I'm Climbing Up Those Walls Again

At 10:10 tomorrow morning, I'll be on a plane to Philadelphia, where I'll spend the weekend with my godmother. I've grown more nervous about planes in the past few years, despite the fact that I've been riding on them since I was in diapers. I'll leave you all with this song, which is a good stand-in for the emotions I feel as I lift off at this rather complicated period of my life.

The Foo Fighters - A320


The lyrics to A320 go like this:

There is a place I'd love to go
Strangers takin' me there
I dream about the day I learn to fly
I'm afraid of aeroplanes
Even though I like the way
that it feels to be a person in the sky

It's alright
and it's good
this time

I look out and on the ground
really don't believe it
gravity can pull me from this height

One day we'll come crashing down
What will I do
Never had a chance to say goodbye

Close my eyes and hope that it's
a real smooth flight
this time
Close my eyes and hope that it's
a real smooth flight

And it's good
this time

I look down and on the ground
I look down and on the ground
I look down and on the ground
I look out, we're going down

The lyric "Close my eyes and hope that it's a real smooth flight this time" is actually how I feel every time I meet someone new.

It's probably not the best song to listen to because I think that the lyrics and the music imply that the plane crashes in the end.