[Verse 1]
We did it right, by God we did
We held the line, we kept our heads
They came in storms on beating wings—
Ashdrakes black and wyvern kings
We knew that fight, we knew it well
Met iron shot and gave them hell
They tried to spark our powder flame
We kept it dry, we played it sane
And they fell down like summer rain
Shot from sky to street and lane
We almost thought we’d turned the tide—
We almost thought we’d won that fight
But war don’t break the way you plan
It turns its teeth on every man
[Chorus 1]
Oh London burns, the bells don’t ring
Smoke like a shroud round everything
We held the sky, we held the wall
But hell came up beneath it all
[Verse 2]
The streets split wide with thunder’s sound
Like something clawing from the ground
Scaled and crawling, pouring through—
Behind our line where no one knew
We turned too late, we heard the cries
Felt the fire from both our sides
Some broke ranks to try and save
The ones cut off we could not brave
They vanished quick in wing and flame
Gone before we knew their names
Steel and powder, blood and cries—
No time left for alibis
[Chorus 2]
Oh London burns, the river glows
Fire in every street it knows
We beat the wings, we broke their flight
But lost the city in the night
[Verse 3]
Shot ran low, and powder thin
Barrels near to empty tin
Orders came we feared to hear:
“Fall to the fleet—fall back to pier!”
We dragged the guns, we cursed, we bled
Carried wounded, left the dead
Ironclads waiting in the bay
Black against the burning day
We turned to load and make a stand
With naval shot and steady hand
But as we primed and raised our line—
The beasts swept in like closing time
Fire took the streets in waves
Still some fight the city gave
Pockets holding, small and grim—
Candles fighting at the brim
[Final Chorus]
We ain’t done yet, hear this song
London burns—but not for long
We’ll learn the dark beneath the stone
We’ll hunt them where they thought their own
Oh London burns—but mark me well
We walked alive straight out of hell
We bent, we bled, gave up the ground—
But we ain’t the kind to stay knocked down
ElCeviche
