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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jack's Mannequin
Performer
Andrew McMahon
Piano
Jim Wirt
Bass
Robert "Raw" Anderson
Guitar
Patrick Warren
Chamberlain Strings
Tommy Lee
Drums
C.J. Eiriksson
Programming
Bobby Raw Anderson
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew McMahon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andrew McMahon
Producer
Chris Baseford
Additional Engineer
Neil Couser
Recording Engineer
Scott Humphrey
Additional Engineer
Jim Wirt
Producer
Chris Lord-Alge
Mixing Engineer
C.J. Eiriksson
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've got my things, I'm good to go
You met me at the terminal
Just one more plane ride and it's done
[Verse 2]
We stood like statues at the gate
Vacation's come and gone too late
There's so much sun where I'm from
I had to give it away
Had to give you away
[Verse 3]
And we spent four days on an island at your family's old hotel
Sometimes perfection can be
It can be perfect hell, perfect
[Verse 4]
Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes that I am not there
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
[Verse 5]
And don't fly fast, oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got so keep it steady now
'Cause every inch you see is bruised
[Verse 6]
I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle
I take my pills, the babies cry
All I hear is what's playing through the in-flight radio
[Verse 7]
Now every word of every song
I ever heard that made me wanna stay
Is what's playing through the in-flight radio
And I, I am finally waking up
[Verse 8]
Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes that I am not there
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
[Verse 9]
Don't fly fast, oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got so keep it steady now
'Cause every inch you see is bruised, yeah
[Verse 10]
So read your books, but stay out late
Some nights, some nights
And don't think that you can't stop by the bar
You haven't shown your face here since the bad news
Well I'm here till close, with fingers crossed
Each night 'cause your place isn't far
[Verse 11]
And hours pass
Hours pass
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 12]
Yeah, yeah, she still counts the minutes
That I am not there
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
And don't fly fast, oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got so keep it steady now
'Cause every inch you see is bruised
Bruised, bruised
Written by: Andrew McMahon