Фантом

Dark electronic pop with haunting male vocals, prominent synthesizers and driving beat, melancholic mood, atmospheric production.

[Intro] (banjo starts with fast roll and sharp staccato strum, builds energy in 4 ) [Verse 1] I’m running across the scorched and broken ground, My helmet snaps shut as I spin around. My Phantom cuts the sky like a white-hot arrow, With a roar that shakes the air and tears the hollow. My Phantom cuts the sky like a white-hot arrow, With a roar that shakes the air and tears the hollow. [Verse 2] I see the blue horizon stretch so far and clear, It’s almost a sin to ruin it from up here. I wish you could see it too, the wide and open space, But our path is hard and long, it’s written on my face. My Phantom races east, the wind is in its wings, Through smoke and fire, through everything it brings. [Verse 3] I bank hard to the left, the world tilts in my sight, I’m not a pilot now — I’m the executioner tonight. I lean into the sights, the target’s in my view, The rockets fly like ghosts, they know just what to do. One more run, one more pass, I’ll finish what I start, This metal beast and I are tearing up the dark. [Verse 4] I see a white streak burning high across the blue, My Phantom’s losing height, the engines scream anew. The ejection’s my only chance, the straps pull tight and hard, My heart drops to my feet, I’m spinning in the yard. I’m going into spin, the ground is rushing fast, A moment of free fall, a breath that won’t last. [Bridge] (Instrumental: melodic, fast-paced electric guitar solo, 8–12 seconds, dramatic, with a slight build into the next verse) [Verse 5] The moment I hit the dirt, a wild and shrill cry rings, From the bushes comes the noise, it chills me to the bone. The Vietnamese are shouting, screaming like they’re mad, I lie there on the earth, too stunned to move or add. Now I’m walking on this cursed and burning ground again, No helmet on my head, no hope to hide the pain. [Verse 6] Rifle barrels in my back, the soldiers close me in, My life is hanging by a thread, I feel the cold begin. “Who was the pilot who brought me down?” I ask the man, He answers with a smirk, as if he holds the plan. “It was our ace, Li Si Qin, he owns the sky tonight,” His words are sharp and cold, they cut me like a knife. [Verse 7] “You’re lying,” I say, my voice is low and raw, “Through my headset I heard it clear, I know what I saw. ‘Kolya, push it harder, I’ve got your back,’ they said, ‘Vanya, hit it now, I’ll cover you ahead.’ A Russian ace named Ivan brought my wings to dust, They played their deadly game and left me here to rust.” [Verse 8] Somewhere far away, there’s Texas, home and light, My mother and my father wait for me each night. My Phantom blew apart in a flash of bright and clean, Up in the clear blue sky, where dreams used to be seen. I won’t see them anymore, the distance is too wide, The fire’s done its job, the story’s finished, died. My Phantom blew apart in a flash of bright and clean, Up in the clear blue sky, where nothing’s ever seen.