[Verse 1]
A field, desolate and underfoot
A tarmac river flows
I wait to depart, an inconceivable art
When you're no wings and all elbows
Oh, it's so cold, I watch my breath unfold
It wraps us in a cloud of gloom
Through adversity
Hope must not become the casualty

[Verse 2]
It's common for people to believe
Everything happens for a reason
I'm sorry, that's false and it's poison
But even if there is no purpose
To the things that you have gone through
An ordeal can reveal an airfield

[Bridge]
Stop, disown fear and I'll be here
If you need a friend, my dear

[Refrain]
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
But that don't mean you're out
No, it don't mean you're out, now
[Pre-Chorus]
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
But that don't mean you're out
No, it don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out
So you're down on your luck, you're down
You're down on your luck, you're down
But that don't mean you're out
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out
No, it don't mean—

[Chorus]
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
But that don't mean you're out
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out
(No, it don't!)
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
But that don't mean you're out
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out, now
It don't mean you're out
[Outro]
When the wind's against you, remember this insight
That's the optimal condition for birds to take flight
Now the wind's against you, don't give up the fight