[Power Intro] (Marching snare) (twin guitars rising) (Marching snare) (Gang Shouts) 1812! The sky turns red! 1812! Remember the dead! [Verse 1] Across the border the columns came, Red coats marching through wind and rain. The frontier shook beneath their stride, A continent caught in the rising tide. [Pre-Chorus] The forest watched, the rivers knew, Old alliances carried through. Every mile another flame... History would never be the same. [Chorus] Watch the empire cross the line! Steel and thunder, rank in time! Cities tremble, banners fly, Smoke is climbing to the sky! Hear the marching snare roll on! Another fortress nearly gone! Hey! Hey! Stand and fight! Fire burns into the night! [Verse 2] Warriors answered the battle call, Native nations standing tall. Fighting for their own homeland, Shaping fate across the land. Washington burned in the fire's glow, Ashes falling far below. The White House lit the summer sky, While frightened voices wondered why. [Bridge] (Marching snare) (silence) (Marching snare) How far... can an army go? How much... can a nation lose? The smoke rolls on... The drums march on... [Final Chorus] Push them back from field to shore! Every mile demanding more! North to south the echoes rang, Steel and thunder always sang! History written, fire and rain, No one leaves that war unchanged! Hey! Hey! Hear the cry! Legends never truly die!
