Battlesong

Here we stand in the shadows

With the ghosts been and gone

And the night that surrounds us

Gives away to breaking dawn

If we live, we live standing

Side by side and heart to heart

The lines have been drawn

The cry has rung out

Long before the wretched

Writing on the wall

Nobody was listening

Nobody could hear our call

Living in the fringes

Seemed our best defence

Balking at the battle

Once before but never again

So we march over mountains

Knowing not what lies ahead

With the hope of a future

We brace ourselves for the end

But if we make it to old age

We’ll strip our sleeves and show our scars

Let these wounds speak of our prize

Long before the wretched

Writing on the wall

Nobody was listening

Nobody could hear our call

Living in the fringes

Seemed our best defence

Balking at the battle

Once before but not again

Maybe they are millions

With more to call upon

We can be an army

We can take the whole world on

Not for god or glory

Or riches in the sun

Just to live forever

Always pushing upwards and on

Drawn in to battle test’s the fate of the few

Drawn in to battle we’re an army of two

With too much to lose

Long before the wretched

Writing on the wall

Nobody was listening

Nobody could hear our call

Living in the fringes

Seemed our best defence

Balking at the battle

Once before but not again

Maybe they are millions

With more to call upon

We could be an army

Take the f*ckin’ whole lot on

Not for god or glory

Or riches in the sun

Just to live forever

Always pushing upwards and on

To victory!

Victory!

Victory!