Kingdom is the first full track off the album “Empires”. This song seems to embody the ethos of the band of Victory, not Vengeance (VNV)
[Verse 1]
Our domain, this kingdom come
Now godless lands whose ways are lost
Without the strength to carry on
All values lost, all virtue none
Did you think that you'd be saved
By burning flags to cleanse yourselves of shame?
Or are you afraid, are you afraid
As you stare back at your face?
Or are you ashamed, are you afraid
By destroying what the gods once gave?
Do you think that you'll be saved?
Do you think that you'll be saved?
[Chorus]
And I believe that we'll conceive
To make in hell, for us, a heaven
A brave new world, a promised land
A fortitude of hearts and minds
Until I see this kingdom's mine
I'll turn the darkness into light
I'll guide the blind, my will be done
Until the day I see our kingdom has been won
[Verse 2]
No more the servants of the weak
Devoid of thought or light to seek
I'll leave no walls, no stone unturned
Every tower must be razed
To the dust from which it came
And none will be spared, no remnant saved
And are you ashamed, are you afraid
Of the gods and idols that you have made?
Do you think you'll be saved
By the gods and idols that you have made?
None will be saved, none will be saved
None will be saved
[Chorus]
And I believe that we'll conceive
To make in hell, for us, a heaven
A brave new world, a promised land
A fortitude of hearts and minds
Until I see this kingdom's mine
I'll turn the darkness into light
I'll guide the blind, my will be done
Until the day I see our kingdom has been won
[Bridge]
Do you think that you'll be saved?
Do you think that you'll be saved?
(None will... None will...)
None will be saved
[Chorus]
And I believe that we'll conceive
To make in hell, for us, a heaven
A brave new world, a promised land
A fortitude of hearts and minds
Until I see this kingdom's mine
I'll turn the darkness into light
I'll guide the blind, my will be done
Until the day I see our kingdom has been won
Kingdom was written by Ronan Harris.
Kingdom was produced by Ronan Harris.
VNV Nation released Kingdom on Mon Oct 25 1999.