Lyrics: M.I.A.'s Space Odyssey - "kind of lullaby one would sing to a baby android"
The song and lyrics, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, as "the kind of lullaby one would sing to a baby android:"
gravity's my enemy
it grabs on me like i'm a leech
the stars are bangin close to me
as i'm floating in a light odyssey
my lines are down you can't call me
as i fly around in space odyssey
my lines are down you can't call me
as i fly around in space odyssey
it's got color when it's following me
and i still judge you week by week
and i'm here, the times they can never lose me
my lines are down you can't call me
as i fly around in space odyssey
my lines are down you can't call me
as i fly around in space odyssey
you might take a minute or two
to introduce my point of view
i need to spend some time with you
there's nothing more new on the news
my lines are down
you can't call me
and i fly around in space odyssey
my lines are down
you can't call me
and i fly around in space odyssey
- Despite her best protestations, / \ / \ / \ Y / \ renders the "real" Maya Arulpragasam as profoundly unimportant: political provocations and pageantry aside, M.I.A. makes music that matters—the realest kind there is. - Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic.