Deadstick

Well, there once flew a pilot high and free Danced with the clouds, pirouette with the breeze But I'll sink 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've 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, yeah I wake with a retch to the smell of ammonia And my eyes start watering A shadow of 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 said, "I got no children, I am but a boy" "You are mistaken," she says Follow me down through the wind and the earth To the edge of the forgotten sea Save us from the hurt, tell me I'm the one The phantom has taken everything Deadstick, death wish, burning in a cockpit Praying in the cabin, we're all holding hands Deadstick, death wish, lock up our phones The propellers ain't spinning, bein' forced to land Deadstick, death wish, startin' up the engines Blue skies are turning a darker grey Deadstick, death wish, heading for the burning 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