[VERSE 1] Rotors winding down like a dying star Hands still locked, don't know where you are Pittsburgh gold through the windscreen glow Three rivers running copper below Dr. Kai says "breathe, you're on the ground" But I'm still flying, I'm still flying Close your eyes, feel the weight come down All the voices, all the voices [PRE-CHORUS] Every name you can't remember Every hand that held the ladder Janitors and engineers The ones who smiled through your fear [CHORUS] This is the weight of wings you didn't build alone Standing on shoulders you've never known Carried by strangers, lifted by names Echoing, echoing, echoing through the frame *Weight of wings, weight of wings* *You didn't build alone* [VERSE 2] Augie in the art room, orange peel air Wrote "curious" in letters I could barely share Null dropped from ceilings with mirrored shades Asked "would you try if failure was just a phase?" Sofia sat down on the hallway floor Said "you're not broken, you're not broken" Carmen fought the system at the policy door So I could be here, so I could be here [PRE-CHORUS] Sine Wave taught me air has a song Pi showed me math was a river all along Steinway said "your heart's kept time Since before you were alive" [CHORUS] This is the weight of wings you didn't build alone Standing on shoulders you've never known Carried by strangers, lifted by names Echoing, echoing, echoing through the frame *Weight of wings, weight of wings* *You didn't build alone* [BRIDGE- Minimal,just pad and whisper] Tracy in her living room Drew the blueprint, lit the fuse "I did it, you can too" Not a platitude—a truth Kai said "remember them, hold them near Whether they hear you doesn't matter here What matters is you know, you know, you know—" [FINAL CHORUS - Full explosion—all layers] This is the weight of wings I didn't build alone Standing on shoulders I've never known Carried by strangers, lifted by names Echoing, echoing, echoing through the frame Mills closed now, knowledge flows Seeds are planted, the future grows I'm heavy now, but I can fly *Weight of wings, weight of wings* *I didn't build alone* [OUTRO] [Synth arpeggio fading, distant helicopter sounds] *Weight of wings...* *Weight of wings...* *Didn't build alone...*
