i built an aeroplane

it was just like the real ones that i saw when i was younger

but it was too small for me

to crawl inside the cockpit and fly away

at a million miles an hour (x4)

and it took me years

underneath the house we lived in

i threw my head and my heart in the cockpit

the sounds of the engines

the voices from upstairs i only heard my crew

preparing me for take off (x4)

preparing me (x2)

and it's just a model

built with plastic and with glue

but every day i go down to the airport

and i fly away from

i fly away from you (x2