A dark march lies behind us Annihilation Hardship and deprivation Survival more or less In nights of aberration Frail premonitions Of a remotely gleaming light Eternal struggle but a blaze in the dark A force indestructible Steam engine energizing Sound of the clarion Heralding a Phoenix rising A heavy task to take on The age of the crown Civilization breakdown Stopped in the last furlong A final stand was taken And sweet salvation Drew nearer every single day Behold the shadows fading under its wings A force indestructible Steam engine energizing Sound of the clarion Heralding a Phoenix rising Dark shades of yesteryear Banished and gone forevermore We met right here by chance The thrill of our triumph to explore A force indestructible Steam engine energizing Sound of the clarion Heralding a Phoenix rising