Iron Maiden - Darkest Hour lyrics

[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