Blood & Iron

Skeletons of steel and glass Tombstones of a time gone by Whispered stories - fairy tales No one knows who and why 100 years in an age of darkness Many plagues have cleaned the land Kill them all - saints and sinners Fertile lands now desert sand Gangs and tribes lead the lives None proud nation has survived Welcome to the quest for fire Pledge allegiance and be sworn Hold your ground in a world so torn Blood and iron - blood and iron The way to pay for all To an age of pain we're gonna fall Fear the places cursed and damned Stick to new rules and obey New slaughters and new lambs The repeating history Everlasting, deadly silence 'Til the winds disturb the peace Sounds of tumbling walls and bridges All our progress... deceased Forged in fire forged in pain And you lead a life in vain Howling winds in the ruins - unreal story time Mind pictures of the lost - pure as a bell chime And a spark glimmers on - once a fire of life to become Will you dare to listen How much pain can you take The oath of gods and mortals A chain no one can break And the flame is burning on - a fire of life to become