Boarding Call

The late night flights keep me company
While I lie awake and write
I pretend like I’m on the pilot’s end
Floating off into the night
Every time a plane goes by
I get this strange feeling I’ve been left behind
As the anxious flyer sitting window side
Takes a pill and dreams of home
I watch from the ground while the plane lights fade out
Thinking about the day I’ll go
On my desk I keep a souvenir
Something to remind me of everywhere
I close my eyes and I spin the globe as if I’m Atlas
As if to split my fate from the masses
We go to school and get a job and then buy a family home
Hell if that’s the way the world goes round
I’ll spin on my own
Attention passengers this is your boarding call
We apologise for the delays
There’s only so long we can keep the gates open
So could you please make your way
Don’t you see what’s at stake?
I close my eyes and I spin the globe as if I’m Atlas
As if to split my fate from the masses
We go to school and get a job and then buy a family home
Hell if that’s the way the world goes round
I’ll spin on my own