Silver Wing Secrets

[Intro]\n\n[Verse]\nHangar lights are humming low\nClocking out and moving slow\nWrenching on that seventy-two\nThinking 'bout a girl like you\nWiping grease from every part\nHiding pieces of my heart\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nI grab a pen and cardboard scrap\nFolding down the filter flap\nScrawling lines I'll never sign\nPraying that you'll be mine\n\n[Chorus]\nCardboard filters, ink and oil\nSweat and dirt and honest toil\nTucked inside the storage bay\nWords I’m too afraid to say\nFuel stains on my fingertips\nName is frozen on my lips\nWaiting for the wings to rise\nUnderneath those summer skies\n\n[Verse]\nSun-bleached grass along the strip\nOil upon my denim hip\nYou walk in at half-past four\nLeaning on the sliding door\nAsking how the bird is coming\nHeart is like a radial humming\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nI hide the box behind the seat\nTrying to keep my secrets neat\nYou smile and look the other way\nWhile I find nothing left to say\n\n[Chorus]\nCardboard filters, ink and oil\nSweat and dirt and honest toil\nTucked inside the storage bay\nWords I’m too afraid to say\nFuel stains on my fingertips\nName is frozen on my lips\nWaiting for the wings to rise\nUnderneath those summer skies\n\n[Bridge]\nEighteen months of quiet pining\nWatching for a silver lining\nRestoring every bolt and wire\nFeeding on a secret fire\nNever dared to leave my name\nPlaying such a nervous game\n\n[Solo]\n\n[Verse]\nFinished up the tail today\nReady for the blue and gray\nChecking out the pilot’s side\nTaking back my mechanic’s pride\nIn the holder for the cup\nSomething made me look right up\nA used box with a messy scrawl\nSaying “I’ve been waiting for the call”\n\n[Chorus]\nCardboard filters, ink and oil\nSweat and dirt and honest toil\nTucked inside the storage bay\nWords I’m too afraid to say\nFuel stains on my fingertips\nName is frozen on my lips\nWaiting for the wings to rise\nUnderneath those summer skies\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nYeah she knew it all along\nWriting back her own love song\nOn a filter box so small\nShe’s the best part of it all\n\n[Outro]