[Silence]
[Arrangement: Cinematic prog-rock with escalating percussion, low drone bass, distant alarm-like synths, and a chorus that feels like a plane losing altitude]
[Intro]
Lights fade
(Warning signs)
Engines hum
(Last in line)
Lights fade
(Warning signs)
No more climb
[Verse 1]
We built it high
(Above the ground)
Thought the sky
(Would hold us down)
Kept pushing forward
(Past the edge)
Dancing closer
(To the ledge)
Every meter
(Taken in greed)
More speed, more speed
(More we need)
Never noticing
(The strip was thin)
Never thinking
(We might not win)
[Chorus]
Do you understand?
(We’re out of runway)
Nowhere to land
(… out of runway)
Do you understand?
(No more runway)
Nowhere to stand
(… out of runway)
[Refrain]
Man’s damned demand
(Causing us to crash)
… In the pursuit of cash
(Hourglass is runnin’ outta sand)
Nowhere to land
(… out of runway)
Hey! Hey! Hey!
[Verse 2]
Altitude dropping
(Confidence too)
Systems are screaming
(What did we do?)
We traded margin
(For the gain)
Now there’s only
(Flame on flame)
No extension
(No second try)
Just a long fall
(Through the sky)
And all the numbers
(We once trusted)
Turn to smoke
(Burned and rusted)
[Chorus]
Do you understand?
(We’re out of runway)
Nowhere to land
(… out of runway)
Do you understand?
(No escape runway)
Nowhere to stand
(… out of runway)
[Bridge]
We measured everything
(But time)
Turned warnings into
(Subtle rhyme)
Growth at any cost
(We said)
Now the runway ends
(In our head)
No diversion
(No control)
Just gravity
(Taking toll)
And every choice
(That built this flight)
Now meets the dark
(Without the light)
[Instrumental]
[Descending guitar solo]
[Alarm-like synth swell]
[Percussion collapse]
[Breakdown]
Too fast
(No ground)
Too late
(No sound)
Too high
(No way down)
No runway
(To be found)
[Final Chorus]
Do you understand?
(We’re out of runway)
Nowhere to land
(… out of runway)
Do you understand?
(The end is underway)
Nowhere to stand
(… out of runway)
[Final Refrain]
Man’s damned demand
(Causing us to crash)
… In the pursuit of cash
(Hourglass ran outta sand)
Nowhere to land
(… out of runway)
Hey! Hey! Hey!
[Outro]
Lights fade
(Warning signs)
Engines die
(Left behind)
No more climb
(No more time)
From the album “Displacement“