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The Arrivals Gate Lyrics
gonna go out
to the arrivals gate at the airport
and sit there all day
watch people reuniting
public affection is so exciting
it even makes airports ok
watching children run
with their arms outstretched
just to throw those arms
around their grandpas' necks
watching lovers plant kisses
old men to their misses
at the arrivals gate
watching a mother
with a mother's smile
don't tell me to move
i just wanna sit here for a while
i have determined
it's a sure cure for cancer
watching excitement turn family
dogs into dancers
at the arrivals gate
i got me a white bread sandwich
with some shredded lettuce
and i got me a ringside view
for my quaint little fetish
i just wanna drain my little pink heart
of all its malice
and kick back for the afternoon
in this flourescent palace
everybody's in a hurry
here in purgatory
except for me
i'm where i need to be
at the arrivals gate
to the arrivals gate at the airport
and sit there all day
watch people reuniting
public affection is so exciting
it even makes airports ok
watching children run
with their arms outstretched
just to throw those arms
around their grandpas' necks
watching lovers plant kisses
old men to their misses
at the arrivals gate
with a mother's smile
don't tell me to move
i just wanna sit here for a while
i have determined
it's a sure cure for cancer
watching excitement turn family
dogs into dancers
at the arrivals gate
with some shredded lettuce
and i got me a ringside view
for my quaint little fetish
of all its malice
and kick back for the afternoon
in this flourescent palace
here in purgatory
except for me
i'm where i need to be
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i was driving cross country one time, and i played this song on repeat throughout the entire length of the state of mississippi.
I think she's lonely, and living vicariously through the joyful people she sees at the arrivals gate.
And there's a little riff from "Angry Anymore" I think the arrivals gate is part of her healing process, therapy for her lonliness, to see others so happy.
I love the image of the airport as "purgatory". Nobody actually wants to be there... it's a transitory place... being there is a means to an end. I recently had to run an errand with a friend to the airport... neither of us was flying, she just needed to pick something up. We weren't in a hurry so we decided to stay and have a snack and a beer since we were there. Yeah, the prices are ridiculous, but it was worth the premium price just for the novelty of being in an airport when we didn't have anyone to pick up or any traveling to do. The mood in an airport is so unique, but it's hard to notice it when you're a member of that transitory crowd. This song reminds me of that evening...