Fly High Into the Sky

Verse 1

Engines crying through the dawn,

Steel wings cutting morning gray,

He wore a face too young for war,

Yet flew where older men had lain.

Orders carved in iron words:

Find the bombers, break their line.

So he climbed into the wind,

Leaving softer worlds behind.

Pre-Chorus

But above the smoke and fire below,

Beyond the guns that scar the air,

There was a place no hate could go,

A silent kingdom waiting there.

Chorus

Fly high into the sky,

Where the storm can’t reach your soul.

Touch the sunlight with your eyes,

Let one heartbeat make you whole.

For a blink, for one sweet breath,

He forgot what men had done.

He was only wind and wings,

Flying straight into the sun.

Verse 2

Clouds like oceans rolled beneath,

Golden light across his skin.

Warmth had found his frozen hands,

Peace had slipped beneath his ribs.

No commands, no falling flame,

No names carved in telegrams.

Only sky and endless blue,

Only mercy in his hands.

(Solo Hard Heavy Guitar 25 sec.)

Pre-Chorus

Then the radios screamed again,

Dark shapes crossing through the haze.

Duty dragged him back to earth,

Back into the butcher’s maze.

Chorus

Fly high into the sky,

Where the storm can’t reach your soul.

Touch the sunlight with your eyes,

Let one heartbeat make you whole.

For a blink, for one sweet breath,

He forgot what men had done.

He was only wind and wings,

Flying straight into the sun.

Verse 3

He broke the line with cannon fire,

One great bomber lost its flame.

Then another shadow turned,

And marked him in its sights to aim.

Rounds tore through the silver frame,

Oil and smoke began to bleed.

Warning lights like dying stars,

Flashed the end of speed and steel.

Bridge

He could hear the cracking hull,

Feel the cold come creeping near.

Yet he smiled through blood and frost,

For the sky was crystal clear.

No more fear and no more cries,

No more sirens, no more pain.

With his final strength he pulled,

Turned the broken nose again.

Final Chorus

Fly high into the sky,

Where the storm can’t reach your soul.

Touch the sunlight with your eyes,

Let one heartbeat make you whole.

As the darkness closed around,

As the world below was gone,

He gave one last breath to peace,

Flying straight into the dawn.

Outro

Before the earth could claim his name,

Before the fire kissed the ground,

The cold arrived... the war fell still...

And silence was the only sound.

He died where no guns ever run—

With his face turned to the sun.