As an archduke falls and the battle horn calls Our lives would never be the same We were looking down barrel of a gun
Now the war has come and the battle has begun We are desperate and overrun To the war drum we´ll be marching until it´s done
Lead the way, we will follow into the fray We will hold the line we will not be led astray
For king and for country We are flooding the river Our stand at Yser will be The end of the race to the sea The last piece of Belgium is free We´re keeping a sliver A cog in the war machine October of 1914
As our foe draws forth we are moving on north
We will never let them have it all There´s a price for freedom paid by Belgium´s sons
They may take our towns, they may conquer our grounds We´ll defend the nation and the crown We´ll uphold our independence with our guns
All the way, on to triumph or to judgement day We will follow and we will not be led astray
For king and for country We are flooding the river Our stand at Yser will be The end of the race to the sea The last piece of Belgium is free We´re keeping a sliver
A cog in the war machine October of 1914
See a king and a soldier Fighting shoulder to shoulder See a king and a soldier Fighting shoulder to shoulder He overruled his commanders He made a last stand in Flanders We see our king and a soldier They´re fighting shoulder to shoulder To keep the last piece of Belgium free
All the way, on to triumph or to judgement day We will follow and we will not be led astray
For king and for country We are flooding the river
Our stand at Yser will be The end of the race to the sea The last piece of Belgium is free We´re keeping a sliver A cog in the war machine October of 1914
For king and for country We are flooding the river Our stand at Yser will be The end of the race to the sea We´re free The last piece of Belgium is free We´re keeping a sliver A cog in the war machine October of 1914