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Rest In Pieces (April 15 1912) Lyrics

Integrity of construction
The best money can buy
Her size is greater than any
A Belfast shipyard's pride
Signal flags spelled out the word "Success"
On her maneuvering trials

Preservers and lifeboats were not in excess
Unsinkable, no plans to save lives
Athinai reports icebergs and field ice
At seven bells ahead just five miles
A black hulk against the night's darkness
Disaster along starboard side

Full speed astern were the orders
It would do them no good
No apparent collision
A rip deep below the waterline

Come at once, we have struck a berg
Interference in transmission
The newest, largest ship afloat
Had two hours to live
Lower all lifeboats, we have too few!
Women and children first!
Distress rockets fill the air
Abandon Ship!"

Sinking faster, every light ablaze
Machinery, engines, crashing to the bow
Arching vertical, stern points to the sky
The great ship fractured
Everyone must die

Watching their families make it to safety
Fifteen hundred went down
The orchestra played to the last moment
An eerie almost unreal sound
The calm and ice North Atlantic
Titanic's burial ground
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Cover art for Rest In Pieces (April 15 1912) lyrics by Metal Church

Yeh, it's a climax of terror in the Titanic sinking.

Cover art for Rest In Pieces (April 15 1912) lyrics by Metal Church

This song is about the sinking of the Titanic, as noted in the title April 15, 1912, which is the day the Titanic sank.

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Cover art for Rest In Pieces (April 15 1912) lyrics by Metal Church

The given date refers to the date the Titanic sunk. That's what this song is about.

 
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