[Verse 1: gritty male rapper, breathing hard] Two thousand feet of ice, and the sky goin' black Heard the crack, heard the yell, felt the rope snap back Nine millimeters of nylon and a prayer in a knot He's swingin' off the face, and the rope is all we got Dug my crampons in and put my weight into the wall Wrapped it round my waist and locked it off and held the fall Ankle's facin' backwards, he can't climb, he can't stand He's eighty feet below me, and he's livin' in my hand Wind is cuttin' sideways like it's lookin' for a fight Got four hours of daylight and nine hours of night [Hook: powerful male soul singer, the gritty rapper under him] On belay, I got you, I don't care how long Rope is burnin' through my glove, but the anchor's holdin' on You can tell me cut it loose, you can tell me let you fall Belay that order, brother, we walk out or not at all [Verse 2: gritty male rapper, harder] Midnight on the radio, his voice is gettin' thin Says, "Cut me, man, you got a wife, you got a kid comin' in" Says, "Somebody gotta make it down, and it's you, okay?" I said, "Brother, you can shiver, you can holler, you can pray But the only cut I'm makin' is a joke at you someday" Fingers turnin' white and then they turnin' into wood Sang him every song we know, and none of 'em sounded good Every hour I'd yell down, "You still with me?" in the dark Every hour he'd yell back like a match that wouldn't spark Rope is just a promise, and it don't care what you weigh Tied it in the parkin' lot, I'm keepin' it today [Hook: powerful male soul singer, the gritty rapper under him] On belay, I got you, I don't care how long Rope is burnin' through my glove, but the anchor's holdin' on You can tell me cut it loose, you can tell me let you fall Belay that order, brother, we walk out or not at all [Bridge: gritty male rapper, slow, strings rising over the drums] He said, "That's an order," like the captain that he was I said, "Belay that, captain," that's the other thing it does Same word holds the rope, same word kills a command Only word I needed, and I'm holdin' it in my hand [Verse 3: gritty male rapper, the soul singer holds one long note across four bars underneath] Sunrise hit the ridge like a hammer made of gold Rescue chopper thumpin', and my hands too froze to hold They had to pry my fingers off the rope one at a time Medic said, "Nine hours, man, how'd you hang on that line?" I said, "Ask the man on the other end, it wasn't done by one" Two men on a rope is how a night like that gets done Lost two fingers to the frost, and I'd hand 'em over twice He still checks my knot before we climb, like that's the price [Final Hook: powerful male soul singer belts it over the full drums] On belay, I got you, I don't care how long Rope is burnin' through my glove, but the anchor's holdin' on You can tell me cut it loose, you can tell me let you fall Belay that order, brother, we walk out or not at all [Outro: gritty male rapper] Belay on [End]
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