aileron

 

this is your captain speaking

and I’m hoping for once that I am wrong

seems that something has clipped through the cable

of our starboard aileron

 

soon you will sense a slow spiral

but your fall won’t last very long

get prepared for your final three minutes

your very last chance to be strong

 

one day they’ll find out

that I was not to blame

but nothing I do

will bring me to you

‘cause everything’s about to change

“change you must change or I’m leaving

I can’t live through another last night”

it’s the last thing she said as I climbed out of bed

and started to pack for this flight

 

I tried to explain my behavior

just a phase I that I soon will get beyond

please be patient with me and I know you will see

deep inside my love is so strong

 

one day she’ll find out

 

so many things I was waiting to tell him

but now it’s already too late

he’ll be looking for me, so impatiently

waiting with dad at the gate

 

every night he makes me promise

that tomorrow the sun will once again shine

so I try not to cry every time we say goodbye

… I won’t have to this time

 

one day he’ll find out

that I was not to blame

but nothing I do

will bring me to you

‘cause everything’s about to change

 

it’s not hard to find something to regret

and everyone sometimes flies blind

but the farther i go, the closer i get

to leaving it all behind

but the farther i go, the closer i get

to leaving it all behind

 

© 2004 by Brook Meggs