Skyward 2 4

[Intro] – female alto – male vocal ad-libs

Every step up the stairs...

We're not stopping at the top.

Go!

Verse 1 – female alto

Two a.m. and we hit the door

Sweat on your collar, floor's still burning there

Your hand finds mine in the smoke and heat

Let it go higher than what our bodies beat

Chorus – male vocal ad-libs with breathy alto

Skyward! Skyward! Hold that line!

Every step up the stairs... We're taking flight!

Skyward! Skyward! Don't look down, don't stop now!

We rise above it all tonight!

Verse 2 – female alto

Your heart's still racing with a thousand more

Glass ceiling glowing red behind your eyes

Let go of the weight that you thought would break

Every shadow turns silver as we take this flight

Pre-Chorus – male vocal ad-libs, building up the final line to the chorus

Can you feel it lift?... Can you hear the call?

We don't stop here.

We keep on climbing still.

Chorus – full group with layered harmonies and loud drop, both altos and the male vocal ad-libbing

Skyward! Skyward! Hold that line!

Every step up the stairs... We're taking flight!

Skyward! Skyward! Don't look down, don't stop now!

We rise above it all tonight!

Bridge – stripped back to just breathy female alto and organ chords, sparse percussion

No more floor. No more wall.

Just this beat inside us both...

Let go. Let go. We're home at last.

This is where we were meant to be.