Battle For The Bronze

Verse 1

The colosseum roars beneath the dying sun

Two champions await their final test

One holds a laurel crown already nearly won

The other carries bruises on his chest

The dust still settles from the chariot race

The echoes of the trumpets fade away

This third and final prize has put them face to face

Two warriors who will not accept the day

Pre-Chorus

Oh the bronze is cold but calling

Oh the crowd begins to sway

Chorus

Battle for the bronze

Who will stand when all is done

Battle for the bronze

One shall rise and one shall fall

Battle for the bronze

Glory shines on only one

The third place medal calls

So battle for the bronze

Verse 2

He fell in the semifinal round by half a stride

The other dropped his shield in the last bout

Now pride and hunger both collide inside

And neither one is willing to bow out

The magistrate lifts up his silver rod

The marble hall has fallen into hush

A single horn announces to the gods

That only steel and sinew break the crush

Pre-Chorus

Oh the bronze is cold but calling

Oh the crowd begins to sway

Chorus

Battle for the bronze

Who will stand when all is done

Battle for the bronze

One shall rise and one shall fall

Battle for the bronze

Glory shines on only one

The third place medal calls

So battle for the bronze

Bridge

Two bodies locked in ancient dance

The sweat and gravel on the stones

No empire remembers second chance

But history will carry home the bones

Of he who finds the metal sweet

And he who tastes the bitter defeat

Pre-Chorus

Oh the bronze is cold but calling

Oh the crowd begins to sway

Chorus

Battle for the bronze

Who will stand when all is done

Battle for the bronze

One shall rise and one shall fall

Battle for the bronze

Glory shines on only one

The third place medal calls

So battle for the bronze

Outro Chorus

Battle for the bronze

The bronze

The bronze

So battle for the bronze