Ah, my friends! So light of foot. So swift. You have come this far. And now - here beneath the
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ancient, omniscient boughs of the Decision Tree - one of you must depart this world of flesh.
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Only seven may continue. Only you can decide...
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[barbarian]
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let it be known I won't be the one to die here
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honour and glory are heaped upon my name
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let it be clear I'm not the one who cries here
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what about the tall one, the one who's lost to shame
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[highlander]
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I've followed princes, I've raised their bloody banners
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I've killed and wounded on the side of right
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I've reaped the harvest, scattered fields with ashes
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I've buried children, sowed the seeds of hate
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[all (chorus:)]
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we're alive
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we'll survive
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we will strike for
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our freedom
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we're alive
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we'll survive
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we'll arrive in our
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eden
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[highlander]
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I've followed princes
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I've followed kings
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I will take their lead no
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more
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I will not lie
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in shallow graves
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(I'm nobody's slave)
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[barbarian]
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let it be known, by Thor the god of lightning
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I have been chosen to do battle at his side
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let it be clear I was born to go down fighting
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what about the craven, the one who's lost his pride
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[highlander]
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don't speak to me of homour, pride and glory
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I've tasted blood, seen your type before
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you talk of battle but all you tell are stories
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you'd see me buried in a shallow grave
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[all (chorus), highlander]
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The Decision Tree (We're Alive)
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