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I am somewhere in this city
I am climbing up a fire escape
I am somewhere in this city
I am climbing up a fire escape
I have gotta save my baby
From the mess this world has made.
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
I scramble down the stairwell
With my baby, cradle and all.
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
Let us sway into the sunset,
I have done all I can do in this town.
Tom, violence has taken
The wind out of my sails
Tom, violence has taken
The wind out of my sails
Helicopter has taken to
Breaking this dream as well.
My mind is 'a racing
My heart is prepared somehow
My mind is 'a racing
My heart is prepared somehow
For that searchlight come shining
And find me under a cloud.
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
Let us sway into the sunset,
I have done all I can do in this town.
I am climbing up a fire escape
I am somewhere in this city
I am climbing up a fire escape
I have gotta save my baby
From the mess this world has made.
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
I scramble down the stairwell
With my baby, cradle and all.
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
Let us sway into the sunset,
I have done all I can do in this town.
Tom, violence has taken
The wind out of my sails
Tom, violence has taken
The wind out of my sails
Helicopter has taken to
Breaking this dream as well.
My mind is 'a racing
My heart is prepared somehow
My mind is 'a racing
My heart is prepared somehow
For that searchlight come shining
And find me under a cloud.
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
Let us sway into the sunset,
I have done all I can do in this town.
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Uh yeah, except you guys are wrong.
"TORN violence has taken the wind out of my sails"
It's funny how a tear will take the wind out of your sails and a Tom won't, isn't it?
@mileslivingston a tear will certainly take the wind out of YOUR sails, Miles. The words in M. Ward's lyric are definitely "Tom Violence" in reference to Sonic Youth's song from Evol (1986). As @akagoldfish has already pointed out it makes perfect sense if you relate this song to Tom Violence and consider that this song is about dreams of escape. The lyric "Helicopter has taken to breaking this dreaming spell" suggests that M. Ward has overcome his inabilty to write / create as represented by "Tom Violence".