[Verse 1] Born in Pella stone son of a king Taught by old Aristotle to chase bigger things He watched Philip plan with a soldier’s eye Then the court turned hard and the crown was near [Pre-Chorus] Young blade, sharp mind with a fire in his chest He looked past the hills and wanted all the rest From Greece to the east he was already far One name on every tongue one hand on the star [Chorus] Alexander, Alexander marching on Alexander, Alexander moving on Macedon crown on a restless head He took the world and the world said yes [Verse 2] At the Granicus he crossed that line Persian spears bent back under Macedon shine Then Issus broke like a gate in rain Darius fled and left the field in shame Tyre held strong on a sea-wet wall He built that road of stone and watched it fall [Pre-Chorus] Sand in his boots salt on his face He kept the pace and he kept the chase Egypt bowed low and a city rose Named for his own hand where the Nile wind blows [Chorus] Alexander, Alexander marching on Alexander, Alexander moving on Macedon crown on a restless head He took the world and the world said yes [Bridge] Then came the march through the Persian night Through Gaugamela’s smoke and the burning light He took the throne where the old empire slept But farther still his hunger went [Verse 3] To Bactria’s dust to the river’s edge Past hard blue mountains and the world’s last ledge He met Roxana and the winds turned warm He dreamed of one wide realm after every storm But at Babylon the road ran thin A mighty heart could not keep in [Final Chorus] Alexander, Alexander marching on Alexander, Alexander moving on Macedon crown on a restless head He took the world and the world said yes Alexander, Alexander name of flame Alexander, Alexander endless fame He lived too fast for the age he made Still the dust remembers where his shadow waved
