Van has a talent for romantic words.
It's almost like he's saying he sees
a purity and depth in this woman
He clearly loves and cherishes
He draws inspiration from her and
It is definitely too special to break
He's reassuring her that he'll return
Re Slipstream
It happen to be the current of air that keeps an airplane afloat
So she keeps him high as in a good state of mind
Now you know why you like it besides all the other nice words
Well, sorry to burst the bubble here, but a "slipstream" is not what keeps a plane aloft, it's the air BEHIND the aircraft (the wake), which in a way gets sucks along a little. It's the point at which the air passing around the moving object meets and is not moving, like a buffer. In terms of Nascar racing, if a car sits in the slipstream it doesn't need as much pedal to keep the speed up, the car creating the slipstream assists the one in the slipstream.
Well, sorry to burst the bubble here, but a "slipstream" is not what keeps a plane aloft, it's the air BEHIND the aircraft (the wake), which in a way gets sucks along a little. It's the point at which the air passing around the moving object meets and is not moving, like a buffer. In terms of Nascar racing, if a car sits in the slipstream it doesn't need as much pedal to keep the speed up, the car creating the slipstream assists the one in the slipstream.
The wings produce their own lift, there is no current...
The wings produce their own lift, there is no current of air keeping them aloft.
So, with that come up with a better interpretation of what the "slipstream" in the song is about.
I agree with all of the comments here. When I hear that Van's lady is the Queen of the Slipstream it brings to mind a bit of a star crossed relationship. She has come a very long way, and left a good life to be with him, only to find he must leave... So as he travels far across the sea, his lady is always on his mind, but yet so far away. As he flies, in a plane or metaphorically, she is always close, but yet behind. The circumstances of their life conspire to...
I agree with all of the comments here. When I hear that Van's lady is the Queen of the Slipstream it brings to mind a bit of a star crossed relationship. She has come a very long way, and left a good life to be with him, only to find he must leave... So as he travels far across the sea, his lady is always on his mind, but yet so far away. As he flies, in a plane or metaphorically, she is always close, but yet behind. The circumstances of their life conspire to pull them apart and he can only dream of her, because she is behind him, once again, in the slipstream.
Classic. Bittersweet. Irish. Just like the history of Ireland itself.
Van has a talent for romantic words. It's almost like he's saying he sees a purity and depth in this woman He clearly loves and cherishes He draws inspiration from her and It is definitely too special to break He's reassuring her that he'll return
Re Slipstream
It happen to be the current of air that keeps an airplane afloat
So she keeps him high as in a good state of mind
Now you know why you like it besides all the other nice words
Well, sorry to burst the bubble here, but a "slipstream" is not what keeps a plane aloft, it's the air BEHIND the aircraft (the wake), which in a way gets sucks along a little. It's the point at which the air passing around the moving object meets and is not moving, like a buffer. In terms of Nascar racing, if a car sits in the slipstream it doesn't need as much pedal to keep the speed up, the car creating the slipstream assists the one in the slipstream.
Well, sorry to burst the bubble here, but a "slipstream" is not what keeps a plane aloft, it's the air BEHIND the aircraft (the wake), which in a way gets sucks along a little. It's the point at which the air passing around the moving object meets and is not moving, like a buffer. In terms of Nascar racing, if a car sits in the slipstream it doesn't need as much pedal to keep the speed up, the car creating the slipstream assists the one in the slipstream.
The wings produce their own lift, there is no current...
The wings produce their own lift, there is no current of air keeping them aloft.
So, with that come up with a better interpretation of what the "slipstream" in the song is about.
I agree with all of the comments here. When I hear that Van's lady is the Queen of the Slipstream it brings to mind a bit of a star crossed relationship. She has come a very long way, and left a good life to be with him, only to find he must leave... So as he travels far across the sea, his lady is always on his mind, but yet so far away. As he flies, in a plane or metaphorically, she is always close, but yet behind. The circumstances of their life conspire to...
I agree with all of the comments here. When I hear that Van's lady is the Queen of the Slipstream it brings to mind a bit of a star crossed relationship. She has come a very long way, and left a good life to be with him, only to find he must leave... So as he travels far across the sea, his lady is always on his mind, but yet so far away. As he flies, in a plane or metaphorically, she is always close, but yet behind. The circumstances of their life conspire to pull them apart and he can only dream of her, because she is behind him, once again, in the slipstream.
Classic. Bittersweet. Irish. Just like the history of Ireland itself.