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Falling Aeroplanes Lyrics
The boy threw his guitar down and started beating his brow.
No matter how hard he tried he couldn't justify
all the wasted time spent inventing words and rhyme
as the stars and the planets and the clock did lapse
You see making up songs is for losers
I should build something she uses,
like a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
'cause songs are made of air,
they can't be any use to her.
Better off trying to catch falling aeroplanes
Yep.
Then girl said "Boy don't be so stupid,
boy don't be so daft, you're not even right by half.
And although you say your songs are fundamentally air
there's also thousands of vibrations that stimulate the ear
in such a way that whenever I hear them
they always make me smile.
They're just as tactile
as a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
So boy now stop your moping
your cursing and no hoping
and get back in the saddle."
While she was still speaking,
towards his fears reaching,
where lay his guitar?
His head was swimming in an alphabet soup
letters swirling, words formed in his heart.
He said, "I'm gonna build a song for us
with four verses and a chorus,
on real estate your words inspired.
And there we'll live rent free,
sleep on beds of melody
and leave the key change with the seasons."
And so that song he built was hers,
with a chorus and four verse,
and she woke to find him finally asleep.
No matter how hard he tried he couldn't justify
all the wasted time spent inventing words and rhyme
as the stars and the planets and the clock did lapse
I should build something she uses,
like a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
'cause songs are made of air,
they can't be any use to her.
Better off trying to catch falling aeroplanes
boy don't be so daft, you're not even right by half.
And although you say your songs are fundamentally air
there's also thousands of vibrations that stimulate the ear
in such a way that whenever I hear them
they always make me smile.
They're just as tactile
as a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
So boy now stop your moping
your cursing and no hoping
and get back in the saddle."
towards his fears reaching,
where lay his guitar?
His head was swimming in an alphabet soup
letters swirling, words formed in his heart.
with four verses and a chorus,
on real estate your words inspired.
And there we'll live rent free,
sleep on beds of melody
and leave the key change with the seasons."
with a chorus and four verse,
and she woke to find him finally asleep.
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it reminds me of why all songs are written... for someone out there that sombody had in mind
this is my favourite song ever in the world, it cheers me up and calms me down and i just love it to death. it reminds me of summer and everything in my life when my life is calm and controlled. i love sitting out in my hammock with friends round and singing along to it, it's the biggest lullaby song and i love it SO much!
This is such a beautiful song. I would love if a guy wrote a song for me. MUCH better than a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves. :) So true what Princess Arabella said.
Poor Darren. As a songwriter, I know how tough it can be to feel inspired sometimes. He's at the end of his tether and this beautiful girl tells him that putting his emotions to music is not a waste of time or energy. How we all long to hear that. By the way, I think it's "the stars and the planets and the clocks did laps", as in, they went around in circles.
i like how he says yep, really sweet song
yup, what a beautiful song.. Darren is such an amazing writer! i agree with everyones comments so far, (i wish someone had written this for me) I love the description of music: "And although you say your songs are fundamentally air there's also thousands of vibrations that stimulate the ear in such a way that whenever I hear them they always make me smile."