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When Airplanes Leave The Air

from Sound + Light by Hummingbird Syndicate

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When Airplanes Leave the Air

Rocking lightly in the laps of clouds
That break like waves above the earth
Lapping the vast sky-facing shores
And raining down the sea’s rebirth

What are we to do with time
If up is down and downward up
When on the shelf one finds
A lighted match or an emptied cup

No water can anoint our wounds
If everything is turned about
We wish for hope but cannot keep
The inner tide from trickling out

What are we to do with time
If up is down and downward up
When on the shelf one finds
A lighted match or an emptied cup

A candle only burns its wick
The wax resists the flame
The oceans share a single source
A fire has many names
While dropping gently through the clouds
The sea below so fair
The journey ends where it began
When airplanes leave the air


Tomorrow left returns to left
And up returns above to sky
We won’t recall the heresy
Of east is west and low is high

What are we to do with time
If up is down and downward up
When on the shelf one finds
A lighted match or an emptied cup

A candle only burns its wick
The wax resists the flame
The oceans share a single source
A fire has many names
While dropping gently through the clouds
The sea below so fair
The journey ends where it began
When airplanes leave the air

credits

from Sound + Light, released September 1, 2022
Composed and Produced by Jon Macey and Lynn Shipley

Lynn Shipley-lead vocals
Jon Macey-harmony vocals, acoustic guitars
Randall Lee Gibson IV-drums, percussion
Mike Pyle-lead and rhythm guitar
Steve Gilligan-bass

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Hummingbird Syndicate Boston, Massachusetts

Jon Macey and Lynn Shipley are a songwriting team creating lyrical and melodic tunes for the ages. Hummingbird Syndicate is a collection of their musical friends.

Metronome Magazine:
"With lush
vocal harmonies, vibrant fretboard forms
and pop-steady rhythms, Hummingbird
Syndicate proves to be one of the finest
band of pop architects on the scene today." ... more

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