Africanus - The Crüxshadows

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

(Go, go, go)

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

My channel to 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