The frozen rain, the swinging gate The tinge of blood, the hinge of fate An ill wind and it's getting late But here we stay, here we stay And it is death to wait But here we stay Behold the colours of the night The crimson lake, the China white They crackle in their drifting flight They fade away, they fade away And we are cruelly scarred But here we stay The wall that we were sent to guard Was taller than a man Before this thing began But here we stay Nobody calls the battle lost While we are here to pay the cost Breathing a cloud into the frost For come what may, come what may We drink a witches' brew But here we stay Where they are many, we are few And poor where they are rich And this is the last ditch But here we stay The hymn of hate, the cry of pain The swinging gate, the frozen rain The dawn burns like the brand of Cain But here we stay, here we stay And who can count the slain But here we stay They are the scythe, we are the grain But here we stay Here we stay