Up in the Sky at Night
Liz Phair : “Stratford-On-Guy” (iTunes | Amazon)
I was flying into Chicago at night
Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke
The sun was setting to the left of the plane
And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow
In 27-D I was behind the wing
watching landscape roll out
like credits on a screen
The earth looked like it was lit from within
like a poorly assembled electrical ball as we moved
Out of the farmlands into the grid
The plan of the city was all that you saw
Red House Painters : “Cruiser” (iTunes | Amazon)
I’m tipping up and touching down
Leave LA sparkling on the ground
LA glitters on the ground
Bishop Allen : “Flight 180” (iTunes | Amazon)
some of the lights below
shine directly on the people I know
their lives take such strange shapes
but how together they appear from above
I guess that could be love
and then the captain speaks
it’s clear and 44 degrees
but I know he means
if you feel like dancing
dance with me
Three beautiful songs about one of the weirdest and most profound privileges of our time: night flying.
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