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At This Velocity Lyrics

We were safe
Now we're paralyzed
Suspended in flight
At this speed it makes no difference
Where I start and where you end
Or if you sit in an emergency aisle

We could be dead
Complete the equation
Our names are X and N
We have no value in these calculations
We're placed on a plane
Pointed straight down
Traveling at five hundred feet per second
Five thousand feet from the ground
How long will it take us to hit
How fast will we start the disintegration
No time left
Just keep moving

We could be safe here, forever
Floating in the clean blue air
Somewhere between the sun that gives us light
And the ground that puts it out
We'll kneel in the aisles
Press our hands together, close our eyes
And speak these words so softly into the black box and it goes
"Mother, father, can you hear this
I want to thank you for all of the sweetness
But I'm not coming home, we're never coming home"
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Does anyone else hear "No time left" instead of "Don't die now"?

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i agree w/ BulletproofScales... Im almost100% positive he says "NO TIME LEFT just keep moving"

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It should be

We were safe, now we're paralyzed Suspended in flight At this speed it makes no difference whether we're standing or sitting in an emergency aisle (not 100% sure about that one but it sounds close)

We could be dead, complete the equation. What is our X and N? We have no value in these calculations Placed on a plane, pointed straight down Traveling at 500 feet per second 5000 feet from the ground

How long will it take us to hit? How fast will we start the disintegration? Don't look now, just keep moving on somehow, Just keep moving

How fast will it take us to hit? How long till we start the disintegration?

We could be safe now, forever Floating in the clean blue air, circling between the sun that gives us light and the ground that puts it out

And we'll kneel in the isles Press our hands together and close our eyes Speak these words so softly To the black box, it goes Mother, father, kelly and friends, I want to thank you for all of your sweetness, But I'm never, ever coming home

(I'm not sure about the last 3 lines, but it's pretty close as far as I can tell)

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Thanks for the help Eddy. I used most of your corrections and changed a couple things I didn't think sounded right. I can't believe I screwed up that black box line so bad. I thought he was referring to Black Hawk Down.

This is easily the best of the demo songs and one of my favorite songs by Thursday.

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You are both still wrong- Here they are very correct, and when the real song comes out promise you'll come change the name to avoid clutter, unless of course the lyrics are very different

We were safe Now we're paralyzed Suspended in flight At this speed it makes no difference Where I start or where I end or if you're sitting in an emergency aisle.

We could be dead Complete the equation Our names are X and N We have no value in these calculations

Placed on a plane Pointed straight down Traveling at... Five hundred feet per second Five thousand feet from the ground

How long will it take us to hit? How fast will we start the disintegration?

Don't die now Just keep moving Don't stop now Just keep moving

How fast will it take us to hit? How long will we start the disintegration?

We could be safe now, forever. Floating in the clean blue air somewhere, between the sun that gives us light And the ground that puts it out

An kneel in the aisles Press our hands together And close our eyes Speak these words so softly To the blackbox and it goes:

Mother,Father can you here this? I want to thank you for all your sweetness I'm not not coming home I'm never coming home

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Thanks knife. I think I've got it pretty close to correct now. I guess we can wait till May 2nd to see. I don't really get the "where I start or where I end" line, but it sounds correct.

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Hmm. i still think Geoff is screaming "Don't look now, just keep moving" It makes more sense to me.. but I guess we'll find out on May 2nd.

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I just heard the final version of this song and it's amazing, You could just change the title of this lyric sheet since the lyrics did not change, but you still did not fix them completely and if you don't I'll just take the liberty upon myself. Also at least put them in stanzas since reading it your way is so annoying.

Song sounds friggin terrific tho, amazing

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^^^^I agree. I keep this is about my 7th time listening to it, and it gets better everytime.

I like how he starts it out "...okay. WE WERE SAFE"

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I haven't heard the final version yet, I'll listen to it when I get home and make any necessary changes. Also, I didn't have it in stanzas because it's not structured in verses and a chorus, it's just singing straight through.

 
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