A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. His plans were reviewed by committee in 1894 and patented in the United States on 14 March 1899. Given the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were operated by the Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG). DELAG, the first commercial airline, served scheduled flights before World War I. After the outbreak of war, the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts.
The World War I defeat of Germany in 1918 halted the airship business temporarily. But under the guidance of Hugo Eckener, the deceased Count's successor, civilian zeppelins became popular in the 1920s. Their heyday was during the 1930s when the airships LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 129 Hindenburg operated regular transatlantic flights from Germany to North America and Brazil. The Art Deco spire of the Empire State Building was originally if impractically designed to serve as a dirigible terminal for Zeppelins and other airships to dock. The Hindenburg disaster in 1937, along with political and economic issues, hastened the demise of the Zeppelin.
The coins rest deep in the wells of my eyes, placed gently there after I died. It's a small penance I'm willing to pay for my fare, my fate, escape. But what beauty and grace will remain as our ruins, or relics, or names? They're all constants that stand to remind of what quickly passes by. As we quit the shore, I survey the graves; rows of old stones, unevenly paired, princess with thieves and lovers apart. So where shall I lay? With you? Alone?
The storm is now pressing its weight on all sides as it plunges its nails into pine. The tall waters will wash us away. For now, forget, erase, and leave nothing behind whence we came--no ruins, nor relics, nor names, nor anchors to hang in the tides that slowly still unwind. But we rest assured we're safe in our graves. With faces upturned, we look to be saved, but the rustling of soil will slowly subside and quietly die.
Gone, gone, gone baby's gone
Leave me broken on a dead end phone
You said you reached for the time
But this time the time ain't enough
A split second a blink of an eye
When she's gone yeah she's gone, baby's gone
Yeah she's gone baby's gone
And I've just felt like shit ever since
We had a real good time, and we were best friends
But we would drive and strive until we hit a dead end
And she's gone baby's gone
And I've just felt like shit ever since
Gone, gone, gone baby's gone
Leave me broken on a dead end phone
Now you can feast on the time
And catch up on all you left out
Dead head, yeah I'm dead in the head
Cause when she's gone yeah she's gone
Baby's gone yeah she's gone baby's gone
And I've just felt like shit ever since
We had a real good time, and we were best friends
But we would drive and strive until we hit a dead end
And she's gone baby's gone
And I've just felt like shit ever since
Waking up from a coma with your brand new eyes
See the world in a different way
Even though the past ist just a memory away
Even though you lost it
I remind you that thing ain't that easy to forget
Disappointments and weak regrets
What about my broken heart?
Gone, gone, gone baby's gone
Leave me broken on a dead end phone
You said you reached for the time
But this time the time ain't enough
A split second a blink of an eye
When she's gone yeah she's gone, baby's gone
Yeah she's gone baby's gone