[Verse 1] I packed my coat of snow And a pocket full of matchsticks Down at the ice-blue gate You said my name like a warning The runway cut through ice Like a scar on a mirror I felt the engines hum Then I watched the dark turn gold [Pre-Chorus] Higher, higher Past the ferry bells Higher, higher Past the sleeping fjords My hands on the window Your face in the glass And the whole of the world Getting small, getting fast [Chorus] Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun I want my soul to glow I want my shadow gone Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun If I burn, let it be Like a crown, like a song [Verse 2] Above the frozen sea The clouds wore silver rags I saw the towns below Like pins in a velvet map You left a warm slow ache In the hem of my breathing I carried it upward Like a bird in my chest [Pre-Chorus] Higher, higher Till the air turns thin Higher, higher Till the blue gives in My name on your tongue Then it slips away And the whole wide world Turns into day [Chorus] Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun I want my soul to glow I want my shadow gone Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun If I burn, let it be Like a crown, like a song [Bridge] Hold me in the blaze Let the cold be over Let the salt in my eyes Turn to sparkling water No fear in the flare No grief in the gold Just a white-winged hour And a heart grown bold [Final Chorus] Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun I want my soul to glow I want my shadow gone Fly me into the sun Fly me into the sun If I burn, let it be Like a crown, like a song
