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Can you hear me
Now the wind is dead
You fell from the cloud
In the frozen mud
Can you see me
And my idiot son
Down in golden light
Thrown out of the dark
You came down down down down
On a midnight storm
You came down down down down
On a midnight flash
We've all been looking at you
I must know is it true
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you hear the wind
Now the light is dead
You flew from your bed
Woke up on the floor
Can you fly tonight
From my pointless fence
Back up to the cloud
Up into the wind
You came down down down down
On a midnight storm
You came down down down down
In a midnight flash
We've all been looking at you
I must know is it true
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
Now the wind is dead
You fell from the cloud
In the frozen mud
And my idiot son
Down in golden light
Thrown out of the dark
On a midnight storm
You came down down down down
On a midnight flash
I must know is it true
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
Now the light is dead
You flew from your bed
Woke up on the floor
From my pointless fence
Back up to the cloud
Up into the wind
On a midnight storm
You came down down down down
In a midnight flash
I must know is it true
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
Can you fly
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Submitted by
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This is the title track to the greatest album of all time. For those unfamiliar with this record, please reference renowned music critic Robert Chistgau’s review of this album where he describes it as “perfect”. Christgau, who revised music for the Village Voice for 35 years, was rarely complimentary.\n\nThis song is about a tornado, and the fear, confusion, chaos that ensues. Freedy, the greatest lyricist to ever live, was originally from Kansas (known for its frequent tornadoes), and he carefully crafts his words here to insinuate that surviving a tornado is akin to a biblical experience. Inanimate objects rise to the clouds, then sink into the frozen mud. Fences are pointless. While ghosts are fearsome, and the narrator is experiencing an epiphany where he is even referring to his own son as an “idiot”, fearing god, or ghosts, or your own past all becomes moot when a tornado suddenly instaneously becomes your primary threat. These lyrics are very mysterious and clever and can be open to many interpretations, all of which are morbid and reference death and the paranormal. Love you freedy