"Aeroplane Blues", sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh The Black Keys, mengisahkan perjalanan emosional seorang musafir yang terombang-ambing dalam ketidakpastian. Melalui liriknya yang penuh dengan metafora dan pengulangan, lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema kehilangan identitas, isolasi, dan kerinduan untuk menemukan makna di tengah kehidupan yang penuh gejolak. Di atas ketinggian, sang protagonis merenungkan tujuan hidup, bergulat dengan perasaan disorientasi dan ketidakberdayaan. Liriknya yang menghantui membangkitkan perasaan akan kehilangan dan kerinduan akan kejelasan di dunia yang semakin kompleks.
Aeroplane Blues Lyrics
The Black Keys
I'm on an airplane,
'Cross the sea,
Goin' nowhere,
I wanna be,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Eyes are heavy,
Mind is shook,
Can't feel,
Drugs I took,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Take your seat,
Don't be shy,
You've got to remember, yeah,
That you were born to die,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Don't know who I am,
Don't know who I am.
'Cross the sea,
Goin' nowhere,
I wanna be,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Eyes are heavy,
Mind is shook,
Can't feel,
Drugs I took,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Take your seat,
Don't be shy,
You've got to remember, yeah,
That you were born to die,
Distant land,
Don't know who I am,
Don't know who I am,
Don't know who I am.