Something For Kate
Captain (million miles an hour) (single)
Captain
built an aeroplane
it was just like the real ones that i saw when i was younger
but it was too small for me
to crawl inside the cockpit and fly away
at a million miles an hour
at a million miles an hour
at a million miles an hour
at a million miles an hour
and it took me years
underneath the house we lived in
i feel my head and my heart in the cockpit
the sounds of the engine
the voices from upstairs, i only heard my crew
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me
and it’s just a model
built with plastic and with glue
but every day i go down to the airport
and i fly away from
i fly away from you
Subjected to change
and nothing’s coming out
there simply aren’t enough words to go around
make it up and write it down
pretend it went unheard
because you don’t agree with my use of the word
well i have mine and you have yours
you have yours
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i’d like to show you what i mean
but i’m sick of talking to your answering machine
the time it takes
for two people like us to communicate
i do not know what you’re trying to say
so i’ll pretend it went unheard
eliminate unwanted words
package it well and
kept it secure
kept secure
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i’d like to show you what i mean
but i’m sick of talking, sick of talking
i’m sick of talking, sick of talking
i’m sick of talking
i’m sick of talking
i’m sick of talking
Chapel St etc.
all that’s heard is
every word is
just a little less than
etc. etc. etc. etc.
it travels like a wave
almost exact.. same
just when it came
all the wires and springs and machinery that held it in place
had fallen out of the air and into the ocean
all of the above
one after another, all after each other
locked into a line
people from above
folding into one piece, holding each other’s leash
all’s an exhibit
wheels set to roll, set to roll
just a little less than
special effects and camera tricks with mirrors and lights
that make it so real, but yet..
a camera rolls on its tracks
alongside the car
and here’s the soundtrack
here it is..
all of the above
one after another, all after each other
locked into a line
people from above
folding into one piece, holding each other’s leash