Airplanes
B.o.B ft. Haley Williams Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
Can we imagine that airplanes flying in the dark are similar to stars falling?

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
I strongly desire something to come true right now

Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
I wish I had a dream or a genie or a wish to make things easier

To go back to a place much simpler than this
I wish I could return to a simpler and less complicated life

'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
After all the wild and reckless adventures and behavior

And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
And after all the glamorous parties, fashion, and beauty

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
And all the chaos, disorder, and insanity that comes with fame

There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
There comes a time when you lose sight of everything and enter a dark phase

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

And you hopin' but them people never call you back
And you hope and pray that they will call you back, but they never do

But that's just how the story unfolds
However, this is how life progresses

You get another hand soon after you fold
You are dealt another hand of cards soon after you quit or give up

And when your plans unravel in the sand
And when your plans fall apart and wash away like sand on a beach

What would you wish for, if you had one chance?
What one thing would you wish for if you had a single chance?

So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
Addressing the airplane, saying he's sorry for being late

I'm on my way so don't close that gate
I'm coming, so please don't close the gate

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

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

Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days
Take me back to an earlier time

Before this was a job, before I got paid
Before this became a job or a career, before he started getting paid for it

Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Before money was an important factor in his life

Yeah, back when I was tryna get a tip at Subway
When he used to try and get tips while working at Subway

And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
Back then, he was rapping purely for fun

But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
But now, they rap in order to stay current and popular

I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
He believes that if they can make wishes out of airplanes, their wishes may come true

Then maybe, oh maybe, I'll go back to the days
If their wishes come true, then maybe he can go back to that earlier time

Before the politics that we call the rap game
Before the politics of the rap industry became what it is now

And back when ain't nobody listened to my mixtape
When nobody cared or listened to his mixtape

And back before when I tried to cover up my slang
Before he tried to hide or change his accent or slang

But this is for Decatur, what's up Bobby Ray?
This is for Decatur, a city in GA, saying hi to his former self, Bobby Ray

So can I get a wish to end the politics?
Can he make a wish to end the tyranny of politics in the rap industry?

And get back to the music that started this shit
And go back to the music, the roots, that started this all

So here I stand and then again I say
So he stands here again and repeats himself

I'm hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes
He's hoping they can make wishes out of airplanes to make things better

I could really use a wish right now
He still really needs a wish right now

I, I, I could really use a wish right now
He repeats that he needs a wish

Like, like, like shootin' stars
Like the shooting stars he mentioned earlier

I, I, I could, I could really use a wish right now
He repeats once more that he needs a wish