HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

[INTRO] (Breathing… heavy… wet) Mirror check. Teeth are white. [glitch stutter] Who is that? Just a shadow in the glass. The black pit from pole to pole. [VERSE 1] Waking up heavy in the neon grey The dream was gold, but it fades away They sell me Triumph, they sell me the disastrous lie Two tall impostors walking on the sky (Impostors…) I see them faking in the strobe light glare But I found a secret in the cold, thin air. [PRE-CHORUS] Cut the wire, let the silence start Find the rocky bottom of the heart Solitude is where the signals grow Deep in the pressure, where the weak won’t go. [CHORUS] Defeat, my defeat, I call you by your name Dearer than the glory, hotter than the flame I am the captain of this broken soul I am the master when the oceans roll (Defeat, my defeat) A shining sword, a shield against the light I own the wreckage in the dead of night. [VERSE 2] Life is earnest, life is real [808 drop] Force the nerve and force the steel When the sinew is gone and the tools are worn Hold on by the Will until the code is torn Don’t look for footprints on the shifting sand Build your own castle in this drowned, dark land. [CHORUS] Defeat, my defeat, I call you by your name Dearer than the glory, hotter than the flame I am the captain of this broken soul I am the master when the oceans roll (Defeat, my defeat) A shining sword, a shield against the light I own the wreckage in the dead of night. [BRIDGE] BLOODY BUT UNBOWED. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS BUT I’M SCREAMING LOUD. DIG A GRAVE FOR THE FEAR. DIG A GRAVE FOR THE DOUBT. (Extinguish every flame!) (Keep your head!) (Keep your head!) [OUTRO] Go placidly… Through the noise and the haste. A child of the universe. In this wild space. Defeat… (My secret name…)