Intro (radio voice): Gator five-one… start your engine. Wind three-two-zero… runway three. Cleared for takeoff. [Jet engine roar builds, blending with cold synth pads before the drums hit.] Verse 1 They were young men in the shadow of a war Where the threat was always there, but never reached our shore On frozen fields at night, in endless winter grey Drill after drill, ‘til the fear was drilled away Pre-Chorus We knew that some would never return But no one hesitated when the sirens burned Chorus When the sirens call, we stand ready to fight Through the darkness, through the endless night We were shadows in silence, with death as our wingman And we knew that some would never return Verse 2 Inside Dragons and Thunderbolts, in the Cold War’s black We trained so hard the war would feel like coming back Signals in the dark, echoes carved in ice A song of engines roar, and a war without a price Pre-Chorus We knew that some would never return But we stood in silence, ready when it turned Chorus When the sirens call, we stand ready to fight Through the darkness, through the endless night We were shadows in silence, with death as our wingman And we knew that some would never return. --- Bridge (Cold stillness before the storm) For decades we held the line… Day and night, through every sign. To keep the bear in chains. (Drums and bass build like distant thunder toward the final chorus.) Final Chorus (massive energy) When the sirens call, we stand ready to fight Through the darkness, through the endless night We were shadows in silence, with death as our wingman And we knew that some would never return Outro (radio voice): "Gator five-one… come in.... Gator five-one… respond......... Gator five one...won't return...." (Long pause. A click. Wind rises, then silence.)
