Pay for Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NonFictional 

Cover art for Pay for Me lyrics by National, The

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I lost you but I beat the sound couldn't if I wanted to The Concord doesn't turn around

(Concord is faster than sound airplane).

I still thing its cogwheel. I think its a type of railway? That makes a lot more sense, since, why wouldn't a plane be able to turn around? Why would he even be on a faster than sound airplane? Being on a train fits with the rest of the motif of the song.