Friday, August 22nd, 2003

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

What a beautiful face

I have found in this place

That is circling all round the sun

What a beautiful dream

That could flash on the screen

In a blink of an eye and be gone from me

Soft and sweet

Let me hold it close and keep it here with me

And one day we will die

And our ashes will fly

From the aeroplane over the sea

But for now we are young

Let us lay in the sun

And count every beautiful thing we can see

Love to be

In the arms of all I’m keeping here with me

Anna’s ghost all around

Hear her voice as it’s rolling and ringing through me

Soft and sweet

How the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Now how I remember you

How I would push my fingers through

Your mouth to make those muscles move

That made your voice so smooth and sweet

And now we keep where we don’t know

All secrets sleep in winter clothes

With one you loved so long ago

Now he don’t even know his name

What a beautiful face

I have found in this place

That is circling all round the sun

And when we meet on a cloud

I’ll be laughing out loud

I’ll be laughing with everyone I see

Can’t believe how strange it is to be anything at all

– Jeff Mangum, “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”

…No reason. Or some reason but not much of one. It’s sad and beautiful and mournful and transcendent, all at once.

By : Frank Yang at 11:40 pm
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  1. 8/23/03 10:03 am

     david says:

    One of my favorite songs of all time,and a wonderful soundtrack for driving with my wife (as is the whole album).

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