[Verse 1]
Alone in the shell
With the panel glow
Earth in the glass
Far below
My boots on the deck
Hear the metal hum
One window wide
And the day runs dumb
I count the burns
On the docking seam
The sun goes thin
Like a broken dream
A red line slips
Past the orbit rail
I watch it fade
And my breath turn pale
[Pre-Chorus]
Slow drop, slow drop
Can’t hold it still
The whole sky bends
At the edge of the sill
One more frame
Then it goes dark
My name on the glass
And a cold white spark
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Solar drift, solar drift
Let it go, let it go
I’m still here in the shift
Solar drift, solar drift
Round and round I spin
Solar drift, solar drift
Till the dark lets me in
[Verse 2]
I tap the dome
With a gloved-up hand
No answer back
From the dust and the land
The radio spits
Through a broken grin
Half a song
Then the snow rolls in
I see my face
In a cracked-up screen
One tired eye
In the light between
The station breathes
Like a sleeping beast
I hold my pulse
In a steady freeze
[Pre-Chorus]
Slow drop, slow drop
Past the edge of sight
One last gold line
Then the black takes night
Hold that glow
If it slips, don’t chase
I learned to float
In a nameless place
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Solar drift, solar drift
Let it go, let it go
I’m still here in the shift
Solar drift, solar drift
Round and round I spin
Solar drift, solar drift
Till the dark lets me in
[Bridge]
If I fall, I fall
Through the silent blue
If I call your name
It will carry through
Tiny white world
In the scope of grace
One last warm line
On the window’s face
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Solar drift, solar drift
Let it go, let it go
I’m still here in the shift
Solar drift, solar drift
Round and round I spin
Solar drift, solar drift
Till the dark lets me in
[Outro]
Gone now
Gone now
Still I glow
Still I glow
Solar drift
Solar drift