Dan Jones

Start the engines up

We fly the morning

150,000 francs.

Beyond the horizon

Are you prepared, my friend?

This ride will stir your soul

Wake you to the beauty

Out of your control.

Help me navigate these peaks

That swell the earth below;

Wondrous hands that claw and

Crack the mantle of the world.

 

Place me in my natural home

The terra firma fragile to my feet

And I will yearn to beat my wings

Into the blast of azure heat.

 

So start those engines Andre

Our work is still undone

Unfulfilment haunts me

Come, horizon.

 

Oh, the wind and sand and stars

They greet me as I pass;

Propel me with your love.

Oh... on alleys made of glass

I carry forth my art

The thrill of the above

We can fly free!

Feeling the abrasions in your fingers and your hair

Dreaming of that time

But we were never there.

Fly (over the earth)

Fly (into the wind)

Fly (across the sand)

Fly (toward the stars).

 

It is all so calm

Now we are aground

Sand stretches far

And I hear no sound.

I am displaced among the dirt

In columns swarming round my eyes.

Unknown positions disconcerting me

I'm ripped from out the skies.

I'm losing you

(Just stay alive, drink from my wine)

Crawl past the dune

(I risked my life to feel alive)

I'll pull you through

(Escape the cityscape of light)

We'll start anew

(Don't lose your faith throughout the night)

Now stand, my friend

(Suckle the lifeblood of life's feast)

We shall transcend, and meet our end.

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Though you suffer I have no regrets

The sand can drag me to the mire.

Earth resists the every step of man

Let me expire.

 

So start the engines, man.

Human shadows pierce the wind

I see the silhouette of hope

Become the Djinn.

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Oh, the wind and sand and stars

They greet me as I pass;

Propel me with your love.

Oh... on alleys made of glass

I carry forth my art

The thrill of the above

We can fly free!

Feeling the abrasions in your fingers and your hair

Dreaming of that time

But we were never there.

Fly (over the earth)

Fly (into the wind)

Fly (across the sand)

Fly (toward the stars).

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Lyrics: Dan Jones. Music: Sky Empire ©