UTAH Beach (New Version) (Remastered)
First Knight, Symphonic, Warm Trumpet, Dissonance & Resolution, orchestra, soundtrack, WW2, shakuhachi, soldier, war, gorgeous flugelhorn, tribute, respect, honor, sacrifice, countermelody, 1942
UTAH Beach (New Version) (Remastered)
First Knight, Symphonic, Warm Trumpet, Dissonance & Resolution, orchestra, soundtrack, WW2, shakuhachi, soldier, war, gorgeous flugelhorn, tribute, respect, honor, sacrifice, countermelody, 1942
Lyrics
Instrumental intro
solo
intro
Inside this ship of steel,
We pray, we shake, we kneel.
The sea runs grey with wrath,
The sky — black as our path…
I’m just nineteen and scared,
A photo in my hand — her smile’s torn by spray...
An order, a blast,
The RAMP DROPS… it’s fast.
Verse 2
COLD wa-ter at my WAIST,
BULL-ets FLY-ing PAST!
The SHOTS RAIN DOWN like HELL,
MOVE through this MAN-made SPELL...
SAND is MINED and TIGHT,
DEATH beNEATH our FLIGHT!
We CRAWL or RUN or DIE,
SCREAM-ing SKY aBOVE!
Choir
U-TAH BEACH!
THE COLD BITES DEEP!
BUT OUR HEARTS
STILL DARE TO BEAT!
REMEMBER THIS
WHEN YOU WALK THAT SHORE!
THAT SI-LENCE HOLDS
THE STEPS... OF... WAAAAAAR!
Verse 3
FEAR tight-ens EVE-ry BREATH,
HEART-beat FIGHTS OFF DEATH!
My CHEST ACHES, HANDS do SHAKE,
SOUL beGINS to BREAK...
TEARS I CAN-not CRY,
FRO-zen SKY on HIGH!
EACH STEP I TAKE aLONE,
FEAR CLAWS RIGHT THROUGH THE BONE!
solo
Verse 4
FIRE bursts and BLINDS,
BULLETS WRITE THEIR LINES!
FACES BLOOM IN CRIMSON PAIN,
AND TIME BLEEDS DOWN THE DRAIN...
SOL-dier FADES to BLACK,
DEATH NEVER LOOKS BACK.
ENE-my DRAWS NEAR,
I CHOKE ON FEAR.
Choir
U-TAH BEACH!
THE COLD BITES DEEP!
BUT OUR HEARTS
STILL DARE TO BEAT!
REMEMBER THIS
WHEN YOU WALK THAT SHORE!
THAT SI-LENCE HOLDS
THE STEPS... OF... WAAAAAAR!
Verse 5
I crawl through mud and dread,
Past a Hemmbalken ahead.
Wood shatters near my face,
I pray, I plead for grace...
I run toward frozen steel,
Past Czech hedgehogs I feel.
Each step I scream inside,
But I can’t let fear decide.
instrumental bridge
Chorus
U-TAH! BEACH!
WHERE HEROES SLEEP!
BUT OUR HEARTS!
STILL! DARE! TO! BEEEEEEAT!
spoken verse
"I SAW BOYS... VANISH LIKE GHOSTS,
IN THE GUNFIRE’S ROAR... WHERE SILENCE HOSTS
WHERE TIDES RAN CRIMSON... ON THE SAND...
WHEN DAWN ROSE... ON THE BROKEN LAAAAAAND!"
Chorus
U-TAH! BEACH!
THE COLD BITES DEEP!
BUT OUR HEARTS!
STILL! DARE! TO! BEEEEEEAT!
outro
A pho-to... in my hand...
The ramp drops… it’s fast...
I was not the same —
But I... was... still... ALIIIIIIVE!