[Verse 1]
Fog rolled low on Smallwater Bay
Like a shroud upon the dead
Five black hulls cut through the gray
Where no sane soul would tread
Stormbreaker led with iron will
Mark never broke his stare
Baywhar Babe rode cold and still
With Richard standing there
No bells rang, no seabirds cried
Just engines droning low—
Like the sky had teeth inside…
And we had sailed below
[Chorus]
Heave away… don’t look down…
Hear the dark take breath…
Ice and acid raining down—
Sky is sick with death…
Five ships rose but the storm had more—
Claws in endless form…
Pray if you can… there’s no shore…
In the dragonstorm…
[Verse 2]
They fell like rot from a broken sky
Wyverns, drakes in waves
Cold that burned and green that ate
Turned decks to frozen graves
Stormbreaker roared her thunder wide
Baywhar Babe held fast
But for each beast that fell and died
Ten more came screaming past
Three ships held the shattered line
Flags in tatters torn—
Till one was lost in a writhing mass
And vanished from the storm
[Break – Whisper]
…hold fast… hold fast…
…hush now, little flames…
[Verse 3 – Sacrifice]
A voice cut clean through fire and gale—
Captain Hale stood fast:
“Tell my sons I did not fail…
We hold this sky our last…”
A lantern flared within the swarm
A spark beneath the scale—
“No beast shall take us in this storm!”
Cried the Wraith of Hale
[Detonation]
Light split wide—the sky undone
Fire swallowed all—
For one bright breath there burned a sun
Then ash began to fall
The swarm broke hard, the sky was torn
The beasts fled from the flame—
And four ships limped through ruin’s morn
Still flying just the same
[Final Chorus]
Heave away… but count the cost…
Hear their voices fade…
Four ships live… but one is lost…
In the debt we paid…
Sing his name through broken storm—
Let the black winds wail—
For the fire that broke the swarm…
And the soul of Hale…
[Outro – Lullaby]
If you sail where Smallwater lies
And the fog won’t let you through—
You’ll hear the ones who never died…
Still holding line for you…
Hush now, little flames… don’t you cry…
Night will hold you fast…
Close your eyes… the storm goes by…
Fire don’t ever last…
ElCeviche
