and his crew of eleven vanished into hyperspace.
Only ten would return...
The lyrics to Sanctuary Rig's song "Long Haul" depict a crew of the Innova Park Mining Corporation ship preparing for a long journey in their stasis pods. The song centers around Captain Jonathan Bagger's sinister plan to kill one of his crewmates, Debs, by programming her stasis pod to malfunction. Wolf, who has a reputation for having premonitions, knows that Debs will not survive the trip. The song ends with the crew heading off into hyperspace, unaware of the impending tragedy.
The lyrics are rife with tension and foreshadowing. The imagery of the crew going through the rigmarole of preparing for their journey suggests a sense of routine and monotony, but the mention of Wolf's premonition and Captain Bagger's unease hints at the underlying danger that permeates the ship. The reveal that Wolf has programmed Debs' stasis pod to malfunction is chilling and sets the stage for the tragic events that will unfold.
Line by Line Meaning
The crew of the Innova Park Mining Corporation ship prepared their final checklist.
The crew of the mining ship of Innova Park Mining Corporation was readying for their final routine check before departure.
They'd gone through this rigmarole a hundred times before, of course, but still it never got any easier.
Although they had done it many times before, it was never easy to ready themselves.
As they prepared their stasis pods for the months of suspended animation which lay ahead of them, Captain Jonathan Bagger knew...
As they started preparing their stasis pods for months of suspended animation, Captain Jonathan Bagger sensed something.
"You OK, Wolf? You've got that look again." Debs could always tell when her Captain was uneasy.
Debs, noticing the captain's uneasiness, asked Wolf if he's alright.
"I'm fine."
Wolf replied to Debs, informing her he was alright.
"Not another one of your premonitions...!" Wolf was famous for his second sight. "Can you give me a hand to recalibrate the modulation rotary?"
As Wolf was famous for his premonitions, he is quite famous of his second sight. He asked Debs to help him recalibrate the modulation rotary.
"Bitch!", Wolf muttered under his breath. He hated Debs. He just couldn't understand her obsession with TV, not to mention her ridiculous choice of clothing. Silk pyjamas and posh frocks on a deep space mining freighter, for heaven's sake!
Wolf muttered under his breath, feeling angry towards Debs. He couldn't understand why she had an obsession with TV, and her choice of clothing for the journey perplexed him. Wearing silk pyjamas and posh frocks on a deep space mining freighter was ridiculous, according to him.
"Don't you think I look fab in silk, babe?", she teased.
Teasing Wolf, Debs asked if he liked her silk clothing on the journey.
Wolf didn't. Smiling, he didn't reply. He was smiling because he knew that this would be Debs' final long haul. He knew that her stasis pod was going to malfunction. He knew this because he had programmed it to malfunction. He was going to kill Debs. And then he'd be free. Until he tracked down the next one.
Wolf knew that it would be Debs' last journey, and as he had programmed her stasis pod to malfunction, he smiled for this reason. He had planned to kill her to feel free until he tracked down the next victim.
"Crew to final takeoff positions", crackled the intercom, "preparing to open the space doors."
The intercom announced the final takeoff positions of the crew and prepared to open the space doors.
"OK everyone, see you on the other side!" said Wolf.
Wolf's final words before the takeoff were, "OK everyone, see you on the other side!"
Debs winked and whispered, "Nighty night, babe, unless you fancy waking me a little earlier..." Wolf didn't. Quite the reverse...
Debs gave Wolf a wink and whispered, "Nighty night, babe, unless you want to wake me a little earlier..." However, Wolf didn't feel the same way, and he had sinister plans.
The space doors slid silently open, and Captain Bagger and his crew of eleven vanished into hyperspace.
The space doors silently opened, and Captain Bagger and his crew of 11 left the station and traveled into hyperspace.
Only ten would return...
Only ten members of the crew would return.
Contributed by Henry L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.