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Flynn enjoyed writing story songs, and songs engaging the listener and having them experience a connection. The song he believed to be his best is "MegaFlight," which discuses how it would be if it where possible to visit lost relatives and friends in heaven. The song tells the story of a man who was
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married to a woman that died in childbirth. In the song, the unnamed man goes to an airport to inquire about purchasing an airplane ticket to heaven for him and his young child. He wrote songs in other styles, such as "The Ballad of
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