Pilot Dread

by Ricky Patel

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I don't remember when we were none the wiser
Within our harbourage
Treading the water back to the source
Renewal searched in our pilgrimage

I don't remember herding the culled
The spark sustaining this wildfire
Go finding thrill in the fall
We're playing fool in this pantomime

We find ourselves in different shoes
To walk the line in
Hide in our shell
A metal suit built to repel
The rounds they're firing

We fight to feel again
To mend the cracks in spines
A sweet defeat again
To fate we can't decide
These knives have lost their edge
Throughout their latent time
Relive our pilot dread
These laden wings refuse to fly

We find ourselves in different shoes
To walk the line in
Sink in our shell
A metal suit that we reside in
A final call to disembark
But there's no answer
Our future sealed in ritual ink
Our ignorance remains our bliss

A sweet defeat again
To fate we can't decide
A flame to feed again
To burn us out of the sky

Now we're feeling the pilot's dread
Coming down in a foreign airspace
This is not what the tyrant meant

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released August 12, 2022
written, recorded and mixed by Ricky Patel
mastered at Big Jam Studios
artwork by Ricky Patel

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