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