Charging soldiers race on foot With pounding hearts Through blazing heat An ordeal fraught with hopeless odds They press on towards the keep Tactics of an ancient king Seen as ruin from a blinded eye Battle has come To this fortress of lies Balancing the art of war The flames never die Battle has come To this fortress of lies Balancing the art of war The fear in their eyes Arrows soaring overhead Burning oil drinks the dead Few in number heroes charge through The gate and the courtyard Mayhem reigning on this field Yells, screams and the clash of steel Battle has come To this fortress of lies Balancing the art of war The flames never die Battle has come To this fortress of lies Balancing the art of war The fear in their eyes Up the ramparts they press ahead Valor fills their noble hearts In this hour of reckoning Beyond thick walls of stone An inner cloister rests Where the high priest is waiting With spite in his chest No is the time When two forces collide Freedom versus dominance At the fortress of lies