Depending on the type of song you are writing, I may be able to help. My one and only trip (a gift to my 73 year old mother who was with) started in 5kt winds and ended in 20kt winds 1/2 mile from lake michigan when the pilot, after trying to land for the past 45 minutes ran out of good options and picked a small field/large yard, dragged the basket through the top of a tree to slow us down, then, dumped the air out of the balloon 5 feet off the ground and clunked us in (I would consider it a crash). Naturally, we tipped over and were dragged about 20 feet or so. The landing was so bad that one neighbor called 911 and a passerby (who was an EMT in training) in a jeep drove through a culvert and over this lawn to assist us. Mostly no injuries other than my $800 camera, a Nikon owned by another passenger and various small cuts, bruises and contusions. Everyone was checked and released by the ambulance once it arrived. It was two great hours ruined by 3 minutes of mayhem. Don't think either of us will ever go back up again. So, if the song is a long sonata ending in "Flight of the Bumblebee", I may be able to help.
