Headed for a landing somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean
Broke through the clouds and saw the
green atoll
Half drowned ship clinging to the reef
With the bones the sea hadn’t dissolved
Not the best sign
But we had nowhere to go
I broke the wings on touchdown rather
smoothly
Snapped clean off right as we hit the
sand
Watched a wing sink into the reef
As we came to a stop
Flipped on the radio
With my shaking hands
Hello there
Is anyone listening?
Hello there
Can you hear my call?
I said mayday
We’re not gonna make the next check
point
But we’re breathing
And feeling rather small
Maps and blood seemed to cover the
entire backseat
At least what was left of a plane that
split in two
Salt water’s only good for washing the
sand
Out of these fresh cuts
Gonna need something else
To heal our wounds
Noticed all the birds and the trees and
the crabs around me
Thinking for a second someone could
live here
Last time I checked we didn’t even know
Half the world around us
So I started walking
And began to yell
Hello there
Is anyone listening?
Hello there
Can you hear my call?
I said mayday
We crashed here on your island
But we’re breathing
And like to get home
Hammered on the short wave to nothing
but static
Drifted to sleep with the waves and reef
and white noise
I was up high gazing at the colors
Of endless expanding water
No place to crash
Nothing to avoid
Awoke right as Freddy went to sleep for
good
Made me kinda jealous that I was just a
little dazed
I guess I could look at this
As a permanent vacation
But I gotta survive
So one more time I’ll say
Hello there
Is anyone listening?
Hello there
Can you hear my call?
I said mayday
I’m not gonna make the next checkpoint
But I’m breathing
And feeling rather small
A little housewife with a hobby in a
Texas basement
Heard something new and called the
FAA
Lost my signal
Never found it again they said
Don’t you think that’s more than a little
strange
credits
from High as the Stars,
released August 9, 2017
guitars & bass: bean
electric piano & vox: weber
drums, perc & vox: wildman
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