Tonight Our Fires Are Burning

Tonight our fires are burning all across the plain
Above us stars are shining we may never see again
Our captain walks among us with a soft word here and there
How rich our thin gruel tastes tonight, how sweet each breath of air!

Tomorrow we rise with the morning sun
Our fate will lead us on
Live or die it shall be told
Who we were and what was done

The gods they care not for us, they watch us from afar
And those that come against us number more than all the stars

Tomorrow will come with it’s beating drum
Our fate will drive us on
And down the years it shall be told
Who we were and what was done

This ground that we stand upon
Gave us all shape and breath
And if it must be so
Tomorrow we’ll give her our death

Tonight our fires are burning all across the plain
We are smoke before the wind, here then gone again