[Verse 1]
We buried our sons
We turned and fled
No growing old
The glorious dead
But we came back
Because one man said
Now on the beaches
The blood runs red
[Verse 2]
I faced them down
The only one
I stood alone
And warned the day would come
But they were wrong
Appeases every one
And not for the last time
We all stand alone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I watch the sun move away
As I embrace the night
And my black dog has it's day
For six long yеars, you shall not pass
Barbarians at the gates
We will ovеrcome
[Chorus]
Here I stand
In a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Before the dawn the darkest hour
[Post-Chorus]
The darkest hour
[Pre-Chorus 2]
To blaze in glory like a dying sun
One last burning giant
Tell Jupiter moves on
Turn the ploughshares into swords
You sons of Albion awake
Defend this sacred land
[Chorus]
Here I stand
In a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Before the dawn the darkest hour
[Post-Chorus]
The darkest hour
[Guitar Solos]
[Chorus]
Here I stand
In a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Before the dawn the darkest hour
[Chorus]
Here I stand
In a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Before the dawn the darkest hour
[Outro]
Before the dawn the darkest hour