Wings on the Highway

[Intro] [Verse] The asphalt ribbon winds through the ancient dust Where iron wheels outrun the gathering rust I watch the mountains shoulder the heavy sky While shadows of the eagles begin to fly The jagged peaks hold secrets we cannot own A kingdom built of silence and weathered stone I lean my head against the vibrating pane And feel the pulse of earth like a surging vein [Chorus] Bow your head to the thunder and the tide Where the wild and the lonely giants hide Lay your heavy burdens on the open ground In the vastness where no human heat is found Let the horizon swallow every trace of fear The spirit of the world is breathing near [Chorus] Bow your head to the thunder and the tide Where the wild and the lonely giants hide Lay your heavy burdens on the open ground In the vastness where no human heat is found Let the horizon swallow every trace of fear The spirit of the world is breathing near [Bridge] Suspended in a cradle of silver light Ten thousand feet above the coming night The clouds are oceans frozen in their place A tiny speck within the velvet space Forget the ticking clocks and the busy street Where the glacier and the frozen water meet [Verse] The highway fades into a thinning line Beneath a canopy of ancient pine The engines hum a hymn to the great unknown Across the miles of sage and desert bone I drift within the stillness of the flight A passenger of morning and the night The majesty is deeper than the bone A power that the heavens have always known [Chorus] Bow your head to the thunder and the tide Where the wild and the lonely giants hide Lay your heavy burdens on the open ground In the vastness where no human heat is found Let the horizon swallow every trace of fear The spirit of the world is breathing near [Chorus] Bow your head to the thunder and the tide Where the wild and the lonely giants hide Lay your heavy burdens on the open ground In the vastness where no human heat is found Let the horizon swallow every trace of fear The spirit of the world is breathing near [Outro]