From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form
And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
Sign of power, show of force
Raise the anchor, battleship’s plotting its course
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Two thousand men, and fifty thousand tons of steel
Set the course for the Atlantic with the Allies on their heel
Firepower, firefight
Battle Stations, keep the targets steady in sight
Into formation, the hunt has begun
Death and damnation, the fleet is coming
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss
They are bound by iron and blood
The flagship of the navy, the terror of the seas
His guns have gone silent at last
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
Took the short way in
The long route back, Convoy 92
Bury, Gleaves and Ingham leading
Tankers to the west
And upon the North Atlantic
Lies the silence of the sea
And on the quietest night in the darkest hour
The Kriegsmarine appear
Above the surface it seems quiet and calm
Deep down below the wolfpack lurks
No, no, no
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track
Came the wolfpack
Gleaves led the convoy into the hornet’s nest
At the crack of dawn the second day
Bury stands in flames
Half the convoy sunk or disabled
Heading back to shore
But below the North Atlantic
On the bottom of the sea
On the second night in the darkest hour
The Kriegsmarine returns
The wolfpack surface for a second time
To make the convoy face it’s fate
No, no, no
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and the Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track
Came the wolfpack
Gleaves led the convoy into the hornet’s nest
Under fire
Under water
May 42 when Bury did fail the test
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and the Ingham leading them into death
569 makes the contact and lead them
U-94 scores a kill in the dark
124 sinking four in two approaches
406 suffers failure on launch
U-569 makes the contact and lead them
U-94 scores a kill in the dark
U-124 sinking four in two approaches
406 suffers failure on launch again
In their own track
Came the wolfpack
Gleaves led the convoy into the hornet’s nest
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and the Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track
Came the wolfpack
Gleaves led the convoy into the hornet’s nest
Under fire
Under water
May 42 when Bury did fail the test
To their own shore
Came the World War
Gleaves and the Ingham leading them into death
Don’t know what’s waiting down below
The wolfpack lurks, awaiting you
To follow, to bleed
It’s time for you to return, they decide
Oh no, oh no, the wolfpack’s waiting for them
Too calm, you’ll see
Below the surface waits for you
I see they are in Cardiff next month.Have you got your tickets?
No…I only discovered them a couple of days ago.
And I’m otherwise engaged the day of the concert…but they are sure to come again.