Hell or High Water
It was April 1912 in the middle of the night
The unsinkable ship, an unthinkable sight
She shot off her flares, broadcast SOS
Telling hundreds of miles of her great distress
The Californian sat empty a few leagues away
Her sailors and captain would render no aid
58 miles further, Carpathia heard
Her crew woke their captain to give him the word
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Captain Arthur H Rostron sprang from his rest
He called all hands on deck and their heading turned West
He ordered his ship to race to respond
Before checking the signal or his uniform on
They hung lights, nets, and ladders, swung out the life rafts
Turned dining into first aid with all doctors on staff
And hundreds of passengers got up out of bed
To offer their staterooms and blankets and bread
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Now a steamship can only go as fast as they build it
And 14 knots was Carpathia's limit
Rostron diverted all steam to the engine
All hands to the furnace to stoke and defend it
Steam engines explode when they're pushed to their peak
And the chances they get there in time nearly bleak
But the head engineer had mastered his craft
And they blew past 14 to 17 and a half
Come hell or high water, they ran and they prayed
And they made them a miracle on ruination day
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Through the fog and the dark, they sailed rescue-bound
Dodging icebergs like the one that brought the Titanic down
Nearly broke the laws of physics, steaming headlong through the spray
Firing rockets as she came to say help was on the way
It was four hours or more to get to the scene
Rostron and his crew, they made it in three
Disaster and ruin, without any doubt
But every life saved on Carpathia's account
Come hell or high water, by any means free
Pulled seven hundred souls from the icy North Sea
Come hell or high water, they ran and they prayed
And they made them a miracle on ruination day
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, but Carpathia sailed
The unsinkable ship, an unthinkable sight
She shot off her flares, broadcast SOS
Telling hundreds of miles of her great distress
The Californian sat empty a few leagues away
Her sailors and captain would render no aid
58 miles further, Carpathia heard
Her crew woke their captain to give him the word
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Captain Arthur H Rostron sprang from his rest
He called all hands on deck and their heading turned West
He ordered his ship to race to respond
Before checking the signal or his uniform on
They hung lights, nets, and ladders, swung out the life rafts
Turned dining into first aid with all doctors on staff
And hundreds of passengers got up out of bed
To offer their staterooms and blankets and bread
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Now a steamship can only go as fast as they build it
And 14 knots was Carpathia's limit
Rostron diverted all steam to the engine
All hands to the furnace to stoke and defend it
Steam engines explode when they're pushed to their peak
And the chances they get there in time nearly bleak
But the head engineer had mastered his craft
And they blew past 14 to 17 and a half
Come hell or high water, they ran and they prayed
And they made them a miracle on ruination day
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Through the fog and the dark, they sailed rescue-bound
Dodging icebergs like the one that brought the Titanic down
Nearly broke the laws of physics, steaming headlong through the spray
Firing rockets as she came to say help was on the way
It was four hours or more to get to the scene
Rostron and his crew, they made it in three
Disaster and ruin, without any doubt
But every life saved on Carpathia's account
Come hell or high water, by any means free
Pulled seven hundred souls from the icy North Sea
Come hell or high water, they ran and they prayed
And they made them a miracle on ruination day
Come hell or high water, to curse or to bless
Couldn't live with themselves if they did any less
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, Carpathia sailed
Come hell or high water, when Titanic failed
God moved on the ocean, but Carpathia sailed
Credits
Writer(s): David Antony Pike, Esther Jacqueline Wheaton, Kayleigh Nicole Leblanc, Leanne Mary Swantko
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