Skyfire Manoeuvre

I tap the beat against my ribs

Like paddles cutting morning glass

California on my skin

But home still warms my chest (apuh—apuyan)

I learned to breathe through distance

To keep my name intact

If love asks me to shrink again

I won’t answer back (hummmm)

Langit—reach, then pull me steady

Apuyan—keep my feet on ground

Four years, and I’m still not sorry

For choosing what I’ve found (ooh)

I keep my roots in two small words

That travel in my mouth

One points up to where I’m headed

One keeps the fire in the house (ahhhh)

Hey—reach!

Hey—pull! Hold the line,

keep it true

One boat, one heart,

moving through (hey) (hey)

Langit—reach, then pull me steady

Apuyan—keep my feet on ground

Four years, and I’m still not sorry

For choosing what I’ve found Langit—lift my voice above it Apuyan—let it

calm me down (ooh) (yeah)