Balto - Airplanes

from Best of Bandcamp's Best - Vol. 2 by Bandcamp's Best

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

about

For more music and info on Balto, visit their Bandcamp page: balto.bandcamp.com

For our review of Balto's latest EP, visit: www.bandcampsbest.com/balto-monuments/

lyrics

As a child I looked at airplanes
Learned all their technical names
I never could guess what they’d do

And I spent my youth waiting in airports
Convinced of a purpose
I’m lit up, I’m love, I’m a man

And I’ve rented rooms that change with the seasons
I forget the reasons
The bottom falls out, I’m alone

I hid in the corner, the tanks on parade down below
Looking back homewards, shedding old tears for you
-------------------------------------------

But can I stay with you just for a little while
Been trouble all behind
And lying here beside you
Hell I want to get it right this time

---------------------------------------------

When I make it home I’ll hand out key-chains
And souvenir ashtrays
But I’ll save the full story for you

When I make it home, get a house like my brothers’
And be a good husband
All simple and static and whole

I’ll probably be older, when the fever burns out of my mind
But I gotta tell you, I’m lit-up, I’m filled up and trying

credits

from Best of Bandcamp's Best - Vol. 2, released October 25, 2012
Daniel Sheron
Andrew Sheron
Philippe Bronchtein
John Glouchevitch
Charlie Freundlich
Sam Budish

Produced, Engineered, Mixed by Jeremy Backofen
Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering

Recorded June 2012 at Dreamland Studios
Additional Recording at Treetime, Popachi, and Badlands

license

about

Bandcamp's Best Providence, Rhode Island

Bandcamp’s Best was a website filtering out the best music on the hosted on Bandcamp.com

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Bandcamp's Best

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Bandcamp's Best recommends:

Roll the Bones
by Shakey Graves

Shakey's stunning alt-country/lo-fi debut hits the sweet spot over and over again. This guy is amazing. Bandcamp's Best
go to album
Zorya
by Floex

Such detailed textures mixed with beautiful rhythmic variations... Floex's Zorya impresses on all fronts. Bandcamp's Best
go to album
Warm Blooded Lizard
by Nym

Spaghetti western stylings mixed with a generous helping of instrumental hip hop? Don't mind if I do. Bandcamp's Best
go to album

If you like Airplanes, you may also like:

Through the Deep, Dark Valley
by The Oh Hellos

supported by 9 fans who also own “Airplanes”

This album makes me want to run in a valley, dance near a bonfire, and repent for all my sins at the same time. catinamossbasket
go to album
And The War Came
by Shakey Graves

supported by 6 fans who also own “Airplanes”

Shakey Graves is the reason I picked up a guitar after a 20 year hiatus. If Not For You...many thanks to Alejandro and crew. erikberg1976
go to album
Epoch
by Wyndham Earl

They may be named for a “Twin Peaks” villain, but there’s nothing menacing about Wyndham Earl’s rich and stirring psych soundscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 15, 2020
go to album