Down On Our Own Shield

Oh, it's a struggle, it's a scrape

It's all give and no take

Whatever it is now

Is right up to our waist

Oh, it's a pity, it's a shame

To see it all slip away

I've seen you worried, babe

But never this way

We hold our ground (Hold our ground)

We don't kneel (Don't kneel)

If we go down, we go

Down on our own shield

Oh, it's a river of tears

And we're in over our ears

Oh, in the dark it rides

Off with our better years

Oh, it's a bottomless well

Now it's a little overkill

It's the end of a dragon's tail

It's whippin' around our heels

But we don't bow (We don't bow)

We make no deals (Make no deals)

And we go down, we go

Down on our own shield

In this corner, ladies and gentlemen

Waitin' all along and my love for her is strong

We scaled pillars to be here tonight

It's not the kind of trick that you get to pull twice

Oh, it's an ambush, girl

It's a cold, bloody, and low-down, dirty world

See them yellow lanterns walk

A circle around our bit of earth

Oh, it's a turn for the worse

It's off with their heads, they don't learn

We do this over their dead bodies

Before it's over, mine or yours

We don't beg (We don't beg)

Oh, for mercy, dear (Mercy, dear)

We go down, we go

Down on our own shield

Down we go

Down on our own shield

Down we go