Song Description
Acoustic Guitar, Upright Bass, Pedal Steel and Brush work support this haunting ballad of family remorse and sadness. Reaching out.
| Song Length |
3:22 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Blues - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Troubled |
Subject |
Loneliness, Dysfunctional Family |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, John Mayer |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
An airplane needs a pilot
Like a family needs a heart
Adrift without direction
You'd be lost before you start
And I needed you to be there
But you were just a silhouette
A picture of a love undone
I see you're still not finished yet
Every twisted tree that grows
From out of solid stone
There's a picture of survival
From where a scattered seed was sown
And I needed you to be there
In times of sifting sands
Oh, there was nothing you could do
To fill my empty hands
And I needed you to be there
Oh, but you never had the time
You were always so busy
And we were all so busy being blind
Bridge:
Oh, and I don't mean to cause you any pain
We've had enough of that now
Oh, but I see you in the window in the rain
We've got to open it somehow
I see it open
Father of an unknown son
Stranger to his progeny
The distances between us
How far it must appear to be
And I needed you to be there
Oh, but that's all in the past
And the farthest frozen moment
Time goes by so fast
An airplane needs a pilot
Like a family needs a heart