Escape Velocity

[Verse] Clouds like giants churn below Jupiter pulls with a god’s undertow Bands of thunder, endless storm We light the engines while the hull deforms [Chorus] Rise up, rise up, burn and climb Fighting the grip of a titan’s spine Rise up, rise up, hear spacetime scream Breaking free at escape velocity [Verse] Gravity crushes the seconds flat Mass and momentum demand their tax Runes glow white in the drive-core ring Every fraction of thrust means everything [Pre-Chorus] Tick-tock, the clock slows down Time bends hard near the planet’s crown [Chorus] Rise up, rise up, burn and climb Fighting the grip of a titan’s spine Rise up, rise up, hear spacetime scream Breaking free at escape velocity [Bridge] From Valhalla’s forge to the gas giant’s eye We challenge a world that refuses goodbye Lightning crowns us in cobalt flame We steal our mass from the well of its name [Final Chorus] Rise up, rise up, let the torch burn long We rip ourselves from the gravity song Rise up, rise up, watch the past unwind Viking pirates unchained by time [Outro] As Jupiter fades to a striped blue scar We laugh in the wake of the speed we are