[Verse 1]
Floating in the glass shell
One name on the flight log
Two hands on the rail
Four windows full of fire
Earth blinked and it was gone
Now the day drips thin
Like gold through a cracked jar
I watch it leave me
Slow from the rim
[Verse 2]
Crew seats empty, still strapped in
Coffee cold in the latch tray
My shadow on the floor
Looks borrowed, looks halfway
I count the hull scars
Like old text on my skin
Every scratch knows my face
Every beep drags me in
[Pre-Chorus]
Sun on the edge
One last glow
Hold that line
Then let it go
Sun on the edge
Red and low
I can hear the dark
At the window
[Chorus]
Solar fade, solar fade
Pull me through the black parade
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m alone but I still stay
Solar fade, solar fade
Burn one minute, then away
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m still here when you decay
[Verse 3]
Comms spit static in threads
Broken words in the airlock
I send a voice to the blue
It comes back as a dead shock
No applause, no crowd
Just my breath in the mask
And the slow-turning sphere
With a shadow it can’t outlast
[Pre-Chorus]
Sun on the edge
One last glow
Hold that line
Then let it go
Sun on the edge
Red and low
I can hear the dark
At the window
[Chorus]
Solar fade, solar fade
Pull me through the black parade
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m alone but I still stay
Solar fade, solar fade
Burn one minute, then away
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m still here when you decay
[Bridge]
[Filtered half-time]
If I go quiet
Don’t call it gone
I learned the dark side
By staring too long
One small heartbeat
In a metal shell
One last ember
Then the spell
[Final Chorus]
Solar fade, solar fade
Pull me through the black parade
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m alone but I still stay
Solar fade, solar fade
Burn one minute, then away
Solar fade, solar fade
I’m still here when you decay
[Outro]
Glowing edge
Going dim
I was lost
Then I began