“We’re down lads!”

 

“We’re down lads!”

Empire Of The Clouds

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To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come To ride the storm, and damn the rest, oblivion Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars Related giant of the skies, you hold them in your arms The millionth chance they laughed, to take down his majesty’s craft “To India” they say, “magic carpet float away”, an October fateful day Mist is in the trees, stone sweats with the dew The morning sunrise, red before the blue Hanging at the mast, waiting for command His majesty’s airship, the r101 She’s the biggest vessel built by man, a giant of the skies For all you unbelievers, the titanic fits inside Drum rolled tight, a canvas skin, silvered in the sun Never tested with the fury, with a beating yet to come The fury yet to come….

The engines drum, the telegraph sounds Release the cords that bind us to the ground Said the coxswain,“sir, she’s heavy, she’ll never make the flight.” Said the captain, “damn the cargo! We’ll be on our way tonight.” Groundsmen cheered in wonder, as she backed up from the mast Baptising with her water, from the ballast fore and aft Now she slips into our past…