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Airplanes Part 1

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Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partying and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in yo lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand what would you wish for if you had once chance?
So airplane, airplane I'm sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night

Somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job, before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah, back when I was tryin' get into that subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we could make some wishes out of airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I'll go back to the days
Before the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listen to my mixtape
And back before I tried to cover up my slang
But this is for the Cada, what's up Bobby Ray
So can I get a wish to end the politics
And get back to the music that started this shit
So here I stand and then again I say
I'm hoping we could make some wishes out of airplanes

I could really use a wish right now
Like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now

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sinshereinsong On Apr 12, 2010

Airplanes Part 2

Nothin' On You

Don't Let Me Fall

Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo)

Ghost in the Machine

I could really use a wish right now
Like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now

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2010-04-12 18:39:31

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by hititquitit

16y ago

having hayley in this song was perfect. i don't think any other singer could have made needing a wish right now sound so real

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by TheCamper 15y ago

Ikr. <3 Hayley

by PurpleDee

16y ago

awesome song. and hayley is, as always, amazing.

pretty obvious meaning..the song's about how he misses the old days, when he used to rap just for the sake of rapping, when the world was way simpler, with none of that glamorous living madness.

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by luvmusic9876

16y ago

Cassiebluv, I'm pretty sure they use airplanes because shooting stars are so uncommon and there are always airplanes in the sky. So if they could pretend the airplanes were shooting stars they could make a wish. Atleast that's what I thought.

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by 1nick4alex 16y ago

yeh that makes sense well to me it does

by whoiam06

16y ago

I don't know if it's just another song for Haley, but when she sings the chorus I can almost hear something like a yearning. It just feels so sincere.

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by emoisOVERRATED

16y ago

wish hayley sang more than just the chorus though :/

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by jenalisa 16y ago

i wish she did too!!!

by ohshetriessohardshecries 16y ago

i agree!! but, she adds so much to the song simply, and with more it it would be weaker.

by firexstarter

16y ago

I really love this song. It's already become one of my favorites. Hayley's angelic voice makes anything incredible.

@WhoIAm06, I got that too. Her humming throughout the song makes everything sound so serene.

The line "and get back to the music that started this shit" stands out to me. It's like he's emphasizing the two words, saying that today's music is shit compared to how it was.

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by xxmodernlove

16y ago

Awesome.

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by yeakevinc

16y ago

Airplane is about how Hip-Hop and Rap today is different from the past.

"And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant"

Those who rap force rap to become a career to make money, rather than to rap from the heart.

"And back before I tried to cover up my slang"

It was seen proper before to cover your slang, but as status quo moves on, it is now modern to use slang.

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by 1nick4alex

16y ago

i luv hayley, again a lovely song and with B.O.B. if i could have a wish it would fix and uncomplicate the most confusing thing that has eva confuzzled me

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by 1nick4alex 16y ago

this song has a great meaning `back when i was rappin for the hell of hit of it, nowadays we're rappin to stay relevent' these days we do things to keep with it, act kool, wat happened to doing thingz 'for the hell of it' ???

by MeaningLes

16y ago

Not taking anything away from Hayley's performance, but it should be noted that she wasn't the writer of her part.

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