Engines Flare Hard

[Verse] Engines flare hard as the numbers scream Too much velocity tearing the seam We’re moving too fast for the jump to hold Speed like a weapon we can’t control [Chorus] Rise up, rise up, bleed the drive Shedding delta-v to stay alive Rise up, rise up, cut the flee We dump our speed for eternity [Verse] Retro-burn carving fire through night Momentum fights but the math is right Fuel spins off like a broken year Every burn pulls the future near [Pre-Chorus] Tick tock, the clock evens out This is the cost of turning about [Chorus] Rise up, rise up, bleed the drive Shedding delta-v to stay alive Rise up, rise up, cut the flee We dump our speed for eternity [Bridge] From Valhalla’s roar to inertial calm We pay the price to avoid the harm Too fast to land, too fast to see So we slow ourselves deliberately [Final Chorus] Rise up, rise up, let vectors fall We trade raw speed to survive it all Rise up, rise up, hear time agree Viking pirates shedding delta-v [Outro] As the engines cool and the stars hold still We keep the future and fold time to our will