Wings Wide Open

Intro

Wings out, no sound

(Midnight flight)

Verse 1

Hunt's done, belly full, and the wind's gone slow

Glide over roofs where the chimney smoke blows

Taxi idling low by a shuttered café

Driver fast asleep in the glow of the display

Nurse walking home with her shoes in her hand

Twelve hours standing and she can barely stand

Kid in a window with a phone under sheets

One blue little square in a block of dark streets

Pre-Hook

Nobody looks up, nobody knows

Wings wide open where the cold air flows

I could strike anywhere, but I let it all be

Tonight the whole city is sleeping for me

Hook

Midnight flight

(Midnight flight)

Nothing to chase and nothing to fight

Wings on the wind and the city below

(City below)

Just me and the dark, and nobody I owe

Verse 2

Frost on the antennas and a satellite dish

Moon in the river flicks like a silver fish

Bakery lights coming on down the square

Smell of the bread rising up through the air

All of the fakers asleep in their beds

Rehearsing tomorrow's lies in their heads

I don't need a crowd and I don't need a stage

Up here nobody can fit me in a cage

Pre-Hook

Nobody looks up, nobody knows

Wings wide open where the cold air flows

I could strike anywhere, but I let it all be

Tonight the whole city is sleeping for me

Hook

Midnight flight

(Midnight flight)

Nothing to chase and nothing to fight

Wings on the wind and the city below

(City below)

Just me and the dark, and nobody I owe

Bridge

Sky goes grey at the edge of the town

(Edge of the town)

One last lap, then I bring it down

Back on the ledge of the forty-floor tower

Head under wing for the next few hours

[Final

End