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Owl City – Swimming In Miami Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about drugs and depression, no question. The oil tanker, cargo airplane are metaphors for syringes.

When I rearrange the silverware
And re-install the lights and captian's chair
I'll lift the ceiling off to breathe the ocean air

He is getting ready to melt his crack, sends him sky high, same thing with the floating in the atmosphere thing too. Not knowing whether it is midnight or afternoon obviously fits into this as well. The whole second verse is about the effects of crack while your taking it, or his own personal experience with it.

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