All those who died for liberty have heard the eagle scream All the ones who died for liberty have died but for a dream Oh then rise, rise, rise, dark horse on the wind For in no nation on earth more broken dreams you'll find
The flames leapt high, reached to the sky 'til they seared a nation's soul In the ashes of our broken dreams we've lost sight of our goal Oh then rise, rise, rise, dark horse on the wind And help our hearts seek Róisín, our soul again to find
Now charlatans wear dead men's shoes, aye and rattle dead men's bones 'Ere the dust has settled on their tombs, they've sold the very stones Oh then rise, rise, rise, dark horse on the wind For in no nation on the earth more Pharisees you'll find
In grief and hate our motherland her dragon's teeth has sown Now the warriors spring from the earth to maim and kill their own Oh then rise, rise, rise, dark horse on the wind For the one-eyed Balor still reigns king in our nation of the blind