Airplanes
B.O.B Feat. Hailey Williams Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
Is it possible to imagine airplanes as shooting stars in the dark sky?

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
At this moment, I could greatly benefit from making a wish.

Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
At this moment, I could really use a dream, a genie, or a wish.

To go back to a place much simpler than this
I would like to return to a time that was much simpler than the present.

'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
After all of the parties, destruction, and crashes,

And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
and all of the glamour, fashion, and flashiness,

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
and all the chaos and disorder,

There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
there comes a time when you become hopeless and lost.

And when you're starin' at the phone in your lap
When you're staring at your phone and waiting for someone to call you,

And you hopin' but them people never call you back
and you're hoping for them to call you back but they never do.

But that's just how the story unfolds
However, that's just how the story plays out.

You get another hand soon after you fold
You will soon be dealt another hand after you have folded.

And when your plans unravel in the sand
and when your plans fall apart

What would you wish for, if you had one chance?
If you had just one chance, what wish would you make?

So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
So airplane, airplane, I apologize for being late.

I'm on my way so don't close that gate
I'm on my way, so please do not close the gate.

If I don't make that, then I'll switch my flight
If I don't make it in time, then I will change my flight.

And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
And I will be back to it by the end of the night.

Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days
Someone take me back to the days,

Before this was a job, before I got paid
before music was a job and before I got paid for it.

Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Before the amount in my bank account became important.

Yeah, back when I was tryna get a tip at Subway
Yeah, back when I was working hard to earn tips at Subway.

And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
And back then, I was rapping just for the fun of it.

But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
But today, we are rapping to remain relevant.

I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
I'm guessing that if we can make some wishes using airplanes,

Then maybe, oh maybe, I'll go back to the days
Then, just maybe, I could go back to the days.

Before the politics that we call the rap game
Before the politics and drama of the rap industry.

And back when ain't nobody listened to my mixtape
And back then, when no one was listening to my mixtape.

And back before when I tried to cover up my slang
And back before the time when I tried to hide my speech patterns.

But this is for Decatur, what's up Bobby Ray?
But this song is for Decatur, Georgia. What's up, Bobby Ray?

So can I get a wish to end the politics?
So, can I make a wish that would put an end to the drama?

And get back to the music that started this shit
And go back to creating the music that was the origin for this genre.

So here I stand and then again I say
So, here I am and I say again.

I'm hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes
I hope that we can make wishes using airplanes.

I could really use a wish right now
At this moment, I really need to make a wish.

I, I, I could really use a wish right now
I, I, I could really use a wish right now.

Like, like, like shootin' stars
Like, like, like shooting stars.

I, I, I could, I could really use a wish right now
I could really use a wish right now.

A wish, a wish right now
To make a wish, a wish right now.