While in some ways yes, this IS an ode to Amelia Earhart... It is more of a comparison between Joni and Amelia.
"Like me, she had a dream to fly."
I think what Joni is trying to portray in this song is the common sense of needing to escape... To remove yourself from your own existense in order to find yourself.
Amelia never returned from this journey. And Joni, apparently did. "It was just a false alarm."
While in some ways yes, this IS an ode to Amelia Earhart... It is more of a comparison between Joni and Amelia.
"Like me, she had a dream to fly."
I think what Joni is trying to portray in this song is the common sense of needing to escape... To remove yourself from your own existense in order to find yourself.
Amelia never returned from this journey. And Joni, apparently did. "It was just a false alarm."