Vertigo
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Vertigo : Info
This is one of the few songs I wrote while living in New York City. I finished it in December of 1999 after reading a National Geographic article about the history of aviation. It showed photos from the highest altitude parachute jump, which pretty much consisted of a man jumping out of a space ship. Not quite, but almost; he lept from a balloon that was so high that he needed to wear a space suit and didn't start feeling wind resistance for something like an hour after he jumped. He was concerned, he said, because when he rolled over onto his back, he saw that the sky above him was totally black. This surreal image made me ponder the scientific conquests that propelled this leap.
Vertigo : Lyrics
I jump from this high place and I roll around to see a sky
as black as night.
I behold this eerie sight while far above the clouds while falling ever
down.
Albert did you know how the sky becomes a blur of streaking points of light?
Someone wake him up, or Galileo, because I think I need him now.
Vertigo... do not fear the fall;
you may never hit the ground.
Newton you did say that my orbit would decay, but did you like the view?
My fear of heights has gone because every way is down;
Vertigo has come and left me off the ground.
Vertigo... do not fear the fall;
you may never hit the ground.
spoken:
Albert did you know that I fell from that high place where I could see the
stars in a sky as black as night that was far above the clouds? Albert did
you know that it would all become a blur? Albert did you know?
© Everett Griffiths Lyrics and Music
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