Deadstick

There once flew a pilot

High and free

Danced with the clouds

Pirouetted with the breeze

But out of sync to the mechanical beat

That pulsed at the heart of a metal machine

Thought of their partner and thought of their kids

Thought where they're going and thought where they'd been

But a sudden change

The routine shattered

Prepare the mind

Arrange the matters

Deadstick (Deadstick)

Deadstick (Deadstick)

I'm a bird with a broken wing

Deadstick (Deadstick)

Deadstick (Deadstick)

This nightingale can't sing

I wake with a retch to the smell of ammonia

And my eyes start watering

A shadow? A body?

"Who are you?" I say

When a voice cracks like a frozen lake

"I am your child

You are my mother

And I'm sitting here dying"

I say "I got no children

I am but a boy

You are mistaken"

She sings:

"Follow me down through the wind and the earth

To the edge of the forgotten sea"

"Save me from the hurt"

"Tell me of my worth"

"A phantom is taking everything"

Deadstick, death wish, panic in the cockpit

Praying in the cabin, we're all holding hands

Deadstick, death wish, lost all propulsive

Propellers ain't spinning, being forced to land

Deadstick, death wish, we're shutting off the engines

Blues skies are turning a darker grey

Deadstick, death wish, heading for the smoking

Hole in the airfield I can't locate

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Save me!

I'm in a tight spot, catastrophe

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Save me!

I'm 'bout to make a crash landing

Deadstick

Deadstick

I'm a bird with a broken wing

Deadstick

Deadstick

This nightingale can't sing

Yeah!

Deadstick

Death wish

I can't believe we made it out alive

Deadstick

Death wish

Send me help before I die