"....In this place circling all round the sun."

"In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" is an album cherished by many, many people. It's creator emerged from the depths of friends' closets, intense dreams, and ashy nightmares to channel the higher power of the universe, thus forging a tragic, but empowering fanfare of lost spirits, wondering souls and beautifully wretched creatures. Afterwards, the creator dissappeared again, folding into a world that has no love for starry-eyed poets and mystical prophets.

However, the world will always have that brief, transcendent slice of one man's dreams and nightmares to treasure and love and hold onto.

Here's the lyrics to the last phrase of the title track:

"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" -Jeff Magnum (Neutral Milk Hotel)

Just contemplate on that very last line...

I'll be leaving for Africa in almost 24 hours. While I'm there, having my mind blown, I'll be thinking how very strange it is, indeed, to be anything at all. I'll feel more connected to and more in awe of simply being a conscious entity living, loving and dying on this place that is circling all round the sun.