Here's an interesting fact: Mariel Hemingway, actress and daughter of Ernest Hemingway, lived and lives in Idaho. Her life has been plagued by suicides: Her grandfather, her sister, and several others in the immediate family.
Perhaps this song is the ghost of Ernest Hemingway, or someone else, asking Mariel to stop them from committing suicide, the habitual act that is like ringing pavlov's bell in her family, and to take them home instead? The clues are there:
"Hold my hand on takeoff" - Steady me as I contemplate suicide
"Someone nearly fell" - I almost offed myself
"History shows there's not a chance in hell"...that I'll make it; everyone in this family kills themselves.
Here's an interesting fact: Mariel Hemingway, actress and daughter of Ernest Hemingway, lived and lives in Idaho. Her life has been plagued by suicides: Her grandfather, her sister, and several others in the immediate family.
Perhaps this song is the ghost of Ernest Hemingway, or someone else, asking Mariel to stop them from committing suicide, the habitual act that is like ringing pavlov's bell in her family, and to take them home instead? The clues are there:
Yes? No? Maybe?