The Chairs

http://thechairs.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea


Most people are familiar with Neutral Milk Hotel’s song “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” but I would like to introduce a cover of the song that I personally believe trumps the original.

I came across The Chair’s cover of “In an Aeroplane Over the Sea” on the way home from the mountains last December, when my brothers blared it over and over again, while I was trying to fall asleep. At first I was annoyed by the fact that I couldn’t catch up on my beauty sleep, but after hearing the first chorus I started to really listen to the song, and was pleasantly surprised with the unique sound.

Unfortunately the cover does not have a video to go with it, but if you go to the link posted above, I promise that it will be worth your time, and you can download the song free (it’s perfectly legal).

Neutral Milk Hotel’s lyrics take on new form, and they put me in a very happy mood. This song is still a far cry from a Miley Cyrus song, but it is probably one of the happier songs that you will hear from me. The song probably means something different to each person who listens to it, but I feel like it captures the essence of life, and of being young in that particular moment.

"What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me, me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me, me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anne's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees, trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
Now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round' the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"