Challenger
Challenger's Flight: A Journey of Dreams and Regret
Lyrics
Back seat over the wing
Expressing a view from the back seat above the plane's wing.
And I'm the happiest hot potato on the plane
Feeling content and fortunate during the flight.
Yeah I'm looking, I'm looking it's beautiful
Observing the beauty of the surroundings during the flight.
I think I want to go and live out there right now
Expressing a desire to live in the beautiful place being observed.
Oh stewardess can you fix me some Mercury
Requesting the stewardess for a drink of Mercury.
The city below me shines
Admiring the shining city below, possibly Detroit.
I guess I'm part of Detroit's shining dream
Feeling connected to the dream or success associated with Detroit.
The ones that forget that I was ever here
Reflecting on the possibility of being forgotten by others.
The one that's going to forget that I had ever been
Anticipating being completely forgotten in the future.
Oh stewardess can you fix me...
Repeating the request to the stewardess for Mercury.
I'll follow the rules if you tell me
Expressing a willingness to follow rules if instructed.
With one of those endless smiles
Describing the stewardess with an "endless smile."
I love all your little bottles of Mercury
Expressing affection for the small bottles of Mercury.
My throttle's open wide
Indicating a wide-open throttle, possibly a metaphor for living recklessly.
And I'm wasting my life and I'm wasting time
Acknowledging a sense of wasting life and time.
And I'd give all of Hitler's broad oceans
Using hyperbole, willing to give up immense things for a purpose.
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over
Suggesting a readiness to endure significant challenges for Detroit.
The city below me shines
Reiterating the admiration for the shining city below.
I guess I'm part of Detroit's shining dream
Reconnecting with the dream or success associated with Detroit.
The ones that forget that I was ever here
Revisiting the theme of potential forgetfulness by others.
The one that's going to forget that I had ever been
Emphasizing the anticipation of being forgotten in the future.
Oh stewardess can you fix me...
Repeating the request to the stewardess for Mercury.
I'll follow the rules if you tell me
Reiterating a willingness to follow rules if instructed.
With one of those endless smiles
Repeating the description of the stewardess with an "endless smile."
I love all your little bottles of Mercury
Reaffirming affection for the small bottles of Mercury.
My throttle's open wide
Restating the metaphorical wide-open throttle and a sense of waste.
And I'm wasting my life and I'm wasting time
Continuing to express a feeling of wasting life and time.
And I'd give all of Hitler's broad oceans
Reiterating the willingness to sacrifice immensely for a cause.
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over.
Emphasizing the readiness to endure significant challenges for Detroit.
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