[Intro]
One-two-three
[Verse 1]
Last month in Alaska
With the pattern of my life laid out
And I asked what I'd been asking you
Like trees repeat, like numerals do
Like a ladder to the atmosphere
The rungs each come again and again
[Chorus]
And I let it
Land me down and tether me 'til I get it
[Verse 2]
When we landed in Orlando
And the local time was 11:11
The pilot had his eyes closed
Through that opalescent open road
And then time spread and expanded
The lines fanned out across the land
[Chorus]
And I let it
Land me down and tether me 'til I get it
Can I leave the canopy forever?
And land me down eternally
Alaska was written by Evan Stephens Hall.
Alaska was produced by Sam Skinner & Evan Stephens Hall.
Evan Stephens Hall via NPR’s All Songs Considered:
“Alaska” is one of the early songs on 11:11, and I always like to sequence the albums very intentionally, so each song can advance the “plot,” a word I use in this case very loosely, basically the themes and repeating images on the album. So that’s...