A Year On An Airplane Lyrics - Singles - Daphne Loves Derby

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, 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're forced to behave