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A Year On An Airplane Lyrics
We flew over the Cascades
We were forced to behave while we sat
In rows like children
I crossed some standard state lines
I finally found myself so far away from home
Even though New England intrigued us and thrilled us
Our bones were cold as stick and stones
We flew over the Cascades
Just to find ourselves in storms we've never known
The winds blew like a beast with wings and yes
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I fell to call its name
Even after hours of waiting
There was no telling when the storm would find its way
Lands we tried to memorize
Were no longer acting temperatures of red
Through the night the storm held me down
Bend my neck and said it'd be ok
I stared into the fury
And the beauty of its overwhelming strength
The winds blew like a beast with wings and yes
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I fell to call its name
I saw a dim light in the mouth of the beast
So I followed it in
It's too late to retreat
It swallowed me whole
And my flesh became meat
Oh I can't look back now
Beause the beast has come clean
We flew over the Cascades
We were forced to behave
We were forced to behave while we sat
In rows like children
I crossed some standard state lines
I finally found myself so far away from home
Even though New England intrigued us and thrilled us
Our bones were cold as stick and stones
We flew over the Cascades
Just to find ourselves in storms we've never known
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I fell to call its name
There was no telling when the storm would find its way
Lands we tried to memorize
Were no longer acting temperatures of red
Through the night the storm held me down
Bend my neck and said it'd be ok
I stared into the fury
And the beauty of its overwhelming strength
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I fell to call its name
So I followed it in
It's too late to retreat
It swallowed me whole
And my flesh became meat
Oh I can't look back now
Beause the beast has come clean
We were forced to behave
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Submitted by
kingsky On Jul 13, 2005
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This album is unbelievably good.
I think he's saying that the "beast" is sin. It's like dragging him in.
I think it's "I failed to cut it's neck." not I fell to call its name.
It swallowed me whole And my flesh became meat
XD so great
The way the chorus in this song comes in is so powerful. I feel like you almost have to take in the mood of the music in the song to figure out what it means... cause it seems confusing just looking at the lyrics.
I think this song is about falling in love without any limits or bounds, using an airplane ride as a metaphor. As the song builds up, he's falling more and more in love and he can't control it. The beast he speaks of is the sin that he's falling in love with this person, and he can't hide from it.
I think the song is about a relationship, and the plane is the metaphor for the relationship. The line "we flew over the cascades, we were forced to behave while we sat, in rows like children," i believe is alluding to the beginning of the relationship and how everything was beautiful and they were "well behaved," or didn't fight. Then when he "crossed some standard state lines" i would say that means that he's venturing into new territory in his relationship and the last line of the first verse says that now they're over the "beautiful" part of their relationship and they're now in fights and problems with each other like one's they've never known. I think the beast represents the facade of love. "i saw a dim light, at the mouth of the beast, so i followed it in, it's too late to retreat, it swallowed me whole," is saying that he was enticed by the "light" of love, but when he entered he instead found a beast with wings that ruined everything because he "failed to cut its neck." This is an amazing song, kenny choi is a lyrical genius.