One Flight Down
Norah Jones Lyrics


One flight down
There's a song on low
And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know that you're wrong
Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last I see your ancient face
Now you know
Now you know

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes

One flight down
There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Mike Hill

Way deeper than that Layylanii
"One Flight Down"

One flight down
There's a song on low

Just below our level of everyday consciousness

And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know you're wrong

You have an inkling that not everything is as it seems, why are you here anyway?

Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know

Acceptance of what is (nirvana, self realisation bliss blah blah blah)

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

The singularity that is all there is

In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last you see your ancient face
Now you know
Now you know

Seeing who you really are (ancient face)

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes

One flight down

There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know




That one flight down 'Just below our level of everyday consciousness' comes back and, hey, it's all good
Love and light *
Twangling



BARIŞ TOSUN

One flight down
There's a song on low
And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know that you're wrong
Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know
The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note
In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last I see your ancient face
Now you know
Now you know
The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes
One flight down
There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know



T Mi

@Silence me Violate me "One Flight Down" is a profound song about Realization of something unveiled & unifying (all the elements of a literal or proverbial song materializing into a greater awareness) -- most likely, realization of an aspect of Living & the clarity over a misconception. The song, being the metaphor for this awareness of something / someone / some personal expansion, that was always actually there. ...That realization might've come at last into perception either sadly too late or in a mundane moment or perhaps at a special moment in time. The sudden awareness & realization of a quality in oneself or alternatively concerning external person to love.

In the latter case, the realization is of a long-known person whose true qualities were overlooked/missed until now.

In the former case, the realization that one's own life's answer-seeking is suddenly coming into a focus that was actually always there, if one had more keenly seen.

...But sure, you've got an interesting, rich interpretation; which I could certainly see, i.e., the song being about death itself.

That said, it's a bit of a stretch to speak as definitively as you do with complete certainty (ironically in contrast to the song's theme) about someone else's song, and that it has to be about "death".

You might yourself "miss" these prevailing themes in Jones' work within this album. Much of this album is about missed Love and missed ways of understanding oneself and connecting. So, in particular to this song, it's surprising to jump past these clearer themes, and instead proclaim the answer is solely a more tangential possibility - death. (In fact: arms unfolding can mean embracing greater wisdom in being alive. And: seeing one's own "ancient face" can mean to become aware of one's own timeless, wisdom of the ages, in order to live more deeply; the face does not have to be a literal meaning that the face or its soul aged so much it was about to die).

These aspects, to my analysis, come closer to what's deeper in the lyrics in this song. ...However, I'm richer for pondering your unique analysis. So, thank you.



All comments from YouTube:

Layylanii

this song is about finally realizing what you have in someone; essentially, a song that has always been playing in the background. At first, the song is easy to ignore, but eventually, the aroma of the music drifts upward until you can't deny it. One can easily run from love, but eventually, the song will catch up with you and you'll be dancing in time to it.. for so long I hadn't listened to the words, its always been "playing in the background" until the words finally made sense in my life. I like that this song is self-contained. it was just hazy, pleasant background music and Norah is such a genius ..she says it " There's a song on low, And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know", she knew the harsh reality of the song... you won't understand the song until you can relate...musical genuis

Mike Hill

Way deeper than that Layylanii
"One Flight Down"

One flight down
There's a song on low

Just below our level of everyday consciousness

And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know you're wrong

You have an inkling that not everything is as it seems, why are you here anyway?

Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know

Acceptance of what is (nirvana, self realisation bliss blah blah blah)

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

The singularity that is all there is

In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last you see your ancient face
Now you know
Now you know

Seeing who you really are (ancient face)

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes

One flight down

There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know




That one flight down 'Just below our level of everyday consciousness' comes back and, hey, it's all good
Love and light *
Twangling

Di F

Love this track. So stress relieving. You can feel the atmosphere created by this song.

Tony Brick

My favorite song on the record.

SpendingTimeTogether

Me 2

The Pearl

Yes...I also love, love Turn Me On. Her vocals are simply beautiful.

Silence me Violate me

What do you think it's about?

Mr. Urbas

Me too. Me too

dr hoo

Truth

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Derps

Been listening to a bit of Norah Jones lately and this song on Come Away With Me really stuck out to me. Great album overall, but this track just had such a great flow to it. Nice smooth chords and vocals.

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