Hot Air Balloon
►Owl City Lyrics

We wrote a prelude
We started a story, a narrative of our own

To our own fairy tale
A make-believe story with magical elements

And bought a parachute
Purchased a safety kit for our adventure

At a church rummage sale
Bought the equipment from a second-hand store

And with a mean sewing machine
Using an advance and aggressive sewing gadget

And miles of thread
Large amounts of stitching material

We sewed the day above L.A.
We used our equipment to fly above the City of Angels

In navy and red
We used thread of blue and red to stitch our makeshift balloon

We wound a race track
We created a path for racing

Through your mom's kitchen chairs
Around the chairs in your mother's kitchen

And fought the shadows back
Preventing the darkness from overtaking us

Down your dark basement stairs
We continued our racecourse even in the basement

I lit a match, then let it catch
I set the fire to light up the environment

To light up the room
Illuminate the space

And then you yelled as we beheld
You shouted at what you saw

An old maroon hot air balloon
A vintage, red-colored balloon filled with hot air

I'll be out of my mind
I'll lose my sanity

And you'll be out of ideas
You'll run out of creative ideas

Pretty soon
In a short while

So let's spend
So, we should occupy the time by

The afternoon in a cold hot air balloon
Float on a balloon in the chilly air during the day

Leave your jacket behind
Don't wear anything that can slow us down

Lean out and touch the treetops over town
Stick ourselves out to graze the tops of trees in the city

I can't wait
I'm excited

To kiss the ground
To touch land

Wherever we touch back down
Wherever the balloon lands

We drank the Great Lakes
We consumed vast amounts of water from the five interconnected lakes

Like cold lemonade
Drinking the cold water was as if it was lemon flavored

And both got stomach aches
Our bellies hurt from drinking so much water

Sprawled out in the shade
We stretched out in the cool environment below the balloon

So bored to death you held your breath
You're dying of boredom and tried to hold your breath

And I tried not to yawn
I attempted to stay awake

You made my frown turn upside down
You made me happy

And now my worries are gone
I don't have any concerns anymore