| In the year before we lost our empire
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| We were children on the march
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| We were told we had to serve our empire and die
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| In our wake we only left destruction
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| Sent their children to the graves
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| In the year before we lost our empire and died
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| The war was lost but we went on
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| (The war was lost but we went on)
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| Our king was dead and in the end nobody won
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| We were told to march to death and glory
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| We were told it’s for our land
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| In the end our tribe was left with nothing and died
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| In the time when all our hearts were frozen
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| We were soldiers for the king
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| In our wake we left their castles burning and died
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| The war was lost but we went on
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| (The war was lost but we went on)
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| And when the harvest came we found our king was gone
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| The war was lost but we went on
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| (The war was lost but we went on)
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| And when we paid the price we found our king was gone
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| The war was lost but we fought on
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| (The war was lost but we went on)
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| The war was lost and in the end nobody won |