Traffic In The Sky Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sanscosm 

Cover art for Traffic In The Sky lyrics by Jack Johnson

any comment on what the song is talking about???

uhmm im really not sure, but i can take a stab at it. "shadows of the planes on the pavement "

uhmmm, im not actually sure when this song was recorded.. however! planes and stuff? maybe it's about el 9/11 stuff. and like people saying "well how could we have known", but really the government was doing all this badass stuff that led to it so it could have been avoided.. and if you "keep adding stones"..err if the US keeps fucking shit up then the "water will be lost in the well".. meaning something along the lines of the US is burying themselves...

thats my interpretation at first glance. common,more feedback!

Sanscosm- I'll tell you what this song is about. It's about us. We live in a world of falsehood and we are tempted by false glory. The true glory is in the well, but the water will surely be lost if we keep adding stones. If you're religious- this could mean that the water is God. Instead of adding stones- i.e. building skyscrapers- flying planes so high in the sky- remember that we are weak, no matter how high we go wer'e still human and our shadows NEVER leave the ground. This is...