Daphne Loves Derby - A Year On An Airplane

On The Strength Of All Convinced / 2005-07-26 1. Sundays 2. Hammers And Hearts 3. A Year On An Airplane 4. Birthday Gallery 5. You Versus The Sea 6. Kirby 7. Middle Middle 8. Pollen And Salt 9. If You're Lucky, No One Will Get Hurt 10. Debussie 11. What We Have Been Waiting For

A Year On An Airplane

We flew over the Cascades
We were forced to behave while we sat
In rows like children.
I crossed some standard state lines
I finally found myself so far away from home
And even though New England intrigued us and thrilled us,
Our bones were cold as stick and stones.

We flew over the Cascades
Just to find ourselves in storms we've never known
The winds were like a beast with wings and yes
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I failed to cut its neck.

Even after hours of waiting
There was no telling when the storm would find its way
The lands we tried to memorize
Were no longer wrapped in tepid shades of red
And through the night the storm held me down
And bit my neck and said it'd be okay
I stared into the fury
And the beauty of its overwhelming strength

The winds were like a beast with wings and yes
Everything was blown so far away
And I fell down, I failed to cut its neck

I saw a dim light in the mouth of the beast
So I followed it in
It was too late to retreat
It swallowed me whole
And my flesh became meat
And I can't look back now
Cause the beast has come clean

We flew over the Cascades
We were forced to behave