(Verse I)
Smoke still lingered on the river
When the orders finally came
Leave the old front to the winter
Cross the sea and sail again
From the Dnipro to the Pacific
Past the storms and driving rain
Veterans of one long struggle
Marching into war again
(Pre-Chorus)
Across the water
Through the storm
The fleet is moving
Westward bound
(Chorus)
From the Dnipro to the Pacific
Hear the thunder of the fleet
One coast faded in the distance
One appeared beyond the sea
Years of fire behind our shoulders
New horizons lie ahead
Through the wind and through the darkness
Forward where we're led
(Verse II)
Far beyond the western waters
San Andreas waits ahead
Another shore beneath the smoke
Another place where blood is shed
Russian veterans, Chinese sailors
Standing shoulder to shoulder now
Bound together by the ocean
And the oath they still avow
(Pre-Chorus)
Across the water
Through the storm
The fleet is moving
Westward bound
(Chorus)
From the Dnipro to the Pacific
Hear the thunder of the fleet
One coast faded in the distance
One appeared beyond the sea
Years of fire behind our shoulders
New horizons lie ahead
Through the wind and through the darkness
Forward where we're led
(Bridge)
Across the grey Pacific waters
Red reflections ride the waves
Every ship another chapter
Every sailor carries names
Those who fell beside the river
Those who never made it home
Sail with us across the ocean
In the stories that are told
The horizon burns before us
Steel and thunder fill the dawn
Like a crimson tide advancing
Rolling westward through the storm
(Final Chorus)
From the Dnipro to the Pacific
Hear the thunder of the fleet
One coast faded in the distance
One appeared beyond the sea
Years of fire behind our shoulders
New horizons lie ahead
Through the wind and through the darkness
Forward where we're led
From the river to the ocean
From the old war to the new
Through the storm the banners follow
Carried by the faithful few
(Outro)
One coast vanished
One appeared
The tide rolls west
And still we're here
Stahlkrieg