Cruachan 1000 Years Lyrics

1000 Years Lyrics

As I look out across the sea



I stand proud but am I free?



A thousand years have come and gone



I have won, I will go on



Stand firm against the storm



I cannot see it but it will come



And with the ghosts of a million Gaels



I will rise up, I will prevail







You can starve my children



You can kill my fighting man



Take away my right to freedom



And when my back is turned you kill again



You can burn my houses



Take away all that I have known



But the seeds are sown







When the Dane invaded



The held the Gael with a strangle-hold



Until Boru joined to clans



He won the war, re-claimed my lands



My green fields have been stained red



From the blood of the Irish dead



But with this fire that burns inside



I will always rebel, I will survive







You can starve my children



You can kill my fighting man



Take away my right to freedom



And when my back is turned you kill again



You can burn my houses



Take away all that I have known



But the seeds are sown