[Verse 1]
We held the line in the lantern light,
Steel and powder, ranks drawn tight,
Sergeant said, “Keep your eyes on high,”
But the dark gave back no sign.
Then a whisper passed the guns above,
A shadow crossed where the stars once were,
Someone cried out, “God save us all—”
And the sky began to fall.
[Chorus]
When the sky fell down and the night broke wide,
They came on wings, they came inside,
From roof and road and the blackened air,
Death was falling everywhere.
We lost the line, we lost the sound—
Till she came and turned us ‘round,
We were dying in the dark alone…
When the sky fell down.
[Verse 2]
They hit the street like a hammer blow,
Claws and teeth in the smoke below,
Some wore faces we almost knew,
Some were things no prayers broke through.
From the alleys came the cursed ones fast,
Through the doors and the shattered glass,
Every man for himself it seemed—
No more ranks, no more dreams.
[Chorus]
When the sky fell down and the night broke wide,
They came on wings, they came inside,
From roof and road and the blackened air,
Death was falling everywhere.
We fired blind and we stood our ground,
But the world was spinning all around—
We were breaking in the dark alone…
When the sky fell down.
[Bridge (quiet, almost spoken)]
I saw a sergeant torn in two,
He never finished what he knew—
“Hold the li—” was all he said,
Before the wings came down in red…
[Verse 3 (shift begins)]
Then a whistle cut the screaming through,
Sharp and clean like a soldier knew,
Three clear notes in the chaos wide—
And something in us held inside.
Bluecoats moved like a steady hand,
Not like fear, but like command,
“Lanterns high! Mark every roof!
Stand as two—back to back, hold proof!”
[Chorus (stronger)]
When the sky fell down and the night broke wide,
We found our ground, we stemmed the tide,
Marked the roofs and we held the street,
Turned their fury to defeat.
No more running, no more blind—
We were soldiers, line by line,
We were fighting, not alone…
When the sky fell down.
[Verse 4]
Guns above found their mark at last,
Fire rained where the shadows passed,
Fellgliders burned as they tried to land,
Drove the rest by steel and hand.
Cursed ones broke on the bayonet line,
Step by step and spine by spine,
We paid in blood for every yard—
But we made them pay it hard.
[Final Chorus (full, resolute)]
When the sky fell down and the night broke wide,
We did not break, we did not hide,
Held the line where the brave men fell,
Turned that street into a living hell.
Many gone, but the rest still stand—
Saved the town, saved the land,
And damn the dark that thought us done…
When the sky fell down.
[Outro (soft, reflective)]
So raise a glass to the ones we found…
And the ones still lying where they went down…
We held the night… we held our ground…
When the sky fell down.
ElCeviche
