We buried our sonsWe turned and fledNo growing oldThe glorious deadBut we came backBecause one man saidNow on the beachesThe blood runs red
I faced them downThe only oneI stood aloneAnd warned the day would comeBut they were wrongAppeases every oneAnd not for the last timeWe all stand alone
I watch the sun move awayAs I embrace the nightAnd my black dog has it’s dayFor six long years, you shall not passBarbarians at the gatesWe will overcome
Here I standIn a serenade of gloryNaked by the throne of kingsYou sowed the windAnd now you reaped the whirlwindBefore the dawn the darkest hour
The darkest hour
To blaze in glory like a dying sunOne last burning giant‘Til Jupiter moves onTurn the ploughshares into swordsYou sons of Albion awakeDefend this sacred land
Here I standIn a serenade of gloryNaked by the throne of kingsYou sowed the windAnd now you reaped the whirlwindBefore the dawn, the darkest hour
The darkest hour
Here I standIn a serenade of gloryNaked by the throne of kingsYou sowed the windAnd now you reaped the whirlwindBefore the dawn, the darkest hour
Here I standIn a serenade of gloryNaked by the throne of kingsYou sowed the windAnd now you reaped the whirlwindBefore the dawn, the darkest hour
Before the dawn, the darkest hour