[Intro - bagpipes alone, 4 bars, then synth hook and guitar riff, 4 bars] [Verse 1 - minor, racing synth arpeggio, guitar chugging low] The engines wait for him like hounds; he strides across the blackened grounds; they hear his step and start awake, a roar that only he can make. [Pre-Chorus - synth sweep rising, long held notes] She does not wave, and will not shout. "Now climb until the sky runs out." [Chorus - major lift, full beat, synth hook, pipes doubling] Escape velocity! He's clear; the world itself can't hold him here; he cuts the engines, lets them sleep, and every mile he wins, he'll keep. [Post-Chorus - the synth hook with guitar and pipes, 8 bars] [Verse 2 - minor, full beat, the arpeggio racing] He rolls, and swallows half the field; the nose comes up, the ground must yield; he eases back, a breath, no more; the wings take up the weight she bore. [Pre-Chorus - risers climbing, strings rising] He climbs on gauges through the grey and breaks out into blinding day. [Chorus - major lift, full beat, synth hook, pipes doubling] Escape velocity! He's clear; the world itself can't hold him here; he cuts the engines, lets them sleep, and every mile he wins, he'll keep. [Post-Chorus - the synth hook with guitar and pipes, 8 bars] [Bridge - beat held low, pads and strings swelling] The land below him bows its back, and overhead the sky goes black; she's wrapped in daylight's blue cocoon; for him, the stars show through at noon. [Guitar Solo - key change up, saturated guitar blazing, 8 bars] [Instrumental - bagpipe and guitar trade phrases, 8 bars] [Instrumental - synth lead, pipes and guitar in unison, 4 bars] [Verse 3 - minor, the arpeggio racing, guitar gathering] She'd wished him level with the best; he's higher still; the engines rest; she carried him; she's standing tall; he flies too fast to ever fall. [Final Chorus - double-time beat, everything driving] Escape velocity! He's clear; the world itself can't hold him here; he cuts the engines, lets them sleep, and every mile he wins, he'll keep. [Final Chorus - huge key change up, double-time, everything rising] Escape velocity! He's clear; the world itself can't hold him here; and like the father of her son, makers of thunder, he is one. [Instrumental - pipes, synth and guitar in unison, one final massive hit] [End]
