The Crüxshadows - Africanus lyrics

Is this the way we let it in Our legacy erased Invaders cut a path within Devouring everything And they will if we let them And they will if we run What they take from us now It can't be undone I won't stand down—there's no surrender Nowhere left we can retreat I won't stand down—there's no surrender No surrender, no surrender You cannot advance if you don't fight back And you won't fight back if you don't believe Where peace is laid impossible Prepare for war to Zama (to Zama) Follow me Strength is order and weakness prey But I alone design my fate I know too well with schemes transparent Must resort to trickery I'll take the battle back to Carthage Where triumph fades into defeat Revenge avenged, and so it carries Scipio to victory And they will if we let them And they will if we run What they take from us now It can't be undone I won't stand down—there's no surrender Nowhere left we can retreat I won't stand down—there's no surrender No substitute for tenacity You cannot advance if you don't fight back And you won't fight back if you don't believe Where peace is laid impossible Prepare for war to Zama (to Zama) Follow me This is my purpose, the strength to begin I channel some courage, I summon it in This is my gift, the act of my tears This is my prayer, embracing my fear This is my family, this is my home A lifetime believing and all that I know This is the place I choose to defend And I'll defend it, to the end This is my honor, this is my word This is the voice you've already heard This is my faith that rises above This is my everything—I give it to love And they will if we let them And they will if we run What they want from us now We give to no one I won't stand down—there's no surrender Nowhere left we can retreat I won't stand down—there's no surrender No substitute for tenacity You cannot advance if you don't fight back And you won't fight back if you don't believe Where peace is laid impossible Prepare for war to Zama (to Zama) Follow me