The sun sets on the field And darkness is my shield A bullet in my back, and shrapnel's turned my ankle black Every step I take advances forth my dying state I hear their screams of agony; their tortured souls will soon be free
You're struggling through the night You're searching for the light You're swimming in a sea of fire Moonlight reflects the blood The battle's lost, not won I'm swimming in a sea of fire
Crawling over corpses, I hear the thunder of their horses Cossacks killing wounded men, I hear their pleas time and again I'm on my journey through the dark, my pain and tears may not leave a mark I see the campfires up ahead, I thought for sure that I'd be dead
A quest for safe haven, a quest to live again I'm swimming through a sea of fire
Promise you will come back to me Swear now, say you will agree -Terror, I may never make it back Moments that I live for all the while Heartache, worth it just to see your smile -I hear them coming, I fear they will attack
A hundred yards away, the Cossacks come your way You're fleeing from a sea of fire They stop and then dismount My time has now run out I'm sinking in a sea of fire