There's an icy wind that's blowing from the frozen lands It's an omen of destruction by an evil hand Prophecies of legions unleashing death and pain We must fight or life will never be the same again ♪ War is upon us all now Take up your sword and shield Ride with the mighty legions Into the bloody field On the dark horizon shadows begin to rise As a blood red moon is shining through the cloudy skies With a dreadful howling war cry the beasts attack Now the time has come for battle, no turning back ♪ Under a blackened sky the armies unite Ready to face their foes and prepared to fight Standing tall in the cold winter night Praying for fate to be on their side ♪ These beasts who take the shape of men Will stop at nothing to seize our lands as their own We must show them who we are May our swords strike with fury, and our arrows fly true Have at thee, for honour and for victory, have at thee ♪ The battle's underway, already men are falling We cannot win this fight There'll be no one left standing by the light The bloodshed sickening, around me friends lay dying They come at us again We cannot hold, is this the end? ♪ Another step they take, the tide has started turning The dead lay all around The enemy begin to grind us down I see men turn away and give a shout of warning Nobody seems to hear They start to run, the end is near ♪ Onwards ride For glory on this night We still stand So raise your shields Our enemies shall kneel We will have our victory ♪ We are the last survivors Standing to hold the line All that we love behind us We'll fight now and for all time We are the last protectors Fighting the tyranny Holding back the invasion To save our liberty We are the retribution Standing for what is just Our struggle shall be remembered When all has turned to dust Weep for our fallen brothers They made their final stand Honour their sacrifices They died to save our land ♪ When the baleful shadows engulf the brightest skies And when winter's chill pierces the earth with its frigid embrace All that for which we have striven seems destined to be lost A fading ember in the twilight When the dawn of hope is extinguished by the sorrowful night And the tides of war herald the darkest of times We must look to the one who can guide us to freedom Lead us now as a king, and we shall follow you forever ♪ Under a blackened sky the armies unite Ready to face their foes and prepared to fight Standing tall in the cold winter night Praying for fate to be on their side Under a blackened sky the armies unite Ready to face their foes and prepared to fight Standing tall in the cold winter night Praying for fate to be Praying for fate to be on their side ♪ And so it was, we had victory But at what cost? For though the battle was over The war had just begun ♪ Till next we meet Under a blackened sky