[Intro] [Instrumental — quiet guitar builds slowly, drums enter with purpose] [Verse 1] The cockpit went silent at thirty thousand feet The captain slumped forward and nobody could speak I'd never flown a plane but I'd watched enough to know That someone had to do it or nobody would go home So I walked to the front without thinking it through Just a voice in my head saying someone has to move I took the controls with my hands barely steady And told myself I'd figure out the rest [Pre-Chorus] No one asked me No one chose me I just happened to be standing there When everything broke open And someone had to care [Chorus] I don't need you to thank me I don't need you to know Some things you do in silence And you carry them alone This is what courage costs When nobody is watching It isn't glory It's just staying when you want to go [Verse 2] She didn't see the wire half-buried in the ground I did — and the math took about half a second I hit her sideways, hard enough to matter And felt the world go white before the sound They said I was lucky, said I'd heal in time Nobody knew what I'd seen in that half second Just a choice between the moment and the aftermath And I'd make it again without thinking twice [Pre-Chorus] No one asked me No one chose me I just happened to see it first When everything broke open Someone had to move before the worst [Chorus] I don't need you to thank me I don't need you to know Some things you do in silence And you carry them alone This is what courage costs When nobody is watching It isn't glory It's just staying when you want to go [Bridge] [Guitar drops to single notes, vocals close and raw] My daughter asked me why I flinch at certain sounds My partner asked me where I go when I go quiet I never found the words that fit the space between What happened and what I could say about it Maybe courage isn't something that you choose Maybe it's just what's left when there's no other option And the price you pay is living with the knowledge That you'd do it all again [Chorus] I don't need you to thank me I don't need you to know Some things you do in silence And you carry them alone This is what courage costs When nobody is watching It isn't glory It's just staying when you want to go [Verse 3] The man in the doorway had his hand inside his coat Fifty people in the room and nobody else saw I walked toward him slowly, talking, keeping eye contact And hoped I was reading something that was there The room went home that night without knowing Just another Thursday, just another crowd And I sat in my car for forty minutes after Too quiet to go in, too tired to be proud [Outro] [Full band returns, then gradually strips back] No one asked No one saw No one knows And that's enough That's enough That's enough [Single guitar note] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An alternative rock meditation on quiet courage — the kind that happens in the space of half a second, without permission, without applause. Three moments: a passenger who takes the controls of a failing plane, a person who throws themselves in the path of a landmine to save someone who never knew, a civilian who talks down an armed man in a crowded room. Each act is followed by silence — no recognition, no ceremony, just the private weight of having done what needed doing. The cost isn't the act itself but the living that comes after: the flinching, the going quiet, the forty minutes sitting in the car too tired to be proud. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bingo Board — 2026 [A1] GoGo × Shame [B1] Klezmer × Thirst [C1] Mongolian Throat Singing × Entropy [D1] Instrumental Only × Aerobics [E1] Native American Flute × Democracy [F1] Hopera × Mushroom / Fungi [A2] Rap × Nature [B2] Delta Blues × Dark Ages [C2] Grand Country × Uplifting [D2] Motown × Awakening [E2] Surf Rock × Surrealism [F2] Accordion × Train Hopping [A3] Chap Hop × Muscle Flex [B3] Witch House × Shed Your Burden [C3] Ska × Conflict [D3] Cyberpunk × Transmittable [E3] Groove Metal × Gnomes [F3] Wonky × Ice Cream [A4] Yacht Rock × Love [B4] Screamo × Bubblegum [C4] Fado Phonk × Africa Language [D4] Electronic Dance × 42 [E4] R&B Funk × Banana Split [F4] Skweee × Dating [A5] Lo-fi Indie Pop × Cheating Death [B5] Krautgaze Drone Rock × Heartbreak [C5] Balkan Folk × Transformation [D5] NeoFolk × Hardship [E5] Classical Music × Bird [F5] Alternative Rock × Courage [A6] Harpsichord Symphonic Metal × Faith [B6] Vocal Only / Acapella × Hope [C6] Ballad × Seduction [D6] Psychedelic Newgrass × Philosophy [E6] Yodeling × High Fantasy [F6] Punkrock × Awkward Fathers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/
