I wrote this song a few years ago after watching two teenage girls on the subway taking selfies, and then I got to thinking about my own friendships right around the time we left for college. James and I recorded this to tape in our living room over 2020 when the world stood still.
lyrics
Just two lonely kids
Looking up at the airport ceiling
I liked your see-through purse
But you saw me at my worst and
I could have planned it better
I couldn’t stand being alone
Went from chocolate to
Perfume and cigarettes
I learned the secret shake
But I couldn’t make the earth quake
I could have planned it better
I couldn’t stand being alone
It was all a laugh
So we took a photograph
But I should have looked into your eyes and said
You mean more than that
Just two lucky kids
Waiting there for the next departure
You were heading West
And I wished you all the best
But I should have held your sweater
I should have given you mine
Wrote you a postcard
With a comic strip in black and white
I said, “I miss you babe”
But it was not the same and
When I wrote that letter
I couldn’t stand being alone
It was all a laugh
So we took a photograph
But I should have looked into your eyes and said
You mean more than that
credits
from Airport Ceiling,
track released March 5, 2021
Written by Chloe Nelson
Chloe Nelson - vocals
James Jannicelli - guitar, piano
Recorded and mixed by James Jannicelli in Brooklyn, New York
Mastered by Alex DeTurk
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