[Verse 1]
We buried our sons, we turned and fled
No growing old, the glorious dead
But we came back because one man said
"Now on the beaches, the blood runs red"
[Verse 2]
I faced them down, the only one
I stood alone and warned the day would come
But they were wrong; appeasers, every one
And not for the last time, we all stand alone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I watch the sun move away
As I embrace the night
And my black dog has its day
For six long yеars, you shall not pass
Barbarians at the gates
We will ovеrcome
[Chorus]
Here I sit in a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reap the whirlwind
Before the dawn, the darkest hour
[Post-Chorus]
The darkest hour
[Pre-Chorus 2]
To blaze in glory like a dying sun
One last burning giant
Till Jupiter moves on
Turn the ploughshares into swords
You sons of Albion, awake
Defend this sacred land
[Chorus]
Here I sit in a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reap the whirlwind
Before the dawn, the darkest hour
[Post-Chorus]
The darkest hour
[Guitar Solos]
[Chorus]
Here I sit in a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reap the whirlwind
Before the dawn, the darkest hour
[Chorus]
Here I sit in a serenade of glory
Naked by the throne of kings
You sowed the wind
And now you reap the whirlwind
Before the dawn, the darkest hour
[Outro]
Before the dawn, the darkest hour
Darkest Hour was written by Adrian Smith & Bruce Dickinson.
Darkest Hour was produced by Kevin Shirley & Steve Harris.
Iron Maiden released Darkest Hour on Fri Sep 03 2021.
Bruce Dickinson:
“Darkest Hour” refers not to just the movie about Winston Churchill—it’s about him as a person as well. A lot of people criticise Churchill because he made a lot of mistakes and did things people didn’t approve of. He was almost certainly a full-blown alcoholic, but a functioning o...
The song is bookended by beach sounds at both ends. The beach at the beginning is Dunkirk, where basically we ran away and the beach at the end is D-Day. And both beaches were steeped in blood for different reasons.
—Bruce Dickinson
[Source: Kory Grow, Bruce Dickinson on the Good and Evil that Ins...