Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me
Get things right

Hook me up a new revolution
'Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing
And watched the last one die

Now I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of lying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly high

Think I'm done nursing the patience
It can wait one night
Give it all away
If you give me one last try

We'll live happily ever trapped
If you just save my life
Run and tell the angels
That everything's alright

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly high
Make my way back home
When I learn to

Fly along with me
I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own
Fly along with me
I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to

Looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright

I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly high
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly
Make my way back home
When I learn to


Lyrics submitted by me109cito, edited by Skoobasteve24

Learn to Fly Lyrics as written by Oliver Taylor Hawkins David Eric Grohl

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  • +8
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    I think its about someone who is looking for salavation. The video to this song is really funny!

    RedArmyon June 07, 2002   Link
  • +8
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    I would agree with: bexmcr123

    "\Love this song...the video is soo funny. i think this song is about being fed up with your life...and pretending that your comfortable about where you are to others but fighting a battle within yourself from actually doing anything. you want to change for yourself but then stay the same for everyone else. learning to fly is like learning to break away and do things for yourself. i know this is like nothing to do with what anybody else has really put but hey thats what it means to me.!/"

    Have always thought the same thing good to know im not alone.

    johnnyfiveisaliveon October 11, 2009   Link
  • +7
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    Whenever I hear these lines it always makes me think of the Nirvana days:

    \"Hook me up a new revolution Cause this one is a lie We sat around laughing and watched the last one die\"

    Nirvana definitely shook things up and while everyone was running around trying to exploit and profit off of that, they seemed to forget that the person that it all revolved around was in trouble.

    spotchesteron May 08, 2006   Link
  • +6
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    always made me think of getting a grasp on the way things are going for you.. conflict makes life interesting, so the line "looking for a complication" implies that he wants life to have some spice. so he wants to take control of his life, but at the same time make it worth living.

    FAVORITE PART: [depends on mood]

    starlightfadingon August 01, 2002   Link
  • +5
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    As a musician, I can relate this song to a lack of inspiration.

    Hes searching for his muse

    "Run and tell all of the angels This could take all night Think I need a devil to help me Get things right" - I can't write a thing, I Need inspiration

    Maybe the "Hook me up a new Revolution" part is talking about how he feels this genre, or "revolution" has died, or is just no good for him. "We sat around laughin and watch the last one die" We took this as a joke, and had fun as we watched other bands disappear.

    The Chorus is very obvious. He desperately looks for inspiration, looking to the sky, looking for stuff in his head (sign of life) looking for something help him blast his ideas off his head. "Looking for a complication, looking cause im tired of trying" he's so sick of not writing anything good, he seeks for something to distract him from doing that. "Make my way back home when I learn to fly" I'm going to bed/home when i finish this shit.

    "Think I'm done nursing the patience I can wait one night I'd give it all away If you give me one last try" He's tired, he won't write anything till tomorrow, but then... "We live happily ever trapped If you just save my life Run and tell the angels That everything is all right" He finds his muse, a girl, and everythings fine.

    Finally, the "Fly along with me, I cant quite make it alone, I try to make this life my own" part, is about how he can't finish his song, without her, and needs her in his life.

    PeterNjoon December 16, 2012   Link
  • +4
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    this in my opinion is the best foo fighters song, straight up rock

    rafaelnadalno1fanon November 03, 2009   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    the video is really good! great lyrics, great song

    turnerkr_ukon June 20, 2002   Link
  • +2
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    the video is absolutley hilarious! this song is really special to me, but to be honest i haven't a clue what its about... like the salvation theory though...

    squeezeon June 12, 2002   Link
  • +2
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    yer.. Best Film Clip ever made... Dave Grohl, is as funny as he is cool . lol i lost it when The steward winks at the captain :P oh and btw.. Did anyvody notice the guys with the cocaine are Tenacious D??? I only just realiised this recently :)

    robortyon July 06, 2002   Link
  • +2
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    lol, he does make a good woman, doesn't he?

    zen_childon April 26, 2003   Link

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