Verse 1
It’s 1944 and the engines roar,
Cold steel sky, heading out to war.
Leather gloves and a borrowed prayer,
Your ghost in the cockpit air.
Haven’t seen your face, don’t know your name,
But my heart lights up like a bomber flame.
Somewhere past this smoke and blue,
My forever’s waiting—somewhere it’s you.
Pre-Chorus
They say love’s for letters and safer days,
Not dogfights high in a sky ablaze.
But every mile this propeller turns
Is a mile closer to where my future burns.
Chorus
I’m a bird in a fighter’s skin,
Silver-winged with a fire within.
Through flak and thunder, through red-lit skies,
I chase the promise in your eyes.
All out of love, I fly this storm,
Through shattered clouds and uniforms.
I don’t just fight for flag or word—
I fly for you… like a faithful bird.
Verse 2
The radio cracks, the night ignites,
Tracers stitching up the night.
But fear don’t own what my heart has claimed—
There’s a lighthouse lit with your unnamed name.
Maybe you’re waiting by a seaside town,
Hair in the wind when the sun goes down.
Maybe you’re praying for someone unknown—
Feeling a pull you’ve always known.
Pre-Chorus
I swear I feel you in the dive,
Like your heartbeat keeps me alive.
When the engine coughs and the bullets scream,
You’re the reason I don’t lose steam.
Chorus
I’m a bird in a fighter’s frame,
Chasing a love I’ve never named.
Over oceans wide and battle lines,
Through midnight raids and warning signs.
All out of love, I brave the fire,
Fuelled by something even higher.
No medal shines, no glory’s heard—
Just the wings of a waiting bird.
Bridge
If I fall, let the sky remember
A reckless heart in cold December.
But I won’t fall—I feel it true,
The horizon bends and leads to you.
Like two migratory souls in flight,
Crossing years and war-torn night.
Drawn by instinct, drawn by flame,
Two wild birds the world can’t tame.
Breakdown (Soft)
Every turn of the prop, every dive I take,
Is for the moment our worlds awake.
You don’t know me—but you will soon,
When I land beneath your waiting moon.
Final Chorus
I’m a bird breaking through the dawn,
Through smoke and loss I carry on.
All out of love, no fear, no chain,
Just open sky and your last name.
From ’44 to eternity,
My wings carve out our destiny.
When I touch down, my war is done—
Two hearts landing into one.
Outro
So wait for me past the sirens’ cry,
Past the burning in the sky.
I’m coming home on battered wings,
With all the love this pilot brings.
Across the war, across the word—
Your fighter…
Your man…
Your returning bird.
Chorus
Your ghost in the cockpit air.
Haven’t seen your face, don’t know your name,
But my heart lights up like a bomber flame.
Somewhere past this smoke and blue,
My forever’s waiting—somewhere it’s you.
Pre-Chorus
They say love’s for letters and safer days,
Not dogfights high in a sky ablaze.
But every mile this propeller turns
Is a mile closer to where my future
BURDEN
