The wheel of the war is turning, grinding men to mud Clay made soldiers marching, hope and burnt homes left behind A broken age is ending in a festival of blood Offering upon the altar of carrion gods Fallen banners drenched in blood of animals and men Dragged into this carnage brought against their own free will Burning embers scorch the sky the omens of end times The last crimson chapter in the story of mankind No war, no death can keep me away A thousand miles and I'll be there with you The body dies yet the spirit lives on Once you awake I'll be back home With the darkness came the dead, the heralds of the past Thin as dreams they walk among us, uttering no sound They beckon us to fallow them into the great unknown The forgiving and the warm embrace of the earth below No war, no death can keep me away A thousand miles and I'll be there with you The body dies yet the spirit lives on Once you awake I'll be back home At the gates of hades I am waiting for the one