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princess leia by Shura
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ShuraAbout
“princess leia” was written as Shura imagined dying on a plane, and how that would leave her lover all alone. The song takes inspiration from Carrie Fisher’s death, as well as the death of a soldier whose body was carried on Shura’s flight from England to Australia.
As she explains to MTV:
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princess leia Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I got off the plane and turned my phone on
So I could read what you sent me when I was
Thirty thousand feet above the ground that you were standing on
Next
I smoked a cigarette and started thinking
Of all the crazy things that happen flying
Like when Princess Leia died I was also in the sky
Well
[Chorus]
How can I be sure I'm still alive?
(I'm not)
Maybe I died when Carrie Fisher died
(Death is)
Served just like it was a soda
(Coca-Cola)
Didn't even want it but it's complimentary
[Post-Chorus]
Too bad I'm gone and I won't ever see you again
Gone and I won't ever see you again
I thought we, we were higher
Higher
[Verse 2]
Pilot on the runway told us we'd been
Flying with the body of a man who's
Never coming back, but I guess he's coming home
Next
Carried like a suitcase covered in stars
Funny kind of blanket for a cold heart
Like he's going to bed, but he's never waking up
Well
[Chorus]
How can I be sure I'm still alive?
(I'm not)
Maybe I died when Carrie Fisher died
(Death is)
Served just like it was a soda
(Coca-Cola)
Didn't even want it but it's complimentary
[Outro]
Too bad I'm gone and I won't ever see you again
Gone and I won't ever see you again
I thought we, we were higher
Higher
(Coming down, coming down)
Higher
We were higher
(Coming down, coming down)
Higher
Higher
(Coming down, coming down)