[Intro] [distorted guitar riff with palm muting, driving drums] [harmonized lead guitar melody enters] [Verse 1] [gritty baritone vocals] A photograph shakes in the rain A black hole sleeps beside the flame The streetlights bleed across the glass I count the nights we could not last I kept your name beneath my tongue Like a prayer I never sung If saving you means losing me Then let the dark come set you free [Pre-Chorus] [vocals intensify, drum fills] I feel the angels turn away I feel your heartbeat fade to grey But I will hold the blades somehow And love you from the shadows now [Chorus] [full band, soaring tenor vocals] I would die to let you fly (let you fly, let you fly) Take my heart and leave the sky (let you fly, let you fly) I would die to let you fly Carry my love beyond the goodbye If sacrifice is all I am Then let you rise above the damn [Verse 2] [bass-driven groove, palm-muted guitar] The winter moon is pale and low It sees the place you would not go My hands are stained with every choice Still I can hear your distant voice I built a wall around your fear And trapped the ghosts that brought you here The wound beneath my ribs will stay So you can walk into the day [Chorus] [distorted power chords, heavy drums] I would die to let you fly (let you fly, let you fly) Take my heart and leave the sky (let you fly, let you fly) I would die to let you fly Carry my love beyond the goodbye If sacrifice is all I am Then let you rise above the damn [Bridge] [clean arpeggiated guitar, atmospheric pads] The bells are crying through their haze Your silhouette burns through the gaze I give the night my final hour And love you from the shadows now [Chorus] [maximum intensity, layered vocals] I would die to let you fly (let you fly, let you fly) Take my heart and leave the sky (let you fly, let you fly) I would die to let you fly Carry my love beyond the goodbye If sacrifice is all I am Then let you rise above the damn [Outro] [sustained vocal note] No ground can heal a broken vow No heaven needs me holding on I was the chain around your wings So fall through me into the dawn [guitar solo with rapid alternate picking] [final crash cymbal, feedback fade out]
