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Black Box Recording Lyrics
Slung from the hoary heavens
With disbelief suspended
On a shining pendulum of faith
Hanging half awake and dreaming
Of burning cities gleaming
Beneath a sky of ash and slate
And as the fuselage goes dark
You're thinking ain't it funny
Still owe some people money
It's hard to keep from laughing
No smoking sign is flashing
Your mask descends without a sound
Your starboard hope receding
Even the sky is bleeding
You sure could use a smoke right now
And all the people wave their arms
But you can't hear them screaming
You're floating through the ceiling
There's no gravity that can bring you down again
It's almost over now
And you hope they don't wake you up
Now the sun is shining
Somewhere the sun is shining
But it sure ain't shining on you now
With disbelief suspended
On a shining pendulum of faith
Of burning cities gleaming
Beneath a sky of ash and slate
You're thinking ain't it funny
Still owe some people money
No smoking sign is flashing
Your mask descends without a sound
Even the sky is bleeding
You sure could use a smoke right now
But you can't hear them screaming
You're floating through the ceiling
It's almost over now
And you hope they don't wake you up
Somewhere the sun is shining
But it sure ain't shining on you now
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The first line has two meanings: it refers to the plane falling from the sky, and a a "fall from grace". Considering the following two lines, I'd say it's because of a lack of faith. Black Box Recording is about someone like Lucifer who sins and falls away from God, out of the heavens. The rest of the song describes the incident and gives a bit of information about the narrator, like that he owes money and smokes. The song ends with death, and not really wanting to be alive, either though the sun isn't shining on the narrator.