[Stu Mackenzie]
Well there once flew a pilot high and free
Danced with the clouds, pirouetted with the breeze
But out of synch to the mechanical beat
That pulsed at the heart of a metal machine
Thought of their partner and thought of their kids
Thought where they're going and thought where they'd been
But a subtle change, the routine shattered
Prepare the mind, arrange the matters

[Stu Mackenzie]
Deadstick (Deadstick)
Deadstick (Deadstick)
I'm a bird with a broken wing
Deadstick (Deadstick)
Deadstick (Deadstick)
This nightingale can't sing
Yeah!

[Joey Walker]
I wake with a retch to the smell of ammonia and my eyes start watering
A shadow? A body? "Who are you?" I say, when a voice cracks like a frozen lake
"I am your child, you are my mother, and I'm sitting here dying"
I said, "I got no children, I am but a boy, you are mistaken"
She sings "Follow me down through the wind and the earth to the edge of the forgotten seas, save me from the hurt, tell me of my worth, a phantom is taking everything."

[Ambrose Kenny-Smith]
Deadstick, death wish, panic in the cockpit
Praying in the cabin, we're all holding hands
Deadstick, death wish, lost all propulsive
Propellers ain't spinning, bein' forced to land
Deadstick, death wish, we're shuttin' off the engines
Blue skies are turning a darker grey
Deadstick, death wish, heading for the smoking hole in the airfield I can't locate

[Ambrose Kenny-Smith]
Mayday, mayday, mayday, save me
I'm in a tight spot catastrophe
Mayday, mayday, mayday, save me
I'm 'bout to make a crash landing

[Stu Mackenzie]
Deadstick
Deadstick
I'm a bird with a broken wing
Deadstick (Deadstick)
Deadstick (Deadstick)
This nightingale can't sing
Yeah!

[Ambrose Kenny-Smith]
Deadstick, death wish
I can't believe we made it out alive
Deadstick, death wish
Send me help before I die