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We're Winning Again

V6

[INTRO – DEEP AUSTRALIAN MALE SPOKEN GROWL, DISTANT WAR DRUMS, LOW HEARTBEAT SUB-BASS] [Deep heartbeat: BOOM... BOOM... BOOM...] [Low Highland bagpipe drone rises] [MALE – DEEP GRAVELLY AUSSIE ACCENT] Yeah... They reckoned we'd never make it back. [Pause] Well, have a bloody good look at us now! [War drum strike] We're still standing! [Banjo strikes three sharp notes] AND WE'RE WINNING AGAIN! [EXPLOSIVE BAGPIPE BATTLE CRY] [INSTRUMENTAL INTRO – RAPID BANJO PICKING ANSWERED BY SCREAMING HIGHLAND BAGPIPES, POUNDING KICK, ROLLING SUB-BASS] [VERSE 1 – GRITTY AUSTRALIAN MALE VOCAL, BOUNCING BASS GROOVE] Wiped the dust off the dashboard, Fired the old girl up again, Left the darkness in the rear-view, Said goodbye to all that pain. Got the laughter in the backyard, Got the sunshine on our face, Took a hiding from the hard times, But they never won the race! [PRE-CHORUS – HEARTBEAT BASS BUILDS, BAGPIPES RISE] From the bottom of the bloody barrel, To the top of that old hill, They can knock us down a hundred times, BUT THEY'LL NEVER BREAK OUR WILL! [FEMALE GANG RESPONSE] Never break our will! [MALE] You ready? [CROWD] YEAH! [MALE] THEN LET'S BLOODY GO! [DROP 1 – MASSIVE FOUR-ON-THE-FLOOR KICK, DEEP PULSING BASS, BAGPIPE AND BANJO UNISON HOOK] [CHORUS – HUGE MELODIC AUSSIE PUB-ROCK CHANT, MALE LEAD, MIXED CROWD RESPONSE] HEY! HEY! WE'RE WINNING AGAIN! THROUGH THE FIRE, THROUGH THE WIND AND RAIN! HEY! HEY! WE'RE BACK ON OUR FEET! FEEL THAT THUNDER UNDERNEATH! OH-OH-OH! LET THE BAGPIPES ROAR! OH-OH-OH! WE'RE COMING BACK FOR MORE! [EVERYBODY] HANDS UP HIGH! LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW! WE'RE BLOODY WINNING AGAIN! AND WE'RE NEVER LETTING GO! [INSTRUMENTAL HOOK – BAGPIPES PLAY FOUR-BAR VICTORY MELODY, BANJO ANSWERS WITH LIGHTNING-FAST FOUR-BAR RUN] [VERSE 2 – DEEP AUSSIE GROWL, DRIVING CELTIC DANCE BASS] Got some scars across the years, Got some stories in my bones, Had to walk through bloody hell, Just to find my way back home. Now we're dancing in the moonlight, Got our loved ones by our side, Took the long road through the heartbreak, Now we're standing full of pride! [PRE-CHORUS – WAR DRUMS, RISING BASS, BAGPIPE HARMONIES] All those years we kept on fighting, Every tear and every fall, Now the world's about to hear us, WHEN WE STAND UP TEN FEET TALL! [CROWD] HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! [DROP 2 – HEAVY HEARTBEAT BASS DROP, KICK DRUM, BANJO RIFF, SCREAMING BAGPIPE LEAD] [CHORUS – FULL CROWD SINGALONG] HEY! HEY! WE'RE WINNING AGAIN! THROUGH THE FIRE, THROUGH THE WIND AND RAIN! HEY! HEY! WE'RE BACK ON OUR FEET! FEEL THAT THUNDER UNDERNEATH! OH-OH-OH! LET THE BAGPIPES ROAR! OH-OH-OH! WE'RE COMING BACK FOR MORE! [EVERYBODY] HANDS UP HIGH! LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW! WE'RE BLOODY WINNING AGAIN! AND WE'RE NEVER LETTING GO! [INSTRUMENTAL BATTLE – BAGPIPES VERSUS BANJO] [BREAKDOWN – ALL BASS STOPS, ONLY WAR DRUMS AND BAGPIPE DRONE] [MALE – DEEP SPOKEN AUSSIE GROWL] Righto, boys... Let's settle this! [BAGPIPES – AGGRESSIVE EIGHT-BAR HIGHLAND BATTLE MELODY] [BANJO – RAPID EIGHT-BAR BLUEGRASS COUNTER-MELODY] [BAGPIPES – HIGHER, LOUDER, MORE DEFIANT] [BANJO – FASTER TRIPLET PICKING, MATCHING THE BAGPIPE PHRASE] [WAR DRUMS DOUBLE IN SPEED] [DUEL – BAGPIPES AND BANJO TRADE TWO-BAR PHRASES, THEN PLAY IN HARMONISED UNISON] [MALE GROWL] COME ON, GIVE IT EVERYTHING! [CROWD] HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! [BUILD – ROLLING SNARES, RISING SUB-BASS, BAGPIPE HARMONY ASCENDING] [ONE-BEAT SILENCE] [MALE – SHOUT] WE'RE BLOODY WINNING AGAIN! [FINAL DROP – MAXIMUM BASS IMPACT, THUNDEROUS KICK, THREE-LAYER HIGHLAND BAGPIPES, FAST BANJO COUNTER-RIFF, MASSIVE WAR DRUMS] [FINAL CHORUS – MALE AND FEMALE GANG VOCALS, HUGE VICTORY MELODY] HEY! HEY! WE'RE WINNING AGAIN! THROUGH THE FIRE, THROUGH THE WIND AND RAIN! HEY! HEY! WE'RE BACK ON OUR FEET! FEEL THAT THUNDER UNDERNEATH! OH-OH-OH! HEAR THE BAGPIPES ROAR! OH-OH-OH! WE'RE COMING BACK FOR MORE! [MALE] We lost our way... [FEMALE] But we found our home! [BOTH] AND WE'RE NEVER LETTING GO! [EVERYBODY – FINAL DOUBLE CHANT] WE'RE WINNING! WE'RE WINNING! WE'RE BLOODY WINNING AGAIN! WE'RE WINNING! WE'RE WINNING! AND THIS IS WHERE WE STAND! [OUTRO – BAGPIPES HOLD VICTORY NOTE, BANJO PLAYS FINAL RISING RUN, DEEP HEARTBEAT BASS] [MALE – QUIET, WARM, GRAVELLY AUSSIE ACCENT] Yeah, mate... Took us a while. But look at us now. [Pause] We're finally winning again. [FINAL WAR DRUM HIT AND DEEP SUB-BASS IMPACT] [END]