Plane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Castle742 

Cover art for Plane lyrics by Jason Mraz

OK, that wasn't my most intelligent/relevant post, so let me try something more in depth:

In the first stanza, Jason says "Well, I'm nobody," while using the pointless if not outright unhealthy security extremes to suggest sluggishness, depression, just murking his way through life. Also, as he does throughout the rest of the song, he's telling "honey" that he can see his/her house from here and will remember where the love was found, but this time it's fairly melodramatic, empty, blase, casual, like he's in a dead-end relationship that they're both pretending is still romantic.

In the next stanza, "You make me somebody," while sounding more upbeat, more happy and excited about the airport than last time, implying that he found somebody to be with, even temporarily, that he felt a deeper connection with. This is also when he start saying "I can see your house from here..." with more emotion, like this relationship he just started (behind his soon-to-be-ex's back*?) is so much more meaningful than his last one.

(*Gracefully unnamed and feeling guilty for the luck/ and the look that you gave me: feels guilty about cheating but empowered by not being able to be found out?)

Next stanza, "Here I'm tumbling down for you," while using images on being cut up, eaten and crawled through to suggest that his new relationship is worse than his old one, as in actually damaging to him instead of simply pointless. Also, he mentions toward the end that "maybe I'll build my house on your cloud," giving the impression that he fantasizes about the relationship surviving but that it is impossible in a real world, that his last resort would send him crashing to the ground from miles in the air. (He also starts saying "If the plane goes down" a LOT more.) Also, while he says d about every other word for most of the song, this becomes the first time he says d YOU, implying the relationship has gotten incredibly aggressive, antagonistic, confrontational, and then never says "I'll remember where the love was found" again.

Somebody may have analyzed my comment to the point that I tried not to use pronouns for "honey" except for the deliberately-ambiguous "his/her." Hey, why couldn't he be gay/bi? This isn't Talibani Afghanistan or The Puritan Colonies of America

very well thought out, and accurate, thanks.