Umbrae Cadunt (The Loaded Ones)

Intro

Umbrae cadunt

In castra nostra

Fratres litigant

Gladius ridet

Verse 1

Steel boots on the gravel

Crooked sun burning above

Kids draw tanks in their notebooks

Passing a plastic gun

Sirens like angry mothers

Posters peel off the wall

Every night the thunder returns

Different names they call

Pre-Chorus

Choir

Verba minora

Corda superba

Unum fuimus

Nunc sumus centum

Chorus

Song of the many drums and guns

Beating on bone

Beating on lungs

Echoes on brick

Broken tongues

Who is keeping time tonight

When all we hear

Is the song of the many drums and guns

Verse 2

Old man guards his window

Radio stuck on one

Dead air between the headlines

He remembers being young

Marching feet like rainfall

Rusted stadium stair

Practicing for a victory

That never shows up there

Pre-Chorus

Divide et impera

Sic regnat timor

Frange corda

Frange fidem

Chorus

Song of the many drums and guns

Beating on bone

Beating on lungs

Echoes on brick

Broken tongues

Who is keeping time tonight

When all we hear

Is the song of the many drums and guns

Bridge

How many heartbeats

Buried in that roll

How many names

Folded in that roar

If this is the anthem

Of the loaded ones

Who will remember

Those under the drums

Chorus

Song of the many drums and guns

Beating on bone

Beating on lungs

Echoes on brick

Broken tongues

Who is keeping time tonight

When all we hear

Is the song of the many drums and guns

Post-Chorus

Choir

Panis promissus

In duas partes

Mensa parvula

Ira infinita

Amicus falsus

Oscula dat

Ferro occulto

Sub toga lata

Chorus

Song of the many drums and guns

Beating on bone

Beating on lungs

Echoes on brick

Broken tongues

Who is keeping time tonight

When all we hear

Is the song of the many drums and guns