Dawes - From a Window Seat Lyrics
I'm buckle in my seat belt, plug my headset in a chairAnd to the music, I watch flight attendants moveThey are pointing out the exits, but it looks more like a prayerOr an ancient dance their bloodline reaches throughThese planes are built for sifting through the warriors from the menI've got time to sit and watch them for a whileYou can see everywhere they're going, everywhere they've beenAnd how they look out at the clouds each time they smileAnd I think, maybe he's in town for someone's birthdayMaybe he makes trouble everywhereBut as much he resists the conversation between the rivers and the freewaysHe knows it's always thereAs the northwest passage sits somewhere below me as I sleepI dream of captains and explorers eating bootsWhen I ask if I can join them and they offer one to meI wake up as my home comes into viewSo I reach out down for my notebook to see what impressions could be spunBut it's just buildings and a million swimming poolsSo I leaf back through the pages to see where I am fromOr for some crumbling map of what it's leading toAnd I find that the hero in this song that I am writingDoesn't know he's just an image of myselfBut as much he resists the conversation between the rivers and the freewaysHe's somehow always asking them for helpI want to make out all the signs I've been ignoringHow the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair'Cause when you don't know where you are goingAny road will take you thereSo maybe I'm in town for someone's birthdayMaybe I make trouble everywhereBut as much I resist the conversation between the rivers and the freewaysI know it's always there
