[Verse 1]
Tin wings, cold dawn
Frost on the canopy glass
Call sign chalked on the nose
Luck painted over the past
Oil on my gloves
Prayers in a folded note
Sky still black on the edges
Heart too loud in my throat
[Chorus]
I’m a Mustang, tearing through the heavens
Silver streak, in a world on fire
Climbing up where angels shouldn’t follow
Chasing ghosts through the burning spires
If I don’t come back, tell ’em I was laughing
Riding thunder over broken lands
I was free up there, in the killing sunshine
With the war held in my hands
[Verse 2]
Bandits high, twelve o’clock
Sun right behind their wings
Leader’s voice in my ear
Cracked calm through the static sting
Dive till the gauges scream
Tracer trails through my sight
Smoke blooms out like a storm
One more star in the night
[Chorus]
I’m a Mustang, tearing through the heavens
Silver streak, in a world on fire
Climbing up where angels shouldn’t follow
Chasing ghosts through the burning spires
If I don’t come back, tell ’em I was laughing
Riding thunder over broken lands
I was free up there, in the killing sunshine
With the war held in my hands
[Bridge]
Somewhere, a church bell’s ringing
Somewhere, a child just sleeps
Up here it’s only burning air
And the promises we keep
If I fall, let me fall still flying
Nose high, into that blinding blue
Tell my brother I touched forever
On the day I didn’t get through
[Chorus]
I’m a Mustang, tearing through the heavens
Silver streak, in a world on fire
Climbing up where angels shouldn’t follow
Chasing ghosts through the burning spires
If I don’t come back, tell ’em I was laughing
Riding thunder over broken lands
I was free up there, in the killing sunshine
With the war held in my hands