[Intro] [Instrumental break: 8 bars, lead guitar lick] [Instrumental break: 8 bars, melodic lead guitar solo] [flourish] [interlude] [Verse 1] Our troops returning The Nevers are burning We were warring in a woeful gloom Unhinged delusions Chaotic confusions Are our allies really false or true? [Chorus 1] But whoa ohh oh All our ruins are of gold my friend But whoa ohh oh All our ruins are of gold my friend [flourish] [Verse 2] Avernis falling A ritual calling Chains unleashed by some cruel command Prophetic teaching Nonsense they're preaching A thousand eyes trace across this land [flourish: thunderous drum fill] [Chorus 2] And ohh oooooh oooh All our ruins are of gold my friend But whoa ohh oh All our ruins are of gold my friend (my friend, my friend, my friend) [Instrumental break: 8 bars, melodic harmonised lead guitar solo] [Rhythmic Bridge: lead guitar chases vocals] Dusk Warden questions Waverider's warnings Who is pulling all our strings? Waverider's warnings, Dusk Warden's sensing All is not (no it's not) As it seems (seee-eeaeeaaa-eeahms!) [interlude: riff, virtuoso guitar lick] [Build: half-beat, off-beat] (ohhhhh ohh woooohh, woahhhh) (ohhhhh ohh woooohh, woahhhh) [Instrumental break: melodic harmonised lead guitar solo] (ohhhhh ohh woooohh, woahhhh) (ohhhhh ohh woooohh, woahhhh) [Instrumental break: full beat, lead guitar solo] [Refrain: melodic harmonised lead guitar chases vocals] All our ruins are of gold, my friend Whoa, oh, All our ruins are of gold, my friend All our ruins are of gold, my friend Whoa, oh, All our ruins are of gold, my friend [Outro: drums chase vocals] But whoa, oh All these ruins blaze in gold, (my friend) (Whoa), oh, all these ruins blaze in gold My friend Whoa, oh All these ruins blaze in gold (My friend) Whoa, oh, all your ruins blazed in gold (My friend) Your ruins blazed in gold (My friend) (Whoa, oh) Your ruins blazed in gold All our ruins are of gold My friend!! (The end) [Big Ending]
