𝑰 𝑨𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒐 𝑭𝒍𝒚 | RATHBONE

[Verse 1] Got my suitcase full of maybes Old fears folded in a row All the things they said I couldn’t Dropping as I let them go [Fragment I – whispered / fragmented] Maybe - maybe let it go let it go let it [Field Recording] [airport ambience / distant voices / wheels on concrete] [low engine hum rising] [Pre-Chorus] Skyline in my chest now Heartbeats on the runway Every breath a countdown I can taste the someday [Stress Passage – accelerating] Breathe in Breathe out Static in my bloodstream Faster Faster Don’t look down [fragmented vocal] run — run — runway light — light — lightning now — now — now [Chorus] I am ready to fly Got my eyes on open sky All the weight I wore before Falling through the floor tonight I am ready to fly Leave the ground I don’t ask why If I break I’ll break up high I am ready I am ready to fly [Ambient Interlude – fiery / wide] [wind through metal] [distorted heartbeat] [far-off voices dissolve into reverb] Higher than the noise Higher than the fear Nothing left to carry Nothing holding here [Verse 2] Scars like little silver runways Lines that led me to this gate Every wrong turn Every heartache All of it was fuel Not fate [Quadrant Fragment – four voices] Wrong turn Heartache Fuel Not fate Wrong turn Heartache Fuel Not fate [one voice breaks through] NOT FATE [Pre-Chorus] Hands shake But I’m still standing Fear sits in the cheap seats Hope sings in the front row Louder than my heartbeat [Modulation Rush] Hands shake — still standing Fear talks — keep moving Hope sings — louder Louder LOUDER [breath / silence] I can hear it under everything [Chorus] I am ready to fly Got my eyes on open sky All the weight I wore before Falling through the floor tonight I am ready to fly Leave the ground I don’t ask why If I break I’ll break up high I am ready I am ready to fly [Field Recording Interlude] [wind] [footsteps] [airport announcement blurred beyond recognition] [metallic vibration] [deep exhale] [Ambient Passage] No map No warning No turning back Just light through the cracks [Bridge] Tell the past “you can’t come with me” (hey!) Lock the doubt outside the door Every step onto this air Feels like I’ve been here before [Bridge – fragmented reprise] You can’t come with me can’t come with me come with me Outside the door outside outside I’ve been here I’ve been here I’ve [Sudden silence] [whisper] before. [Build – fiery temperance] One spark One breath One second before the edge I feel the ground I feel the ground I feel the ground [DROP] [Chorus – full / expansive] I am ready to fly Got my eyes on open sky All the weight I wore before Falling through the floor tonight I am ready to fly Leave the ground I don’t ask why If I break I’ll break up high I am ready I am ready to fly [Final Fragment – dissolving] Ready ready ready to fly [Field Recording] [wind overtakes the vocal] [distant engine] [heartbeat gradually disappears] [whisper] I am ready.