Poem Rocket cymbal and guitar loops. The twelve-minute "Levy 9 R.S.V.P." appears to be about the collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter in 1994; the line "If it hits us, say I told you so/ No regrets" is repeated several times with increasing urgency. After an extended crescendo, it concludes with a whispered line about "fragmentary guests... deep in the dense layers of hydrogen." "Bataille" is apparently about controversial philosopher Georges Bataille. Poem Rocket's national (and/or international) touring history is uncertain, though they were known to play frequently around the New York City area in the 1990s at avant-garde music clubs
You Broke Up with Me previously lost deal with Capitol Records, and telling those in the music industry that they "broke up" with him. Before recording the song on Monument, Hayes recorded an earlier version of the song on an EP released independently via Shane McAnally's SMACKSongs. The music video was directed by Blythe Thomas. The song peaked at No. 9 on Hot Country Songs for charts dated February 17, 2018 where it stayed for 3 weeks. was certified Platinum by the RIAA on April 9, 2018. It has sold 397,000 copies in the United States as of March 2018. You Broke Up with Me