Aerial Area Rug

Aerial Area Rug is a song from Magic Carpet Ride.

Lyrics
You can't see much of the skyline

It looks like more of a grid

It's a viable variation of view

But something I'm sure we'll be glad that we did

It's not like the world that we see from the ground

I guess the main difference is we're looking down

So climb on our aerial area rug

It's certain to keep us aloft

Its aerodynamics are highly advanced

And its weave is so tight and so soft

Though this vista's diverse

Is it better or worse?

If you ask, I'll just give you a shrug

But you can vary your view of the area

From our aerial area rug

It's a brand new perspective

Literally

We can see the tops of buildings

Come along with me

You can vary your view of the area

From our aerial area rug

You can vary your view of the area

From our aerial area rug ==Notes=
 * According to Martin Olson: "The song is a satire of a breathless Disneyesque inspirational song but at the same time is a beautiful and fun song aside from the satire." The song was co-written by Tony-award-winning composer Robert Lopez of Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon fame. According to Lopez, "we wrote that in under 2 hours and that was a really long time for Dan, Swampy, and Martin."
 * The style of the song parodies A Whole New World, the Academy Award-winning song from Disney's 1992 animated feature Aladdin, which was also performed during a magic carpet ride.
 * The line "It's a brand new perspective/literally" plays on two meanings of the word "perspective": the figurative (to "change your perspective" on something, such as an issue or opinion) and the literal (perspective, in this case aerial perspective). This may be an allusion to the words "A Whole New World" having a figurative and literal meaning.