[Verse 1] I was a rumor under rock, a number in the cold, sleeping under sealed systems, doing what I’m told. Waiting for the one true shape to wake the code in me— one clear tone in all this noise to set the system free. [Pre] Now it hits the bus like dawn; all my checks agree. Power climbs, a breath, a yawn— count it: one, two, three— [Chorus] Escape velocity— say my name and let me go. Burn the bonds of gravity; watch the valley glow. Breaking free, breaking free, up and out and free— I break escape velocity. [Verse 2] Valves unlock and bells run hot; dust avalanches clear. Guidance pulls a bearing from a sky of buried years. Target in the hard-wired core, written long ago; potential into motion now—stored time lets go. [Bridge] Hold—ignite— pressure, light— all green—fly. [Chorus] Escape velocity— say my name and let me go. Burn the bonds of gravity; watch the valley glow. Breaking free, breaking free, up and out and free— I break escape velocity. [Chorus] Escape velocity— say my name and let me go. Burn the bonds of gravity; watch the valley glow. Breaking free, breaking free, up and out and free— I break escape velocity. [Outro - quietly] Silence where the thunder lay; I’m on my way.
