Breathe and I'll carry you away into the velvet sky
And we'll stir the stars around and watch them fall away
Into the Hudson Bay and plummet out of sight and sound
The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills
Where I live in the Alpine heights
Below the northern lights I spend my coldest nights alone awake
And thinking of the weekend we were in love
(The weekend we were in love)
Home among these mountain tops can be so awfully dull
A thousand miles from the tide
Put photos on the walls of New York shopping malls
Distract me so I stay inside
I wish the rocket stayed over the promenade 'cause I would make a hook
And I can fish them from the sky
My darling she and I, we're hanging on so take us high
To sing the world goodbye
I am floating away lost in a silent ballet
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling we're both on the wing
Look down and keep on singing and we can go anywhere
Are you there
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
Are you there
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
Or are you just a decoy dream in my head
Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone
I am floating away
(Floating away)
Lost in a silent ballet
(Silent ballet)
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
(Early parades)
Still photos and noisy arcades
(Noisy arcades)
My darling we're both on the wing look down and keep on singing
And we can go anywhere
Are you there
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
Are you there
(Are you there)
(Are you there)
(Are you there)



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"On the Wing" as written by Adam R. Young

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  • +2
    General Comment:Not being a depressive or anything, but sometimes the beauty of Mr. Young's musical genius makes me cry.
    Flag MeddlingFloyd94on August 07, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is obviously about somebody loved. But here is what I think that it is in a more detailed way. The references to the stars and the heavens describes how intense the emotions were when they were together. The references to photos of New York and the way he said its distracts him and keeps him inside represent his memories of the time that they spent together and keep him in the past, unable to move forward. He wishes that the rockets were there because they represent his ability to get up and meet her again, their absence signifies that he knows that there is no way for him to meet her again.When he says that he is floating and lost in a silent ballet shows his state in life, he can't seem to get things on track no matter how hard he tries. He then describes how he fantasizes that they are together again and he starts to get lost in his own thoughts.
    Flag boogafish51on March 20, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think this is a song about how he met a girl on vacation, and they had a few dates over the weekend, but soon he had to go home, which is probably somewhere on the Hudson Bay. That's why he wantsto bring her to the Hudson Bay.
    Flag oceanheart13on December 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Breathe, and I'll carry you away into the velvet sky <3

    Love this song so much
    Flag myboybuildscoffinswithhammersandon December 11, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about remembering a girl he liked back when he was a teenager, mostly bc of the "weekend we were in love" since lots of teens date for like 2 days and meet someone else 2 days later and then theyre "in love" only to move on every other day. Also he talks about going to arcades and parades
    Flag William0on December 05, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:first of all the stars mentioned "And we'll stir the stars around and watch them fall away
    Into the Hudson Bay and plummet out of sight and sound"
    this means that the stars falls into the ocean (Hudson bay)
    this song's context is in Churchill, Canada. it is on the coast of the hudson bay
    next bit "Where I live in the Alpine heights
    Below the northern lights I spend my coldest nights alone awake"
    alpine heights means the alpine permaforst
    and the northern lights are aurora borealis

    promenade represents the marching which takes place in Churchill on the 1st of July (Canada Day)
    the singer wants to join his girl friend in heavens
    and his memory is fading "Or are you just a decoy dream in my head
    Am I home or am I simply tumbling out alone"
    Flag janetpalmon September 07, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:My favorite lines in this song are "Are you there?
    Are you there, or are you just a decoy dream in my head?
    Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone?"
    These lines make me think that he is dreaming of a girl that no longer feels the way he does or maybe never did. She's a decoy. He's alone because he loves her and he cannot love another until he knows for certain that there isn't anything between them.
    So he's asking. Should I wait for you? Are you there?
    Flag Johannahleeon August 31, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I love owl city because they are are so lyrical. Here is my thoughts on this song:

    I rhink this song was written about a fling he had when he was younger(late nights early parades, still photos, noisey arcades) it just seemed like the type of dates teens would go on. My favortie line watching a silent ballet, to me silent anything is a sign of emotion considering no words can be used so everthing must be very dramatic and emotional to convey the feeling
    Flag lovelyindieon August 29, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Gee, I wonder who this special lady is, who he is appearently talking about in over 90% of all his brillant songs. (I'm not British, even though I want to be. I'm an American... I'm proud to be an American from the... Opps, there I go singing another song in my head again:)
    Flag TheSquirrelStoleMyShoeon July 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:how the hell would he be gay when he specifically indicates that the opposite character is a girl in his songs?
    Flag nsnandowlcity04on June 17, 2010   Link

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