[Verse 1]
Dust and diesel on the runway
Names burned off the gear
Photos folded in a pocket
Carry every silent fear
They vanish past the wire
Cold eyes under paint
Moving sideways through the shadows
Do the jobs the heroes can’t
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They move like ghosts in the open
Invisible edge of the fight
Deadliest hands in the darkness
Here
Then gone with the night
They never quit when it’s broken
When the whole world says “too far”
America’s quiet storm
Bleeding for every scar
[Verse 2]
Helos cut across the mountains
Rotors blend into the sky
No flag stitched on the shoulders
Just a promise they live by
Sand and snow inside their lungs
Different wars
Same mind
“Nothing’s ever hard enough”
Etched into their spine
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Names you’ll never hear at roll call
Stories sealed behind steel doors
Empty chairs at battered tables
Boot prints fading off the floor
Raise a glass to the unseen
To the ones we’ll never know
[low vocal register] When the darkness needs an answer
They’re the first ones told to go
[Chorus]