Jack
Various Artists Lyrics

I've got my things, I'm good to go
I've packed up and am ready to leave

You met me at the terminal
You came to see me off at the airport

Just one more plane ride and it's done
After this flight, the trip will be over

We stood like statues at the gate
We waited for our plane to board without moving or speaking

Vacation's come and gone too late
The vacation is over and it feels like it just started

There's so much sun where I'm from
My hometown has a lot of sunshine

I had to give it away, had to give you away
I had to leave my hometown and leave you behind

And we spent four days on an
We stayed at a hotel on an island that was owned by your family for four days

Island at your family's old hotel
We stayed on an island where your family used to own a hotel

Sometimes perfection can be
Even things that seem perfect can be

It can be perfect hell, perfect...
Extremely difficult or painful

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes
Time seems to move slowly for her and she keeps track of every minute that I'm not there

That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
I didn't mean for her to feel this way when I'm not around

For it to feel like this
For her to feel so bad

Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
She feels hurt and so do I

And don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
She asks the pilot not to fly too fast and to help her out

Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
She hopes the flight won't end soon because it's the only thing she has left

So keep it steady, now
She asks the pilot to fly smoothly

Cause every inch you see is bruised
Both of us hurt all over

I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle
I put on my Converse shoes and walk up and down the airplane aisle

I take my pills, the babies cry
I take medication while babies on the plane cry

All I hear is what's playing through
I only hear the music playing on the airplane speakers

The in-flight radio
The music channel that's playing on the airplane

Now every word of every song
Each and every word of the songs on the radio

I ever heard that made me wanna stay
That makes me want to stay

Is what's playing through
Is what I'm currently hearing

And I
And now

And I am, finally waking up
I am finally becoming aware

So read your books, but stay out late
She advises me to read books but go out late

Some nights, some nights, and don't think
Sometimes, without overthinking it

That you can't stop by the bar
You can still go to the bar, even though you've been avoiding it

You haven't shown your face here since the bad news
I haven't been there since the last time something bad happened

Well I'm here till close, with fingers crossed
I will be there till the bar closes, hoping for something positive

Each night cause your place isn't far
Because your place is close by