No Way Down

[Intro – filtered radio vocal] Hey! Turn it up— We got nowhere else to be. [Drums slam in] [Verse 1] Woke up late with the sun in my eyes Board in the back and we’re ready to ride Radio loud and the mountain ahead Got a thousand bad ideas running through my head Everybody says slow it down But I never learned how There’s a whole white world outside And I’m gonna find it now [Pre-Chorus] One shot One line One chance to get it right No brakes No signs We’re disappearing tonight [Chorus] WE’RE GOING UP! And there’s no way down Throw your hands in the air While we’re leaving the ground WE’RE GOING UP! Can you feel it now? Whole world getting smaller When you’re over the clouds I don’t care where we land I don’t care what they say We’re young enough to wreck it And laugh anyway We’re going up— Going up— And there’s no way down! [Instrumental – distorted guitar + breakbeat] [Verse 2] Fresh tracks cutting like a line through glass Cold wind screaming but we’re moving too fast Friends at the bottom yelling “DO IT AGAIN!” So I’m pointing this board at the sky instead Got snow in my jacket Got a bruise on my pride But there’s something about falling That makes you wanna fly [Pre-Chorus] One shot One line Don’t think—just let it ride Three—two—one— SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE! [Chorus] WE’RE GOING UP! And there’s no way down Throw your hands in the air While we’re leaving the ground WE’RE GOING UP! Can you feel it now? Whole world getting smaller When you’re over the clouds I don’t care where we land I don’t care what they say We’re young enough to wreck it And laugh anyway We’re going up— Going up— And there’s no way down! [BIG AIR – music dynamically reacts to jump] [Drums and bass rapidly filter away] [Long airborne hang time] Woahhhhh— [Huge stereo reverb] Look at me now… I’m higher than I’ve ever— [APEX – almost weightless silence] —beeeeeen… [Distant reversed vocal echo] (higher… higher…) [DESCENT] [Filtered drums gradually return] Here we— Here we— HERE WE— [LANDING – enormous full-band impact] GO! [Heavy breakbeat + distorted guitar riff] [Bridge] Crash into the powder Get back up again We didn’t come for perfect We came here with our friends Another run Another scar Another story when we’re old But tonight this mountain’s ours— SO LET IT ROLL! [Final Chorus – double energy] WE’RE GOING UP! And there’s no way down Throw your hands in the air While we’re leaving the ground WE’RE GOING UP! Can you feel it now? Whole world getting smaller When you’re over the clouds I don’t care where we land I don’t care what they say We’re young enough to wreck it And laugh anyway We’re going up! We’re going up! [Gang vocals] UP! UP! UP! [Final giant jump] [BIG AIR – drums disappear, vocal echoes across mountain] And there’s no way— [LANDING] DOWN! [Final distorted guitar hit + turntable scratch] [Outro – distant resort PA / wind] “Last run…” [quiet laugh] Yeah right. [Board launches] [Fade out]