Prepare your hearts for the cold hand of slaughter Blood-stained shall be the sands of Kandahar More than a nation A courageous daughter Every second closer to fiends from afar A drop of my sweetheart’s blood Scars created A future devastated Blood rushing down a mountain Death river torn apart The afghan Jeanne d’Arc faded Her will not persuaded So near is loss so far away the dawn Maiwand Beneath the sunset they dream of an ending Pledging allegiance to symbols of shame Cold is the grave when there is no ascending
No death was in vain They so proudly exclaim Scars created A future devastated Blood rushing down a mountain Death river torn apart The afghan Jeanne d’Arc faded Her will not persuaded So near is loss so far away the dawn Maiwand Scars created A future devastated Blood rushing down a mountain Death river torn apart The afghan Jeanne d’Arc faded Her will not persuaded So near is loss so far away the dawn Scars created A future devastated Blood rushing down a mountain Death river torn apart The afghan Jeanne d’Arc