I Watched You Taking Off

Meaning is sometimes hard to spot
 It begins with the flickering of cigarettes
 In the darkness of a dorm room
 Somewhere in the suffocated mid-west
 But if this is real, then I was mistaken
 And if there is truth, then why can't we find it?
 But beauty comes to those who have been waiting
 For something that is bigger than themselves
 But this is the sound of the hopeless kids
 As they scream from the basements
 Of the houses of their parents and
 This is the sound of the hopeless ones
 As they stare down at their books
 And realize they've been lied to
 But if this is real, then I was mistaken
 If the vision's gone, then I was not aware
 Consistency like that which I have craved
 Is that people change so unexpectedly
 And realization finds you in a drunken airport
 Some planes depart and others never arrived
 So with this in mind, I don't plan on waiting
 If it's time to leave and break these old ties
 Without something more the vision is fading
 But until it's gone the pain will make us try
 (It will make us try)
 But this is the hope I've been searching for
 As the wings catch the sunlight of the cold Nebraska skyline
 And this is the dream I am dying in
 As I wake to find tomorrow
 Be content without perfection
 But if this is real, then I was mistaken
 If the vision is gone, then I was not aware