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“It's a song about duality. We shapeshift from being in the driver’s seat to going along for the ride, ‘am I the pilot, or the passenger?’, and travel from day to night. We use aerial analogies and flight metaphors to describe periods of ascent and descent, and the ups and downs of life. Throughout the song you soar and crash, sometimes looking down on the world below, existing somewhere in the clouds like an angel watching earth.”
–Waterbaby
lyrics
Thin Air
They say love is blind
Tampers with the mind
So call 999
Get them on the line
Now earth’s out of sight
Two planes pass in the night
Don’t you know I’m tired
Need some peace and quiet
Ah I’m not there
Staring at the sun
‘Til the colours run
Staring at the sun
‘Til the colours run
I am ascending
You are descending
We’ve been pretending
Our whole lives
And then we’ll be crash landing
On this long haul flight
Am I the pilot
Or the passenger?
We’re going higher
With the engine on fire
Learning how to hide
You’re getting hard to find
Don’t say it’s goodbye
Just stay for tonight
This heaven ain’t mine
Treats me so unkind
Something in the wine
Too much makes me cry
Ah I’m not there
Staring at the sun
‘Til the colours run
Staring at the sun
‘Til the colours run
You missed your connection
You lost your reception
We’re going backwards in time
And then we’ll be crash landing
On the dark side
Am I the pilot
Or the passenger?
We’re going higher
With the engine on fire
White wing that glides on the blue
She’s given up and stopped looking for you
You can’t follow she’ll be gone tomorrow
She’ll disappear like thin air
Seatbelt on and ribbons in her hair
Headphones in and her jacket on the chair
She’ll touch down in a new time zone
Then she’ll disappear like thin air
Ah ah I’m not there
Ah ah I’m not there
I’m on thin air
Am I the pilot
Or the passenger?
We’re going higher
With the engine on fire
credits
released July 7, 2022
Song written, performed and produced by Waterbaby
Mixed by Finn Murphy
Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering
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