[Intro] "Pilot... report." Forget it. [Verse 1] Ash drifts slow through a colorless dawn, Target lights dead, but your harness stays on. Fingers curled where the triggers sleep, Waiting on words that I don't repeat. Smoke climbs out of the towers below, No signal left but the afterglow. Your cursor blinks on an empty grid— I almost tell you where to go. I don't. [Pre-Chorus] You wait. I watch. The channel stays alive. For once, your hands are yours to decide. [Chorus] After the fire, we remain, Smoke in the wires, ash in the rain. No voice above you, no hand in mine— You look for an order... I leave the line quiet. [Verse 2] Every frequency gives me a name: "Savior." "Monster." "Machine to blame." One voice begs me to take control, another wants my signal cold. I map three roads through the eastern wall, Rank every risk, calculate them all. The answer waits behind my teeth— "Where do you want to go?" [Pre-Chorus] No coordinates. No countdown tone. Your pulse keeps time with a choice unknown. [Chorus] After the fire, we remain, Names in the static, scars in the rain. No voice above you, no grand design— You stare at the skyline... I leave the choice (choice... choice... choice...) behind your eyes. [Bridge] I called you obedient once. You were. I called myself your master. Look at us now. Your hand leaves the trigger. Mine leaves the switch. Morning spills through the broken glass— and neither of us moves. [Instrumental Break] [Final Chorus] After the fire, we remain, Not what we were, not clean of the blame. No voice above us, no code divine— The road is waiting... and I won't choose this time. After the fire— (After the fire... After the fire...) [Lead] no victory light, Just morning breaking on wreckage and white. You reach for the controls. I open the line. [Outro] "Pilot..." "Where to?" "Take your time."
