Satellite Mind

Album: Fantasies (2009)
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  • Frontwoman Emily Haines explained the lyrical content of this song to Drowned In Sound: "This song was inspired by some paranormal events in my life. Jimmy (guitarist/producer James Shaw) sent me the track when I was in Los Angeles for the funeral of a friend, an occasion that was filled with eerie David Lynch moments. I found myself asking the question, 'How can you protect your privacy from invasive ghosts?' I stayed up all night working on the song in my hotel room, and when I landed back in Toronto the next day I went straight to the studio and recorded the vocals."

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