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