Kingdom of the Cross

[Verse 1]
What is this place across the fields where poppies stretch and sway?
In Flanders, days of war are gone but memories will remain
Comrades of their different coats came to fight and die
From all sides they stood and fought and fell beneath the sky
Where is this land where I am now?
A million spirits cry
A generation loved and lost, never asking why

[Verse 2]
It didn't matter much at all to the generals how you died
But to your families back at home you werе heroes, side by sidе
The unknown soldier never known, a cross to mark your grave
But we remember what you did, in our hearts you will remain
Where is this land where I am now?
A million spirits cry
A generation loved and lost, never asking why

[Chorus]
So wave the flags, and say goodbye to a generation lost
They're marching into history
To the kingdom, the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

[Verse 3]
Across the Somme and Flanders lay a generation gone
Came to fight the war of wars, the father and the son
Marching bands, cheers of joy sent you on your way
To face the bloody battlefields and lives just thrown away
An inch of ground was heavy won and lost, too much a price to pay
Young men lost, their future gone
That's all there is to say

[Chorus]
So wave the flags and say goodbye to a generation lost
They're marching into history
To the kingdom, the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
The papers said you'd all be home for Christmas
The politicians sang their battle hymn
Soon the guns will start the slaughter, and the end of innocence will begin
There's no one left that made it home, their eyes will see no more
Gone to meet their fallen friends in Flanders' fields of war

[Outro]
In the kingdom of the cross lay a generation gone
Remember they were men like us, remember every one
So wave your flags, and say goodbye to a generation lost
They're marching into history to the slaughter and the loss
Remember
A generation lost
They're marching out together
To the kingdom
To the kingdom of the cross (cross...)

*Gunshots*