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The whole song is about turning to God, after a life of disbelief, when a plane is about to crash. Of course, the plane crash can represent any hardship. However, it makes for a nice “falling from grace” analogy.
[Trent Reznor]
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I cry
I'll become your servant if it's worth your time
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I'll say
I'll become your soldier, at least for this day
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I cry
I'll become your servant if it's worth your time
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I'll say
[El-P]
I know I haven't been walking a humble path
I know I cursed at your name and then laughed
And though I found it inane to bend calf
The servitude of groveling framed as pained task
I gotta figure, it can't hurt to ask
Suspension of disbelief in uniquely freak flash
Admission of the faithfully shaken, now trapped
30 thousand and dropping it's on and popping at last
[Trent Reznor](Rob Sonic)
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I cry
I'll become your servant if it's worth your time
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I'll say
I'll become your soldier, at least for this day
No!
(There are no atheists in the foxholes)
No!
(There is no intellect in the air)
No!
(There are no scientists on the way down
Just a working example of faith versus physics) {*2X*}
[El-P]
Flyentology (oh god)
Everybody get your ticket today
Flyentology (oh god)
Welcome aboard, sir, right this way
Flyentology, flyen-flyentology (oh god)
Our bible is in your seat back pocket
Flyentology (oh god)
Tuck your head between your legs, now pray
I adore you
The same way that others always adored you
Emergency, humility
Just break glass
I implore
With no knowledge of dogma to conform to
I know I don't deserve it, but save my ass
And if I'm going down, let me do it in first class
The paganistic prayer of a heathen with wild past
Please forgive my bastardized style dash
And anoint me with salvation in form of non-crash
I wanna live so bad
All my life, I've been so arrogant
This is the vessel of my 'wakening
Please father, put your hand out
Carry it
I wanna live so bad
All my life, I've been so arrogant
This is the vessel of my 'wakening
God damn it, put your hand out
Carry it
[Trent Reznor](Rob Sonic)
No!
(There are no atheists in the foxholes)
No!
(There is no intellect in the air)
No!
(There are no scientists on the way down
Just a working example of faith versus physics) {*2X*}
[El-P + backing vocals by Trent Reznor]
This is (oh god)
This is flyentology (oh god)
Flyentology (oh god)
Flyentology (oh god)
[Trent Reznor]
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I cry
I'll become your servant if it's worth your time
Keep me in the sky, that's all that I'll say
I'll become your soldier, at least for this day {*2X*}
No!
Flyentology was written by El-P.
Flyentology was produced by Trent Reznor & El-P.
El-P released Flyentology on Tue Feb 20 2007.
El told Drowned in Sound,
If I was to get caught up in the gut impression, in the immediate interpretations people have of the lyrics, I would get frustrated. But I really only have myself to blame for that. I mean, there are songs like ‘Flyentology’, which I really just wrote about being afraid of...