This year marks the 50th Anniversary of NASA (established July 29, 1958), and today marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles recording “Across the Universe.” So tonight (midnight GMT/4pm PST), NASA TV will “launch” the song into deep space, and televise the event live from JPL in Pasadena. You can tune-in online here. Or you can tune out and just iPod the song for your own private launch. Or certainly you can tune out completely and just ignore the whole big she-bang. For the moment, I’m just going to hum along a few minutes…
Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
(Jai guru refrain)
Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
(Jai guru refrain)