[Intro - bright piano states the melodic hook alone, 4 bars] [Verse 1] All night I slept. He owned the air— his hold on every mile up there. Now the chime, and he starts the bend— so slow, the way the good nights end. [Pre-Chorus] The floor leans back in his hands— this is how a giant lands. [Chorus] Touching down— the kiss he gives to the earth with all our lives. Every night could end this way— touching down at break of day. [Post-Chorus - crowd chant, choir answering on the downbeat] Touching down (TOUCHING DOWN) Touching down (TOUCHING DOWN) Heavy's home (HEAVY'S HOME) [Verse 2] Down through the cloud, the towers glow— the whole town waking up below. Holds her steady, eases her through— the way that giants are built to do. [Pre-Chorus] The floor leans back in his hands— this is how a giant lands. [Chorus] Touching down— the kiss he gives to the earth with all our lives. Every night could end this way— touching down at break of day. [Post-Chorus - crowd chant, choir answering on the downbeat] Touching down (TOUCHING DOWN) Touching down (TOUCHING DOWN) Heavy's home (HEAVY'S HOME) [Bridge - breakdown, deep Moog sub bass and piano, spoken, the radio altimeter, calm] Fifty... forty... thirty... twenty... ten. [Whispered - the whole cabin] That was it. That was the kiss. Nobody lands like this. [Chant - building, choir entering] So soft. So soft. (SO SOFT.) [Guitar Solo - 8 bars, blazing melodic lead over rising applause and choir] [Final Chorus - key change, massive gospel choir call-and-response] Touching down— the kiss he gives (HE GIVES) to the earth with all our lives (ALL OUR LIVES) Every night WILL end this way (THIS WAY) touching down at break of day. (BREAK OF DAY) [Outro - piano returns to the opening hook, applause washing under the massed choir, last word held to the end] Touching down (TOUCHING DOWN) Heavy's home (HEAVY'S HOME) TOUCHDOWN [End]
