A wish on a Star ( Airplanes)

In the song Airplanes by B.o.B and Hayley Williams the concept of making a wish on an airplane is discussed. It is like making a wish on a shooting star, according to the song. In the song, B.o.B. expresses regret over what his life has become. " To go back to a place much simpler than this...", apparently would be the purpose of this wish. He then describes the things that have gone wrong, like the line "and you're hoping but the people never call you back". 

One thing that I think is similar between the concept of wishing on an airplane within the song, and wishing on a star in real life, is the unlikeliness of them both. When someone wishes on a star in daily life, they don't truly believe that their wish will come true. They are just making this wish in vain hope. I think it is the same in the song. B.o.B. is just expressing a desperate wish that things would go back to normal.He doesn't expect anything to come from it. This led me to wonder what airplanes represent within this song. Sure, they are something you see along with stars when you look up at the sky. But what other significance could they  have? Later on in the song B.o.B mentions having a flight to catch, and it's a little bit hard to tell if that's just further metaphor, or something else. My best guess would be that airplanes represent movement somehow to him, and probably because he's seen them in the sky, he wishes that he could get on an airplane and go back in time.

I think that this is definitely a feeling that everyone can relate to. Everyone has made a wish on a star, and hoped that it will come true. They also know that it won't. Wishing to be able to go back in time is also relatable. It's nice that there was a song made to finally voice that feeling of regret.