The enemy nigh
The walls stand up high
There is not much hope
For the rise of new day
Defend as we may
There is not much strength
Strength to withstand

The armies of marshals
The armies of hell
Befell our gates
Along with my brother
My father fell
And so I am left alone
To my faith
To lead my people to the ends of death
Or for glory

But I will fight
With all my might
With all my strength
I send word to every friend
Not many have come
But I still hope
I still trust
In the heralds
In servants of old
That the elf-friends will come
Will rescue us from the enemy nigh

And so we rise
To the dawn of new day
And so we rise
To meet our enemies
Meet them with honor
In battle
We will not turn back
We are here to attack
To strike them hard on the neck

We met them in battle
We slew their lines
But much has befallen
And we were betrayed
Were stricken from back
More of the armies
More of the dead
We were surrounded
By the marshals of death

But far in the forest
I hear elven horns
The battle horns of the west
Thousands of friends
They were like the rain
After a very dry day
They were a great relief
Of everlasting pain
And I knew that it wasn’t in vain
That we went into battle
Responded to the challenges
Of the hosts of hell

And so they fled
Returned to their masters
The kings of the dead
Let it be done
Let it be said
That the enemy fled
From the union of the armies clad
Into sunlit armor
With heart piercing swords
Let it be said
That the enemy fled
From the might of the west

And so we arise
And the dawn of new day has led away
Far far away
The enemies, lords of the east
Let this day
Be put into song
Let them tell the tail
Of brothers for long
Whose might
May never be challenged
Never assailed
Not even by those who are dead

Arise! Arise!
Sang the trumpets upon the hills
We gathered our strength
For the final blow
And chased the enemy to their deep holes of stone
There a great battle befell the new age
Three armies have met at the peak of the day
And we were victorious
We came back
We have returned

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