Neon bleeds on wet pavement
Thrumming deep in my chest plate
Gauges glow a sharp blue-green
Tokyo midnight machine
Coffee black and bitter strong
Engine hum a steady song
Wipe the counter check the dials
Wait for dawn on metal rails
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Neon rain on canopy
Tokyo holds its breath for me
Sizzle grease on flattop steel
Hydraulics hiss and seal
Regulars know my routine
Midnight shift on runway clean
Coffee black and bitter strong
Engine hum a steady song
Wipe the counter check the dials
Wait for dawn on metal rails
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Neon rain on canopy
Tokyo holds its breath for me
Vapor trails kiss vinyl stools
Ignition kicks through broken rules
Pie slice cooling on the rack
Vector locked no turning back
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Neon rain on canopy
Tokyo holds its breath for me
Radio crackles shift report
Thrust vector zero full support
Ketchup packets lined in rows
Navigation green light glows
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Neon rain on canopy
Tokyo holds its breath for me
Dawn cracks pink on Shibuya cross
Landing gear locks zero loss
Wipe my hands on grease-stained cloth
Another flight another broth
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Neon rain on canopy
Tokyo holds its breath for me
Thruster check one two three
Burning clean for you and me
Order up table three
Clear for takeoff clear for me