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Small Planes Lyrics
I know what you mean
When you want to run to meet the world
Intentions may not carry you far
Small planes are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
I want to be like Sister Veronica
Whose life connects with so many lives
Small planes are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
My words to him
They didn't touch him, not at all
And I never can say what I mean to say
Small plans are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to leave here?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
Who am I going to help there?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there?
When you want to run to meet the world
Intentions may not carry you far
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
Whose life connects with so many lives
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
They didn't touch him, not at all
And I never can say what I mean to say
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
When am I going to leave here?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
Who am I going to help there?
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there?
Song Info
Submitted by
roboppy On Jan 10, 2005
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One of the saddest songs they've performed. I think I want to tear my heart out and cry for days every time I hear this song, but it's beautiful, and you can't help but listen and feel for anyone who's wanted to say the right thing, and just can't. We've all been there, and this expresses that frustration.
God bless The Innocence Mission.
She feels small and unimportant, lost...as if nothing she says or does will make a difference. She wants things she feels helpless to achieve. She's looking to the future and wondering when she'll finally get out, where she'll end up, and who she'll meet along the way.
Restlessness, longing, introspection... one of my favorites. I like the image I get of toy airplanes hanging from the ceiling. They're made to look like they're flying, going somewhere fantastic, but in reality they're stuck in the same place forever.
^ nice interpretion
..My words to him They didn't touch him, not at all And I never can say what I mean to say..
what I'm feeling right now