[Silence]<\/p>\n
[Arrangement: Cinematic prog-rock with escalating percussion, low drone bass, distant alarm-like synths, and a chorus that feels like a plane losing altitude]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nLights fade
\n(Warning signs)
\nEngines hum
\n(Last in line)<\/p>\n
Lights fade
\n(Warning signs)
\nNo more climb<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nWe built it high
\n(Above the ground)
\nThought the sky
\n(Would hold us down)<\/p>\n
Kept pushing forward
\n(Past the edge)
\nDancing closer
\n(To the ledge)<\/p>\n
Every meter
\n(Taken in greed)
\nMore speed, more speed
\n(More we need)<\/p>\n
Never noticing
\n(The strip was thin)
\nNever thinking
\n(We might not win)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nDo you understand?
\n(We’re out of runway)
\nNowhere to land
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
Do you understand?
\n(No more runway)
\nNowhere to stand
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nMan’s damned demand
\n(Causing us to crash)
\n… In the pursuit of cash
\n(Hourglass is runnin’ outta sand)<\/p>\n
Nowhere to land
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
Hey! Hey! Hey!<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nAltitude dropping
\n(Confidence too)
\nSystems are screaming
\n(What did we do?)<\/p>\n
We traded margin
\n(For the gain)
\nNow there\u2019s only
\n(Flame on flame)<\/p>\n
No extension
\n(No second try)
\nJust a long fall
\n(Through the sky)<\/p>\n
And all the numbers
\n(We once trusted)
\nTurn to smoke
\n(Burned and rusted)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nDo you understand?
\n(We’re out of runway)
\nNowhere to land
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
Do you understand?
\n(No escape runway)
\nNowhere to stand
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nWe measured everything
\n(But time)
\nTurned warnings into
\n(Subtle rhyme)<\/p>\n
Growth at any cost
\n(We said)
\nNow the runway ends
\n(In our head)<\/p>\n
No diversion
\n(No control)
\nJust gravity
\n(Taking toll)<\/p>\n
And every choice
\n(That built this flight)
\nNow meets the dark
\n(Without the light)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Descending guitar solo]
\n[Alarm-like synth swell]
\n[Percussion collapse]<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\nToo fast
\n(No ground)
\nToo late
\n(No sound)<\/p>\n
Too high
\n(No way down)
\nNo runway
\n(To be found)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nDo you understand?
\n(We’re out of runway)
\nNowhere to land
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
Do you understand?
\n(The end is underway)
\nNowhere to stand
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nMan’s damned demand
\n(Causing us to crash)
\n… In the pursuit of cash
\n(Hourglass ran outta sand)<\/p>\n
Nowhere to land
\n(… out of runway)<\/p>\n
Hey! Hey! Hey!<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nLights fade
\n(Warning signs)
\nEngines die
\n(Left behind)<\/p>\n
No more climb
\n(No more time)<\/p>\n