Below the Waterline [Titanic]

[Orchestral Intro] [*spoken*] Another quiet night... The sea... The stars... And the greatest ship ever built. [Verse] She sailed like every dream before, Her lights could outshine every dawn. The ocean bowed beneath her hull, As if she'd sail forever on. The laughter filled the grand saloons, The band played softly through the air. No soul believed that destiny Was waiting quietly out there. [Pre-Chorus] Then... A shiver through the steel... So small... Almost nothing at all. "Just a minor collision..." That's what they told us. [Chorus] Tell me why... Why do the officers whisper? Why... Do their faces turn pale? Why... Are the watertight doors all closing? If everything... Will be alright... [Verse] I carried orders deck to deck, Yet questions followed every step. The engines slowed... The smiles grew thin... And silence spoke where words were kept. I saw the captain standing still, His eyes fixed somewhere far beyond. No fear... No anger... Only thoughts he could not share. [Pre-Chorus] "Prepare the boats..." "But surely, sir..." "There won't be need..." ... No one answered me. [Chorus] Tell me why... Why are mothers still smiling? Why... Do the children still play? Why... Does the music keep on playing... If the sea... Has already won... [Bridge] The stars... Were beautiful... Too beautiful... For a night like this. I watched the lights... Reflect on waves... Then slowly... Disappear. [*female choir*] Ah... Ah... Ah... [Final Chorus] Tell me why... Why did nobody tell them? Why... Did we wait so long? Why... Did we smile until the ending... When hope... Was already gone... [Outro] [*spoken*] The stars... Never changed. Only... We did.