Fire Below, Thunder Above

[Verse 1]
Black wings cut the morning sky,
Ash falls down like winter’s lie,
Cuelebre screams, the mountains shake,
And every man feels his courage break
But engines roar through smoke and flame,
Stormbreaker answers to its name,
Steel and canvas, guns held tight,
They rise to meet the dragon’s might

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold the line, don’t look below,
That’s where the fire waits to grow

[Chorus]
Fire below, thunder above,
Iron hearts against the blood,
Drakes are circling, teeth and flame,
But we will not break, we will not bend
Stormbreaker, take the sky,
Even if we fall, we fly,
Let them hear our final cry—
We don’t run… we defy

[Verse 2]
Rifles crack on open deck,
Claws tear through the rigging’s neck,
One goes down, another climbs,
Counting breaths instead of time
Cuelebre dives—a comet’s wrath,
Splitting sky with burning path,
But Mark stands firm, eyes locked in,
Reading where the beast has been

[Pre-Chorus]
“He thinks he’s safe above the line…
Then we break the sky this time.”

[Bridge (Tactical Moment — rising tension)]
“Cut the lift—drop aft, now!”
Canvas screams against the bow,
Stormbreaker tilts, the world goes wide,
Decks go slant and men must ride
Nose comes up where death won’t climb,
Where dragons rule the upper line,
Cuelebre laughs—too high to fall…
He never saw the angle at all

[Break (command + action)]
“Amanda—NOW! Take the shot!”
“On him—steady—give me what you’ve got—”

[Impact Verse (the shot)]
Fore cannon roars like thunder split,
Iron fire climbs straight into it,
Through scale and fury, deep it drives—
A gutshot tearing through his life
Cuelebre screams, the heavens crack,
Fire spills as he reels back,
For the first time—fear takes hold…
The ancient beast begins to fold

[Chorus (Victory turning, but not done)]
Fire below, thunder above,
Iron proved against his blood,
Drakes scatter at their master’s cry,
As the wounded tyrant fills the sky
Stormbreaker, hold her true,
We just proved what men can do,
He can bleed—he can die—
Bring him down from the sky!

[Bridge (haunting, aftermath tone)]
Through the smoke, through the cries,
Something shifts in all their eyes…
Not a god, not untamed—
Just a beast that can be slain

[Final Chorus (full force)]
Fire below, thunder above,
This is war, not what we love,
Still we climb and still we stand,
Death held steady in our hands
Stormbreaker, one last run,
Chase him through the dying sun,
If he falls, the world will know—
Even dragons… can be brought low

[Outro]
Ash falls soft where heroes lie,
But hope now burns within the sky,
And carried on that thunder’s breath…
Was the shot that challenged death

Dark fantasy sea shanty, gritty male vocals, hurdy-gurdy, concertina, low drums, fiddle, choir, stormy, eerie