We've posted this to
hislittletrace, but it's too horrifyingimportant not to let the rest of the fandom know. So, last night Katie and I went on a little Trace fact-finding mission and found this horrifying bit of info in a 1999-ish bio of Trace:
Nicknames: Space Cowboy
How he got that Nickname: "I sound like a cowboy, but I don't dress like one, so JC said I'm a space cowboy. And space rhymes with Trace, so everyone started calling me that."
YOU MEAN TO TELL US THAT JC WROTE A SONG ABOUT SEX WITH TRACE?! We've decided it was JC's attempt to tell Justin to start fucking Trace. Sample lyrics to prove this claim:
Cause paranoia ain't the way to live your life from day to day
so leave your doubts and your fears behind
don't be afraid at all
cause up in outer space there's no gravity to fall
put your mind and your body to the test
cause up in outer space it's like the wild wild west
If you wanna fly come and take a ride
take a space ride, with the cowboy, baby.
Um. yeah.
Katie's note: "So it *is* a song about the triumph of the human spirit."
kate adds: "or gay sex, at least."
So, while it's possible that the song is not actually urging Justin to have gay sex with Trace (what, I'm not *that* delusional), you gotta give that it's a pretty interesting coincidence that *JC* dubbed Trace "Space Cowboy" and then went on to write a song by the same name...where they HUMP MECHANICAL BULLS. I'm just saying, yo.