This Bird

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Matt Hughes] Taxi to the runway as the evening turns to night It's several minutes past the chance to dodge this dire flight The engines both look ancient and the wings are swathed in rust I should have stayed at home or took the midnight shuttle bus [Verse 2: Matt Hughes] When the hell's the steward going to bring around a drink? This lack of ammunition gives me too much time to think I'll down the airline champagne and I'll juice up on some gin I'll be too blind to worry when the fuselage caves in [Chorus: Matt Hughes] And now I know that I'm going to seem extreme This bird's going down Don't want to cry or to have to make a scene This bird's going down [Verse 3: Matt Hughes] The beast is leaping up and down I think I'm going to crack Like Terminator, my insipid dinner's coming back The further out we go, the mortal danger only grows I've got to stop myself from watching air disaster shows [Chorus: Matt Hughes] And now I know that I'm going to seem extreme This bird's going down Don't want to cry or to have to make a scene This bird's going down [Bridge: Fil Bucchino] Into a swamp, into a bridge Into an ocean where fishies meet What a tasty treat With pilot error or the weather Or mechanics leaving checklists incomplete Into a mountain or a forest Or a schoolyard where the kids all play What a tragic day A fundamentalist with suitcase Full of bombs prepared to blow this flight away [Outro: Matt Hughes] And now I know that I'm going to seem extreme This bird's going down This bird's going down This bird's going