The rapture and pure ecstasy Of manifest conquest The relation of man with steel A symbiotic beauty The chosen form Tried and true Through ages Unquestioned Giving no ground To the enemy Blood flowing Through the rivers Drink deeply With strong roots Brothers of earth Those beside Sworn the same Brothers of earth Blood flowing through the rivers Exemplifying their defeat Declining numbers flee to the shore Now darkness falls by sworn hands Shown the pure essence of valor Blind beasts vomit regret The few with hidden fatigue The strong wait patiently For a challenge worthy of the phalanx As the dying plea aloud they are met with spear point Granted no quarter by any justice Given only the beautiful option of death And their bodies are dismembered The phalanx It's symbiotic beauty The phalanx The strong wait