[Verse 1 - Very slow tempo, heavy Mellotron strings and Mellotron choir, minimal guitar] I found you folded on the ground Lying motionless without a sound Your paper wings and fragile soul Small enough for my hands to hold The wind much too strong For you to fight (please fight) I knew right then You wouldn't make it through the night... [Chorus - Ghostly sustained vocals, thick Hammond organ swell] It's the end of flight It's getting darker End of life It's the end of flight Soaring higher to the light It's the end of flight End of flight End of flight... [Verse 2 - Hypnotic, quiet, mournful] Some days our wasting bodies Can take all the pain Then for no reason at all We just slip away We call it loss We call it fate It doesn't matter you're gone You cannot stay, You cannot stay... [Chorus - Ghostly sustained vocals, thick Hammond organ swell] It's the end of flight It's getting darker End of life It's the end of flight Soaring higher to the light It's the end of flight End of flight End of flight... [Bridge - 1960s gothic folk swirl, swelling keys] I tried to move you to the grass A quieter place of peace I felt like my own life was ending Right here under the trees I wanted to show you Mercy The humanity left in me Beneath all these cuts I know it's so hard to see... [Instrumental Break - Mournful Mellotron strings and slow organ duet] [Outro Chorus - Climactic, despairing, slow] Just hang on, don’t let me go Can you still feel my hand Just hang on, don't let go Before I can understand How we can fall so hard and break apart But we still were here, we still were here Don’t let me go, don’t let me go But the end is always near... [Final Chorus - Fading out, slow organ drone] It's the end of flight It's getting darker End of life It's the end of flight Soaring higher to the light It's the end of flight End of flight End of flight... [Fade out to dark Hammond organ chord]
