Verse 1 (low, tight riff)

Verse 1 (low, tight riff) Cold morning steel and a knot in my chest Hands shaking but I clip in anyway Everybody tells me slow it down But I’ve never learned living safe Scar on my knuckles, blood in the bark I’ve earned every breath I take If I fall, I fall standing tall I didn’t come this far to break Pre-Chorus (drums build) They don’t see what I see from here They don’t hear what the silence says Chorus (FULL WALL OF SOUND) I’m up where the wind knows my name Lightning running straight through my veins One wrong move but I won’t let go I’d rather burn than live down low If I die tonight, I die my way Sky wide open, no debt to fate I’m alive, unchained Up where the wind knows my name Verse 2 (palm-muted chug) Gravity talking like an old friend Saying “you’re pushing your luck again” But fear never paid my bills Never taught me how to live Every cut just made me real Every fall taught me the deal I trust the rope, I trust my gut I trust the man I’ve built Pre-Chorus They want comfort, they want control I want truth even if it costs my soul Chorus (bigger, backing shouts) I’m up where the wind knows my name Thunder beating out of my frame One wrong move but I won’t let go I’d rather burn than rot down low If I die tonight, I die my way No apologies, no escape I’m alive, unchained Up where the wind knows my name Bridge (half-time, dark) Say my name if I don’t come down Say I lived, don’t say I drowned I made peace with the edge I walk I made friends with the risk I fought (pause) This is what freedom costs Final Chorus (double chorus, last one stripped then slam back in) I’m up where the wind knows my name No regrets and no restraints I bend, I bleed, but I don’t break I was born for the chances I take When the ground calls, I’ll wave and say I lived every breath, every day I’m alive, unchained Up where the wind knows my name Outro (feedback + final hit) Yeah… Say I lived.