[Verse 1]
Dust in my teeth
Boots on the gravel
Name tag shining
Sun like an anvil
Barbed wire halos
Guns in a line
Maps on the table
Orders in their eyes
[Chorus]
Steel wings over Peru
Engines screaming at the blue
I walked those corridors
Watched them move
Fascinated
Locked in the groove
Steel wings over Peru
Cold code and human truth
I felt the thunder in that room
Fascinated
Staring straight through
[Verse 2]
Drill sergeant laughing
Said
“You can look”
Finger on blueprints
War in a book
Young faces marching
Counting their steps
I counted heartbeats
Heavy in my chest
[Bridge]
Is this safety
Is this fear
I’m just a stranger
They live here
[Chorus]
Steel wings over Peru
Engines screaming at the blue
I walked those corridors
Watched them move
Fascinated
Locked in the groove
Steel wings over Peru
Cold code and human truth
I felt the thunder in that room
Fascinated
Staring straight through (yeah)