(Intro: Distorted air-raid siren fades into a fast, chugging thrash riff) [Verse 1] The radar hums a song of dread Across the channel, the sky turns lead A thousand shadows blot out the sun The dance of death has just begun! Climb the cockpit, prime the guns The pride of England’s favored sons Merlin engines start to roar We’re heading for the killing floor! [Pre-Chorus] Oil and sweat, the scent of fear The screech of metal drawing near From the cliffs of Dover to the Thames on fire We’re climbing higher, higher, HIGHER! [Chorus] Spitfires scream in the burning blue Hurricanes ripping the formation through! Steel on steel in a cloud of lead Better the victor than the silent dead! Kings of the vapor, lords of the gale In the dogfight’s heat, we shall prevail! [Verse 2] Messerschmitts dive from the blinding light A lethal swarm in a desperate fight Tracers carve a path through the haze The world below is a city ablaze! Roll to the left, pull Gs in the turn Watch the black-crossed wings begin to burn One burst of fire, a spiral of smoke The Teutonic giant begins to choke! [Bridge] (Tempo slows to a heavy, stomping rhythm) Never in the field of human strife Was so much owed for a single life From the cockpit glass to the hangar floor We write our names in the blood of war! [Guitar Solo] (High-speed shredding, mimicking the chaotic descent of a plane in a tailspin, followed by a triumphant, melodic twin-guitar harmony) [Chorus] Spitfires scream in the burning blue Hurricanes ripping the formation through! Steel on steel in a cloud of lead Better the victor than the silent dead! Kings of the vapor, lords of the gale In the dogfight’s heat, we shall prevail! [Outro] The sun sets red on a jagged wing Hear the Valkyries start to sing We held the line! We claimed the sky! WE NEVER DIE! (Final crash of drums and a fading jet-engine whistle)
