Sacred Gate - The Battle of Thermopylae lyrics

"Go tell the Spartans Stranger pa**ing by That here obedient To their laws, we lie" (Simonides) In 480, before Christ's birth The Persian empire was The greatest on earth The army and navy Of Xerxes the first Began their invasion To conquer Greece 300 Spartans and 7000 allies Marched out to Thermopylae A narrow mountain pa** Their mission was to delay The Persian advance To encourage the Greeks To keep morale high 13 years they were schooled In the Spartan art of war In the phalanx formation Thousands fighting as one The Persians draw their bows Arrows blot out the sun Our battle hymns sound loud The slaughter has begun Their infantry attacks But they don't have a chance Against our heavy shields Against our mighty spears Xerxes from above Sitting on his throne He sends more men to fight He sees his immortals fall Bodies lay down dead with Cut throats, smashed heads Their last gaze at the sky The fear's still in their eyes The blood has reached Our knees, two days We'll k** and die The third day will be the last A traitor's by our side The allies have been dismissed Their duty they have done But soon they'll get the chance To fight Xerxes again The flesh is the source The source of all fear But this flesh is not ours It belongs to the Gods And I hail them for this 'cause my mind is now clear Stronger than pain and fear Now I'll fight to the d**h And when their swords broke They fought with hands And teeth Side by side with Their comrades They died as they wished The battle is lost now But their sacrifice's great Their d**h will be honoured till Eternity ends... till eternity ends They knew that This was their final fight This was their certain end But in their hearts and In their minds, they tamed The fear of d**h With courage and with Bravery, they made Their last stand With blood they wrote Their history, for glory They have died