I'm Afraid of Flying There's this man And he's thinking to himself while he's walking home - you know that worms game that people used to play on their mobile phones? Well that's a good representation of the relationship he's in but the walls are her and the worms probably him, and they're both heading for an eventual collision, propelled by a trail of baggage 'cause nothing is missing, from the first time you ever got kissed, to the first time you threw up, to the first time you got the gist of playing the guitar and you started writing songs that sit along the trail like little mobile homes that are populated by people you no longer know they're all younger and dumber and still full of hope that they still honestly believe there's some sort of point to it all, so they're writing down lyrics like they're writing Pink Floyd's "The Wall" as if they know that one day the world's gonna be full of the words that they're trying to write
And I know you know I'm afraid of flying Do you also know I'm afraid of trying to get close to you? afraid of trying to get close to you?
And I know you know there will always be Something that's inside of me That honestly just can't believe that any of this is true
And if I'm John Lydon Then you're Malcolm Mclaren And everything I'll ever be is something that we both achieved Over thirty years ago And it's something I can never let of 'cause I'm scared its the only thing people will ever really want to know About me
And I know Johnny Marr and morrissey Will one day be forced to be Together somewhere like Glastonbury But it'll be only too plain to see That they are only really doing it For the money
And I know its gonna be thousand years before you and me Can ever really feel the same way again
And I know its gonna be thousand years before you and me Can ever really consider each other friends
So let's stay at home And play the songs We used to play to make us cry Let's make a list of All the people that we miss And all the things that we regret And all the reasons why And let's get nostalgic About people we don't care about We can look them up on facebook And we can marvel at their lives And we can regret everything We ever did or ever said Or we can drink until we're sick And laugh about it all instead 'cause I'm still afraid of flying And I'm still crap at parallel parking And I still think about us dying And it make me feel like I'm a kid And all the lives that we've all lived Have just been anthologies of things we did or didn't do And it's all the things that we didn't do That we can use as raw material For building up shrines To all the regret and all the crimes That we've performed against ourselves About a thousand million times
And I know you know I'm afraid of flying Do you also know I'm afraid of trying to get close to you? afraid of trying to get close to you?