Empire of the Clouds [part IV]

We're down, let's hear the cry

Out plunging from the sky

Three thousand horses silent

As the ship began to die

The flares to guide her path

Ignited at the last

The empire of the clouds

Just ashes in our past

Just ashes at the last

Here lie the dreams as they stand in the sun

On the ground where they built and the engines did run

To the moon and the stars, now what have we done?

All the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on

Oh, dreams live on

Dreams live on

The R101 crashed on October 5th, 1930 in France during its maiden

Voyage. The crash of the R101 effectively ended British airship

Development. It is the worst airship accident ever in British history

Now a shadow on the hill

The angel of the east

The empire of the clouds

May rest in peace

And in the country churchyard

Lead hat to the mast

E'en for these souls

Came to die in France