We've given our hands open to the hoardes    they slashed our veins and feasted on our blood    Blow by blow sustained, an invader's silent war   leaching from what's rightfully yours       Born no slave to a master    You live as you die by the sword    Blow by blow they're cutting down our forefathers dream    Blow for blow we'lll even the score.       We carved a history from blood and stone    we raised our cities high above the shores    monumension to our people, to the forging of our dreams    Blow by blow they came and devoured it all