Verse I
Cold engines cough awake before the dawn, (A)
The tarmac trembles under iron roar. (B)
A distant wail begins to claw the sky, (A)
A promise carved in altitude and death. (B)
— HEAVY GUITAR SOLO —
Chorus
StuKa! The Jericho Trumpets call my name!
StuKa! No returning from the flame!
StuKa! Steel remembers every scream!
Nothing wakes me from this dream!
Verse II
The cockpit learns the rhythm of my breath, (A)
Its rivets tighten slowly round my skin. (B)
Each falling mile subtracts another self, (A)
Leaving only cold mechanics deep within. (B)
— HEAVY GUITAR SOLO —
Chorus
StuKa! The Jericho Trumpets call my name!
StuKa! No returning from the flame!
StuKa! Steel remembers every scream!
Nothing wakes me from this dream!
Verse III
Black bursts unfold like fractures in the air, (A)
A shard of flak tears daylight into white. (B)
Molten alloy floods through bone and wire, (A)
Two dying forms dissolve from human sight. (B)
— HEAVY GUITAR SOLO —
Chorus
StuKa! The Jericho Trumpets call my name!
StuKa! No returning from the flame!
StuKa! Steel remembers every scream!
Nothing wakes me from this dream!
Verse IV
No face remains beneath the welded shell, (A)
No pulse survives to say what once was mine. (B)
Only the Jericho Trumpets still can tell, (A)
Where flesh and iron lost the final line. (B)
Final Chorus
StuKa! The Jericho Trumpets call my name!
StuKa! No returning from the flame!
StuKa! Steel remembers every scream!
Forever sealed inside the machine!