If This Plane Goes Down

Could I be more of a cliché?

Thirty thousand feet above Nebraska

Scratching lyrics on a napkin

Praying that this turbulence will spare my wine

The plane is almost empty

But for three hundred and twenty other humans

All staking their existence on a couple of dozen rivets

Straining between fuselage and wing

A fact we’re only coping with by drinking

If this plane goes down

I hope that I’m one of the cool ones

Will I have the nerve to play the clown

If this plane goes down?

If this plane goes down

Remember me as someone who tried

To find a balance between self-loathing and pride

Dug too hard for love at times

So if it ends in flames and fuel

Please tell my kids I kept my cool

If my time is up and this plane goes down

If this plane goes down

As we hit the ground, I wanna be smiling

Happily Hades-bound

If this plane goes down

If this plane goes down

Remember me as someone who cared

Often, but not always, about his hair

Self-righteous when shit wasn’t fair

So if it ends in fire and glass

Please tell my kids I went down classy

If my time is up and this plane goes down

I’ve no regrets as such

It’s just a shame, I’ve so much still to do

If my youth was wasted on me, I don't mind

’Cause I wasted it with you, my love

And from up above this planet looking down

The world reduced to greens and browns

Toy trains in paper mache towns

And just for now the trials of humankind

Dissolved by altitude and wine

I really think that I’d be fine

If my time is up and this plane goes down

If this plane goes down

I hope that I can get people laughing

Will I have the balls to tool around

If this plane goes down?

If this plane goes down

Remember me as someone who went down with

Fair results, but grand intent

Found meaning in how phrases can be bent

To the will, where will my remains be sent

To be eventually dentally identified?

So if this flight should end in tears

Please tell my kids I felt no fear

And tell them that the smoke will clear

And tell them I didn’t spill a drop of beer

If my time is up and this plane goes down

If my time is up and this plane goes down