In the Aeroplane Over the Sea -Video Song by Hunter Ackerman

This is a Neutral Milk Hotel song written by Jeff Mangum, released 1998.

My version is a Video Song which defines it as:
1. No lip-syncing, it's actual filmed recordings.
2. No hidden sounds. Every sound you hear, you see at least once.


This song combines real poetry that was not requisite for music of the 90's- "Now we keep where we don't know. All secrets sleep in winter clothes with one you loved so long ago, now we don't even know his name."
...with underlying depth of meaning. "Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all..."



What a beautiful face I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet, let me hold it close and keep it here with me

And one day we will die and our ashes will fly
From the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be in the arms of all I'm keeping here with me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet, how the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers
Through your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet

And now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now we don't even know his name

What a beautiful face I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

Category:

Music

Tags:

• In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Hunter Ackerman
• Jeff Mangum
• Humanist Rock
• video song
• acoustic rock
• unsigned artist
• indie rock
• 12 instruments
• HD music video
• split screen hollywood actor
• subtitles

[ajsledzep]

wheres the saw man? haha 

[JHunterAckerman]

@ajsledzep I actually thought about it for a while! ...but I didn't just because everything else in my cover is the same music from different sounds, so I did the saw part with 2 ebows on an electric guitar. Glad you like the song and noticed!

[Kirschenrock]

sounds good

[JHunterAckerman]

@Kirschenrock

Thanks!

Are you in Germany?

[ckfoster68008]

Props on excellent cover and production – and for continuing to build a terrific body of work. Loved "Welcome Home" and the "cap off the bottle" song as well. Keep on!

[CDesiere]

As I keep reading your fascinating messages throughout the video I am curious to know more about your thoughts on your statement "If love is an evolved drive would we feel it any less?"

[AlenMeg]

that video was amazing!!!! we think you're SO cute!!!!! I love the microphone with the suit, it makes it look like a bowtie

[OoOFuckUOoO]

Aww KITTIE!

[belacago]

brillant... Love it :-))

[jenfabpat1]

Yea, I watched it last night.

It is very good. Congrats!

[jenfabpat1]

Yea, I watched it last night.

It is very good. Congrats!