La Sirena Roja

[slow chant – almost whispered] “Ohhh… hear the water cry in steel…” “She is not man… she is not wheel…” [Verse 1] They say the docks were once just land Till she arrived with steady hand But ships don’t sail where wheels now go So they call it sea below And in that sea of painted lines A siren moves between the signs Not flesh, not ghost, not something tame But ocean wrapped inside a name [Verse 2] “La Sirena Roja,” sailors warn Born from steel and midnight storm She calls no crew, she breaks no chain She is the tide inside the lane And when you hear her rolling near The bells of warning disappear For sound itself begins to bend Where she is both start and end [Chorus – full crew shanty] Oh La Sirena Roja! (Roja!) You hear her once, you don’t know ya (know ya!) Oh La Sirena Roja! (Roja!) She brings the night wherever she goes, ah (goes ah!) [Bridge – slow eerie chant] No map can mark her passing trail… No dock can hold her sail… No man can speak her name the same… After she’s claimed the lane… [Final Chorus – full power shanty] Oh La Sirena Roja! (Roja!) The sea of steel will always know ya (know ya!) Oh La Sirena Roja! (Roja!) And the harbor bows before ya (before ya!) [Outro – fading crew voices] “She’s out there…” “In the lanes…” “In the waves…” [stomp… stomp… silence…]