Answer:
And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone
(that part just gets me)
The part of the text that relates to this does not show, but anyway the answer would be:
They were not being successful in getting results from what they had planted, so it appeared like there was not way to avoid the population from going hungry/starving.
Famine = starvation, going hungry
Inevitable = unavoidable, impossible to prevent
Record= one song getting recognition
album= all of the songs on album getting recognition