Just because they snuffed a million planets doesn't mean they don't have time to cry.
- On the official site, one of Balsac's hobbies is "contemplating suicide." You can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy.
- The Road Behind from America Must Be Destroyed is a surprisingly heartfelt and sentimental piece about the rigors of being on tour as a genocidal space warrior. The song was played shortly after Dave Brockie's 2014 death in concert and many observant attendees noticed several fans crying in public.
- Fly Now from Battle Maximus was written in memoriam of Cory Smoot, who died of a heart attack while on tour only a few years prior. It's a thundering ballad about his character, Flattus Maximus, and how he is now free from his imprisonment on Earth to pillage the universe once more.I want him brought back to me!Fly now, flattus be freeFly now, be freeFly now, be freeeeeeFLY!
- Phantom Limb from Blood of Gods. All of it. It's about how much the band misses Oderus/Dave and how, even though he's gone, they can still feel him like a phantom limb. No, there is nobody chopping onions in the room with you.
