Raise the Colors

(Verse 1)
The horizon cracks with a flash of gold,
As the drums of war in the deep take hold.
A wall of oak and a forest of pine,
Are cutting a path through the churning brine.
The Admiral’s glass is fixed on the West,
Where the enemy waits for the final test.
Clear the decks and sand the floor,
Before we unleash the lion’s roar!
(Chorus)
Let the iron scream and the splinters fly,
Under a black and a burning sky!
We’ll trade our souls for a victory won,
By the mouth of a red and a smoking gun.
Hold the line through the shot and the shell,
And we’ll ring for the devil the harbor bell!
(Verse 2)
The broadside hits with a thunderous boom,
And the air is thick with the scent of doom.
The mainmast snaps like a dry-rotted twig,
As the grapeshot dances a deadly jig.
Grappling hooks and the screech of steel,
As the enemy grinds against our keel.
Over the rail with a cutlass high,
Where the brave men live and the cowards die!
(Chorus)
Let the iron scream and the splinters fly,
Under a black and a burning sky!
We’ll trade our souls for a victory won,
By the mouth of a red and a smoking gun.
Hold the line through the shot and the shell,
And we’ll ring for the devil the harbor bell!
(Bridge)
The smoke is a shroud and the sea is a grave,
For the king and the beggar, the fool and the brave.
Blood in the scuppers and fire on the mast,
We’ll fight 'til the deck-boards are sinking at last!
(Verse 3)
The enemy strike their colors in fear,
As the smoke of the carnage begins to clear.
A hollow hull in a crimson bay,
Is all that is left of the pride of the day.
Limping home through the swell and the foam,
To the widows who wait in the lights of home.
We’ve paid the price and we’ve stood the strain,
To master the tides of the salt and the rain.
(Chorus)
Let the iron scream and the splinters fly,
Under a black and a burning sky!
We’ll trade our souls for a victory won,
By the mouth of a red and a smoking gun.
Hold the line through the shot and the shell,
And we’ll ring for the devil the harbor bell!

Thunderous war drums, orchestral strings, male choir, explosive cannon fire SFX, intense battle energy.