[Intro] [radio hiss, distant pops] “Raven flight, this is Viking” Show of force request over Route Michigan holding south of the city Fallujah under the targeting glass [Verse 1] Stack full and circling “Check laser, check mark, check friendlies” sensor glow on rooftops white smoke dragging through the street “Reaper, this is Apache Two-One troops in the open east side, broken block danger close to blue” Splash called, steel inbound tubes thump from some far gunline smoke kicks off a rooftop glass falls into the street “Adjust left, 50 add 100, fire for effect” from above, the alley flashes someone laughs someone swears [Chorus] All stations, this net the ground keeps talking through burned-out radios and busted lungs Callsigns fade but the traffic lingers over sand, over wire over bones and blood Say it clear “Send it” and the sky answers [Verse 2] “Warrior Three-One, this is Panther armor stalled on Route Red IED in the culvert small arms from the north, over” turret turns slow coax stitching balconies loose tarps snap like flags fear moving room to room [base thunder boom boom] [breakdown] “Raven flight, copy line nine Type One, troops in contact mark with white smoke friendlies west 200” jets low hot breath over rooftops “Visual, tally mark” laser rides the dust “Danger close acknowledged cleared hot” [BBBbbbrrrrrrrrtttTtttttt] silence then the world folds inward windows cough glass concrete lifts and drops “Good hits, good hits re-attack north to south” "Raven One-One, Viking Two-One request show of force Route Michigan, north to south friendlies west two hundred marking with white smoke" "Viking Two-One, Raven One-One copy show of force tally smoke north to south" "Raven One-One cleared hot" jet drops low street-level thunder windows blow dust jumps off the walls [BOOM,BOOM, BOOM] [Chorus] All stations, this net the ground keeps talking through burned-out radios and busted lungs Callsigns fade but the traffic lingers over sand, over wire over bones and blood Say it clear “Send it” and the sky answers [Bridge] [radio whine, volume drops] “Chaos Actual, this is Misfit one K.I.A., three urgent requesting dustoff” rotors promised on encrypted air “Pop smoke, mark LZ green on the deck red in the sky” medics count breaths over overlapping frequencies Jolan to Askari block by block by block “Say again, last transmission” static chews the names “Break break troops crossing phase line Betty shift fire, shift fire” Send it [Final Chorus] All stations, this net the ground keeps talking through burned-out radios and busted lungs Callsigns fade but the traffic lingers over sand, over wire over bones and blood Say it clear “Send it” and the sky answers Say it clear “Send it” and the ground remembers [Outro] [radio hiss, distant rotor fade] “Raven one-one off station” RTB” “Godspeed and good hunting” [radio static] [Thunder boom boom]
