Following the story set up in “Venusian 1,” the ‘rogue Earthlings’ try to use the sun’s gravity to propel themselves to Venus, so they launch themselves into orbit. Unfortunately for the Venusian 1, during the ship’s perihelion a solar flare emerges. The rocket flies towards the burst of electromagnetic energy, melting the crew as they yell their final words. Of course the song is inspired by actual astronomical terms; the perihelion is defined as when a body in orbit is closest to the sun. Orbits are not completely circular, in fact they’re often highly elliptic. Taking Earth as an example, the sun doesn’t sit at the center of its orbit, meaning there are times where we are closer than usual and vice versa (this is an aphelion). The Greek word is a combination of peri (meaning “near”) and helios (the embodiment of the Sun). Then there’s the “solar mountain” which eats the crew, referring to solar flares. When electromagnetic radiation grows and tangles within the sun’s corona (outer atmosphere), it reaches a bursting point where that energy is then shot out into space. These flares are so powerful that they can even create radio blackouts here on Earth due to the radiation affecting the ionosphere, as well as auroras. “Perihelion” is both a gruesome tale of space colonization and a song that puts into words the monumental size and power of the sun.