Written by Corbie of the Children of Malar, Spring 1098.
Do you think we shall all be remembered
When the battles are over and done?
We’ve all fought now for so very long against hate and corruption;
How can such harm be undone?
Has it been worth all the sacrifices?
All the people who’ve laid down their lives?
All the friends who have died for the Land that the Sleepers lie Dreaming,
Would you rather they all had survived?
When you turn to me with a tear in your eye, I say
Hope never dies.
Do you think we can ever rebuild here
The Kingdom that stood long ago
Where Arthur the King and his Company rode forth into battle
To lay the forces of Chaos down low
When you turn to me with a tear in your eye, I say
Hope never dies.
Hope never dies, hope never dies
When you turn to me with a tear in your eye, I say
Hope never dies.
Did you think they would ever defeat us
Or that Darkness would take Avalon?
Did you think we would ever surrender or ever fall victim
To the hate and the evil they’ve sown?
So how can you languish in sorrow
When the darkness is scattered and fled?
We’re alive in a land of potential, dreams are for the taking;
Live your life, don’t belittle the dead.
So I turn to you with honour and pride and say
They’ll never die
For our friends they shall all be remembered
When the Histories are written and done.
They have bought us our lives and our freedom, our hope and our future-
Life in legend is what they have won.
So I turn to you with honour and pride and say
They’ll never die
They’ll never die, they’ll never die
As long as songs of heroes survive, I say
They’ll never die.