Mechanical Failure
from Short Stories Vol. II by Suitcase Runaway
lyrics
Watching airplanes fly over the telephone wires.
Spinning propellers and big smoking engines,
All firing in time.
I fly my kite and memorize the digits in your number.
I'll call with the landline so I won't miss a word.
Your voice sounds lifeless through the speakers,
But it's not due to the circuitry.
The tone of your words makes me weaker,
But I know you'll do great without me.
Looking out to the tide wondering if it's getting higher.
Sun-faded hanger walls and control towers
Add to the landscape's outline.
I close my eyes and you tell me about dreams you had last night.
A fire, a crash site, and voices that weren't yours.
My words carry doubt within them,
It's inevitable, you've told me many times,
But I never understood it then.
Mechanical failure! I can't speak.
I've been stuck... for days.
Just waiting for an ending I didn't know I could make.
The red lights are glaring,
And the siren is blaring,
And the radio is breaking up.
The static is scaring me.
The co-pilot panics
Over all of the dials.
I brace for impact and think of a face I haven't seen in a while.
And now I can't picture it right,
But I still remember.
Spinning propellers and big smoking engines,
All firing in time.
I fly my kite and memorize the digits in your number.
I'll call with the landline so I won't miss a word.
Your voice sounds lifeless through the speakers,
But it's not due to the circuitry.
The tone of your words makes me weaker,
But I know you'll do great without me.
Looking out to the tide wondering if it's getting higher.
Sun-faded hanger walls and control towers
Add to the landscape's outline.
I close my eyes and you tell me about dreams you had last night.
A fire, a crash site, and voices that weren't yours.
My words carry doubt within them,
It's inevitable, you've told me many times,
But I never understood it then.
Mechanical failure! I can't speak.
I've been stuck... for days.
Just waiting for an ending I didn't know I could make.
The red lights are glaring,
And the siren is blaring,
And the radio is breaking up.
The static is scaring me.
The co-pilot panics
Over all of the dials.
I brace for impact and think of a face I haven't seen in a while.
And now I can't picture it right,
But I still remember.
credits
from Short Stories Vol. II,
released December 10, 2017
Nick Davenport - Guitar, Vocals
Geoff Webb - Bass
Luke Condrich - Drums
Eric Hirzel - Piano
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Nick Davenport.
Nick Davenport - Guitar, Vocals
Geoff Webb - Bass
Luke Condrich - Drums
Eric Hirzel - Piano
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Nick Davenport.
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Suitcase Runaway Cleveland, Ohio
Four-piece "sunshine-infused" folk-rock band hailing from Cleveland, Ohio.
Short stories
told in song, reflecting on friends, family, love, and individuality.
New single and music video "Strike A Nerve" out now!
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