Out of the Shadows - Magnum

There’s a chance that they take

Thrown in together

And decisions they make

Out of their hands

There’s a nightmare in sight

Goes on forever

And no one will take flight

Everyone stands

Fifty-thousand lay dead

Out of the shadows

Resurrectionists said

«Oh, what a sight»

And someone will get rich

Cheating the gallows

As the scavenger flits

All through the night

No one will cry

Everyone’s writing their final goodbye

Under the skies

Of scarlet and black

Thousands of eyes

There’s no turning back

Morning draws near

The hour is at hand

Soon to be over

When ghosts walk this land

There’s a picture to paint

Broken and haggard

Propositioned too late

Beggar’s delight

Riders lay where they fall

Bloody and ragged

To their mothers they call

Frozen in fright

No one will cry

Everyone’s writing their final goodbye

Under the skies

Of scarlet and black

Thousands of eyes

There’s no turning back

Morning draws near

The hour is at hand

Soon to be over

When ghosts walk this land

What a surprise

They march off to war

Nothing to give

And nothing to score

It seems so clear

The final demand

Waterloo teeth

From the ghost of a man

Under the skies

Of scarlet and black

Thousands of eyes

There’s no turning back

Morning draws near

The hour is at hand

Soon to be over

When ghosts walk this land

What a surprise

They march off to war

Nothing to give

And nothing to score

It seems so clear

The final demand

Waterloo teeth

From the ghost of a man