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Airplanes

by Travis Garland

on My Private Nation (2003)

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

I'm praying that this stairway
Leads some where like heavens door
And when you get there, don't look down
Don't look down, don't look down.

I remember the first day of school
When you walked right next to me
You taught me everything that I know
And you always knew what to say

Time goes on
Now every word in every damn song
Reminds me of your face
You were part of me, you were part of me

I didn't know everything I've got
Now I know that you are gone
Feel you right here next to me
Though I know that you've moved on

But the hardest thing of all is knowing
I didn't get to say
You were everything, you were everything

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

I'm praying that this stairway
Leads somewhere like heaven's door
And when you get there, don't look down
Don't look down, don't look down

And all the people say
And all the people say
Listen

People kill what they don't understand
All the legends, they die at the hands of lesser men
Jesus and JFK, and Marvin, and Biggie, man
I wonder if like after death was ever fair for them?

Live in the moment, I was never really one to plan
So many things I wasn't meant ever to understand
What if Alice imagined her trip to Wonderland?
And why didn't Paul have shoes like the rest of them did?

So many memories I passed up when I was away
And all the experiences I couldn't ever replace
All the million times my heart had a part of it break
I guess I'm harder for the hardships that I had to face

Before every single show I pray till I sweat
I give my heart to a thousand people I never met
And then I let it all go, all the pain and regret
Hope God forgive me for the sins that I'm about to commit

Don't wanna get by, I wanna excel
I know life is like the crossroads for heaven and hell
Right and wrong, sometimes it's just so hard to tell
But at least I'm saving others if I'm losing myself

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

I'm praying that this stairway
Leads somewhere like heaven's door
And when you get there, don't look down
Don't look down, don't look down

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now