I saw your father in the hall
His ghost is living in the walls
I heard him crying while you slept
I heard him breaking things after you left
I watched you crawl into my bed
With curses spilling from your head
You said "We're just the walking dead"
So I pulled the trigger and we floated off
Into the air
Into the air
Into the air
Into the air
Up in the air
We're in the air
Up in the air
Up in the air
The narrator is lying in bed while he hears his wife arguing with her father. He tries to comfort her as she gets into bed. The father doesn’t seem to approve of the relationship between the narrator and his wife. "We're just the walking dead" suggests that, since she’s in this relationship, she doesn’t mean anything to her father.
I used to worry about the time
That I lost my teeth along the line
So I carved the apple from my eye
And gave it to you before I went away
He’s worried that he’ll lose her when he dies so he let her know that she’s the apple of his eye.
Blood ran into the kitchen sink
Your hands and lives are running pink
I sat and watched you as your ring
Slipped off and rolled across the kitchen floor
The blood is the vitality of life; pink seems to suggest that she is nearing the end of her life. He means less to her: “your ring slipped off and rolled across the kitchen floor.”
They cut your eyes wide open
And pour into your precious head
My reach don't go that far dear
But please oh please don't let them in
“They cut your eyes wide open” and “pour into your precious head” seems to suggest that her family is trying to persuade her after his death. Since he is dead, he cannot help protect their love.
I sank into the sea
Wrapped in piano strings
Few words could open me
But you knew them all
He’s losing the love of his life, but he is unable to stop it. She was the only one who really understood him. He doesn’t want to lose that, but she’s starting to forget (“you knew them all”).
Now I just sleep beneath your floor
My ghost just tries to keep you warm
I've seen the end, I've lost the war
One day you'll join me here just like the rest
He has lost her, but he still loves her. Even in death he is devoted to her. He’s waiting for the day when he will be able to talk to her again.
I hear the engines
They're roaring in our mouths
The smell of creatures
Are falling tooth and nail to get out
He seems to be musing on the interconnected idea that goes with the idea of ghosts sticking around after death.
I see the airplanes
They're pouring from your chest
They fill the air
And burn and bury you just like the rest
This world will eventually take your life as well.
I saw your father in the hall His ghost is living in the walls I heard him crying while you slept I heard him breaking things after you left
I watched you crawl into my bed With curses spilling from your head You said "We're just the walking dead" So I pulled the trigger and we floated off
Into the air Into the air Into the air Into the air Up in the air We're in the air Up in the air Up in the air
The narrator is lying in bed while he hears his wife arguing with her father. He tries to comfort her as she gets into bed. The father doesn’t seem to approve of the relationship between the narrator and his wife. "We're just the walking dead" suggests that, since she’s in this relationship, she doesn’t mean anything to her father.
I used to worry about the time That I lost my teeth along the line So I carved the apple from my eye And gave it to you before I went away
He’s worried that he’ll lose her when he dies so he let her know that she’s the apple of his eye.
Blood ran into the kitchen sink Your hands and lives are running pink I sat and watched you as your ring Slipped off and rolled across the kitchen floor
The blood is the vitality of life; pink seems to suggest that she is nearing the end of her life. He means less to her: “your ring slipped off and rolled across the kitchen floor.”
They cut your eyes wide open And pour into your precious head My reach don't go that far dear But please oh please don't let them in
“They cut your eyes wide open” and “pour into your precious head” seems to suggest that her family is trying to persuade her after his death. Since he is dead, he cannot help protect their love.
I sank into the sea Wrapped in piano strings Few words could open me But you knew them all
He’s losing the love of his life, but he is unable to stop it. She was the only one who really understood him. He doesn’t want to lose that, but she’s starting to forget (“you knew them all”).
Now I just sleep beneath your floor My ghost just tries to keep you warm I've seen the end, I've lost the war One day you'll join me here just like the rest
He has lost her, but he still loves her. Even in death he is devoted to her. He’s waiting for the day when he will be able to talk to her again.
I hear the engines They're roaring in our mouths The smell of creatures Are falling tooth and nail to get out
He seems to be musing on the interconnected idea that goes with the idea of ghosts sticking around after death.
I see the airplanes They're pouring from your chest They fill the air And burn and bury you just like the rest
This world will eventually take your life as well.