Rest In Piece

<br>Integrity of construction <br>The best money can buy <br>Her size is greater than any <br>A Belfast shipyard`s pride <br>Signal flags spelled out the word "Success" <br>On her maneuvering trials <br><br>Preservers and lifeboats were not in excess <br>Unsinkable, no plans to save lives <br>Athinai reports icebergs and field ice <br>At seven bells ahead just five miles <br>A black hulk against the night`s darkness <br>Disaster along starboard side <br><br>Full speed astern were the orders <br>It would do them no good <br>No apparent collision <br>A rip deep below the waterline <br><br>Come at once, we have struck a berg <br>Interference in transmission <br>The newest, largest ship afloat <br>Had two hours to live <br>Lower all lifeboats, we have too few! <br>Women and children first! <br>Distress rockets fill the air <br>Abandom Ship!" <br><br>Sinking faster, every light ablaze <br>Machinery, engines, crashing to the bow <br>Arching vertical, stern points to the sky <br>The great ship fractured <br>Everyone must die <br><br>Watching their families make it to safety <br>Fifteen hundred went down <br>The orchestra played to the last moment <br>An eerie almost unreal sound <br>The calm and ice North Atlantic <br>Titanic`s burial ground