Airships

I’m going to ring in this new spirit of romance by posting the lyrics to one of the most romantic songs I’ve ever heard: Airships, by VNV Nation. Flight is surely one the great romantic triumphs of mankind. One of our oldest and dearest collective dreams translated into reality by human will… This song captures the spirit of that dream and that fulfillment, that sense of ascendancy and a new world opening, so very well.


I pressed my face against the glass,
smiled as my breath made some pattern or other
The world beneath unfurled before me like a sail,
glinted in gold from this rich dawn sky
Awaiting the ship they had told me would come,
quietly anticipating that which was to come
 
I couldn't yet see you. Still obscured by the city
A towers of glass reflected your coming
Silhouetted on the sunrise
Did I blink as I watched? Did I close my eyes?
 
I was not alone, I think it was the first time
Watching you rise splendid and graceful,
I cheered as you sailed, a greatness unknown
I laughed as I waved and imagined you saw me
In the streets of the city, the windows of buildings,
a million faces gazing upwards in wonder
A million faces together and cheering and smiling
You were the warmth of their hearts, you were the sum of their dreams
In the coldness of morning you brought warmth to their lives
giving this feeling of wonder I could not imagine
You unlocking these thoughts no book and no picture could ever convey
This feeling and morning had opened a door.
I stepped into a new world I watched you fly
Saw you as a friend, the spirit of dreams
I imagined a new world, lands far away,
imagined those faces as you hung in their sky
 
I'm leaving ground stepping into a new world.
I'm leaving ground, a new world. And watching you fly
I stepped into, I stepped into a new world
I was not alone, I think it was the first time
 
I'm leaving ground, stepping into a new world
I'm leaving ground, stepping into a new world
Now I'm leaving home, leaving everything
I step into this new world leaving everything
 
I'm leaving ground, stepping into a new world
I'm leaving ground, stepping into a new world
Now I'm leaving home, leaving everything that I have ever known
I step into this new world leaving everything
 
Leaving everything, leaving everything.
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  1. me and two friends were privileged to dj a farewell night to the club which both nurtured us into the scene and gave us our friendship. it wasn’t my choice, but i’d agreed immediately when suncrushr suggested; we closed with this song. it was perfect.
    i left that night bowing to the empty space, as i’d always done in the past because the place meant so much to me.

  2. cubanate WTFAY

    i don’t think i’ve ever responded to any of yr posts.
    however, i really enjoy reading what you’re writing
    (& quoting?…)

    i’m going to visit soon.

    peace.

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