Kingdom of the Cross

[Verse 1]

What is this place across the fields where poppies stretch and sway?

In Flanders, days of war are gone but memories will remain

Comrades of their different coats came to fight and die

From all sides they stood and fought and fell beneath the sky

Where is this land where I am now?

A million spirits cry

A generation loved and lost, never asking why

[Verse 2]

It didn't matter much at all to the generals how you died

But to your families back at home you werе heroes, side by sidе

The unknown soldier never known, a cross to mark your grave

But we remember what you did, in our hearts you will remain

Where is this land where I am now?

A million spirits cry

A generation loved and lost, never asking why

[Chorus]

So wave the flags, and say goodbye to a generation lost

They're marching into history

To the kingdom, the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

[Verse 3]

Across the Somme and Flanders lay a generation gone

Came to fight the war of wars, the father and the son

Marching bands, cheers of joy sent you on your way

To face the bloody battlefields and lives just thrown away

An inch of ground was heavy won and lost, too much a price to pay

Young men lost, their future gone

That's all there is to say

[Chorus]

So wave the flags and say goodbye to a generation lost

They're marching into history

To the kingdom, the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

The papers said you'd all be home for Christmas

The politicians sang their battle hymn

Soon the guns will start the slaughter, and the end of innocence will begin

There's no one left that made it home, their eyes will see no more

Gone to meet their fallen friends in Flanders' fields of war

[Outro]

In the kingdom of the cross lay a generation gone

Remember they were men like us, remember every one

So wave your flags, and say goodbye to a generation lost

They're marching into history to the slaughter and the loss

Remember

A generation lost

They're marching out together

To the kingdom

To the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

*Gunshots*