put this on and get your head right

Verse 1

The gold light on the hull-plate

the same seam, the same glow

your hand already knows the torch

your body knows the slow

The fault line running underneath

the high wind, the wide sky

you close your fingers on the grip

and raise it to the line

Chorus

Strike the arc

let your shoulder find the seam

strike the arc

bring it down to the hull

strike the arc

Verse 2

The plating holds the dusk the way it always has

the fault runs where it always ran

one more pass, the scarf still warm

the same hands, the same plan

You breathe the altitude in slow

the first spark rings the dark

and somewhere on the giant's side

the blue arc starts

Chorus

Strike the arc

let your shoulder find the seam

strike the arc

bring it down to the hull

strike the arc

Bridge

You have done this before

you will do it again

the weight in your hand

is the weight you came in

with the same fault, the same glow

and the same wide sky

and the same sure hands

and the same long climb

Outro

strike the arc

take it up

Verse 1

You keep the crack open

Like a badge on your chest

Cold metal in the rain

Still pressed in your flesh

They say let it seal up

You laugh at that lie

You'd rather wear the tear

Than call it goodbye

Chorus

It won't close

You won't let it close

It won't heal over

You need to know

It won't close

You won't let it go

If it still hurts

Then you still know

Verse 2

Cockpit red on your gloves

When the sirens start

You pilot that hurt

Like a machine with a heart

Every weld, every scar

Keeps the truth in place

If it ever turned smooth

You'd lose your face

Bridge

So you stand in the wreck

And you do not kneel

Make peace with the seam

Make the wound stay real

Chorus

It won't close

You won't let it close

It won't heal over

You need to know

It won't close

You won't let it go

If it still hurts

Then you still know

Verse 1

I've been up here a long time

holding something I can't name

it came on slow, it came on quiet

and I thought the weight was mine to keep

Chorus

but it's heavy

it's so heavy

I've held it up as high as I can

and I just want to put it down

Verse 2

the light's going soft on the hills

the wind's coming up cold

my arms have been shaking for hours

I've held it so long it feels like me

Chorus

'cause it's heavy

it's so heavy

I've held it up as high as I can

and I just want to put it down

Bridge

I don't know who I am without it

I don't know what's left underneath

but the night's coming in so gentle

and maybe it's okay to set it down

Chorus

it's heavy

it's so heavy

I've held it up as high as I can

and I just want to put it down

Outro

just want to put it down

the whole sky going gold

Verse 1

You came in worn

All elbows and dust

Hands that taught the hurt

Could still learn trust

The door was stuck

You shouldered it through

Now the same old palms

Can hold something new

Pre-Chorus

You're allowed to lay it down

Right here, right now

No prize for the burden

No crown for the bow

Chorus

Leaning on the warm thing

Leaning on the warm thing

Spent, steady, hard-won peace

Leaning on the warm thing

The end of a long dusk

It's finally here

You can rest your name

Where it's held near

Verse 2

The hands that punished you

Can mend the seam

Can smooth the torn edge

Can keep the dream

And you can lean

Against what you mended

Not carrying fire

Not pretending

Pre-Chorus

You're allowed to lay it down

Right here, right now

What broke you open

Can be safe somehow

Chorus

Leaning on the warm thing

Leaning on the warm thing

Spent, steady, hard-won peace

Leaning on the warm thing

The end of a long dusk

It's finally here

You can rest your name

Where it's held near

Bridge

Let the ache go quiet

Let the trembling pass

You do not owe the night

Every last hour back

What was once a weapon

Can become a wall

And the weight you carried

Doesn't own you at all

Chorus

Leaning on the warm thing

Leaning on the warm thing

Spent, steady, hard-won peace

Leaning on the warm thing

The end of a long dusk

Burning down to gold

You can lean on what you mended

And let yourself be held