Wellington is on the move (this time you may not succeed)
And I have been refused (count the cards, one joker missing)
We try as in the old days
Failure is something that you choose
I defy the world around me
I deny the chance is dying
Into the sea of bayonets
Where I’m at home, where I belong
Into the sea of bayonets
I try to peacefully return
Prussians coming from the west (drive a wedge in between now)
Keep the weak from growing strong (there’s a chance, one chance in hell)
They’ll face the bravest of the brave
Marshal Ney will turn the tide
We hear the batteries are crashing down
Push the skirmishers away and break for center
(Into the dark) the second division
(Into the bleak) slowing burn — more for the slaughter
And from the left Jerome is killing in the woods
Before the crossroad’s taken I will be the light
A thunder louder than the mind can even take
A shock which pierces deep into the shallow heart