[Verse 1]
Frost on the canopy
Gloved hand on the kill-marked stick
White breath, black coffee ghosts
Over fields of flame and brick
Shark teeth on silver skin
Engine growls like a waking god
Tracing scars across the sky
Over quiet, burning sod
[Chorus]
In the cold blue heavens
Where the sun feels far and small
He carves his name in vapor trails
One more climb, one more fall
In the cold blue heavens
Every heartbeat counts as proof
That he’s still burning, still returning
Through the bullets and the truth
[Verse 2]
Bandits rising out of cloud
Black crosses on steel gray wings
Radio a cracked old prayer
Drowned by the wind that screams
Red light, tracers like comets
Tearing holes through frozen air
He sees faces in the gunsight glass
And pulls the trigger anyway (anyway)
[Chorus]
In the cold blue heavens
Where the sun feels far and small
He carves his name in vapor trails
One more climb, one more fall
In the cold blue heavens
Every heartbeat counts as proof
That he’s still burning, still returning
Through the bullets and the truth
[Bridge]
How many ghosts in his mirrors
How many names on his skin
He counts the victories backwards
From the day it all began
Fuel low, sky wide, soul heavy
Silence louder than the fight
He kisses the photo on his dash
Then drags the crosshair into light (hey!)
[Chorus]
In the cold blue heavens
Where the sun feels far and small
He carves his name in vapor trails
One more climb, one more fall
In the cold blue heavens
If he falls, he falls in flame
But till the last round leaves the gun
The sky will know his name