[Instrumental Intro - dramatic heavy metal buildup] [Verse 1 - tense and propulsive] Smoke climbs behind the island trees, their hulls lie close beneath the bank. The shore guns open through the haze; Belmonte takes the fire alone. A turn goes wrong along the line, Jequitinhonha finds the ground. My signals cross from mast to mast; the ordered column comes apart. [Pre-Chorus - rising tension] The ships that answer move with me, downriver from the broken line. One by one the bows come round; the shore guns keep firing ahead. [Chorus - powerful, wide and anthemic] Turn the bow and break the line! Back upstream through shot and smoke! Turn into the fire! Bring her weight to bear! Drive until the channel opens wide! [Verse 2 - heavier, urgent and close] We drive upstream against the guns; Parnaíba can't pull clear. Enemy hulls press hard against her; boarders fight across her deck. Fire tears across the narrow gap, the bank still hammers at our side. There's nowhere left for her to turn; the fight has closed to arm's length now. [Pre-Chorus - rising tension, heavier than first] The channel gives us little room; the guns still leave us hull to hull. I bring Amazonas through the smoke and drive her bow into a ship. [Chorus - powerful, wide and anthemic] Turn the bow and break the line! Back upstream through shot and smoke! Turn into the fire! Bring her weight to bear! Drive until the channel opens wide! [Instrumental - short melodic twin-guitar solo] [Bridge - heavy and forceful] The impact shakes us stem to stern. We clear and turn; our guns still fire. The melee starts to break apart. Their surviving ships head upstream. [Final Chorus - biggest melodic lift] Turn the bow and break the line! Back upstream through shot and smoke! Turn into the fire! Bring her weight to bear! Drive until the channel opens wide! [Instrumental Outro - brief resolution]
