Waiting for Superman by the Flaming Lips

This song, released in 1999, was the one I turned to in the weeks after September 11, 2001. I'm not sure why, but I think it spoke to my hope that there would be some sort of magical force that would make everything better. For all the talk of collective action and national unity, I think part of me just wanted it to all go away.

Jody Avirgan