[Intro)
From the east they came, with thunder and flame
Five hundred men, to conquer in Spain's name!
[Verse 1]
Year of nineteen, fifteen hundred and more
Cortés lands bold on the Mexican shore
Burns all his ships, no turning away
Marches inland to hunt Aztec prey
Montezuma waits in his city of gold
Believes in the prophecy, ancient and old
[Pre-Chorus]
Horses like demons, guns roar like the storm
Steel against obsidian, a new world is born
[Chorus]
Blood on the lake! Tenochtitlan shakes!
City of wonders now trembles and breaks!
Eagles and jaguars fall under the blade
Empire of sun in the shadows will fade!
Blood on the lake! Cortés seals their fate!
Eighty days fighting, the Aztecs await
Cuauhtémoc captured, the last battle won
The Fifth Sun is setting – New Spain has begun!
[Verse 2]
Tlaxcala joins, old enemies unite
La Noche Triste – retreat in the night
Gold weighs them down as they flee through the rain
Thousands drown deep in the lake's dark domain
Return with the ships sailing on the water
Surround the great city, begin the slaughter
[Pre-Chorus]
Smallpox spreads silent, stronger than spears
Priests climb the temples, drowned in their fears
[Chorus]
Blood on the lake! Tenochtitlan shakes!
City of wonders now trembles and breaks!
Eagles and jaguars fall under the blade
Empire of sun in the shadows will fade!
Blood on the lake! Cortés seals their fate!
Eighty days fighting, the Aztecs await
Cuauhtémoc captured, the last battle won
The Fifth Sun is setting – New Spain has begun!
[Bridge]
(Slow part, narrative, then explosive)
Thirteenth of August, fifteen twenty-one
The floating city forever undone
Pyramids burning, canals run with red
On ruins of Aztecs the cross stands instead
[Final Chorus – pełna moc, podwójny chór)
Blood on the lake! Tenochtitlan shakes!
City of wonders now trembles and breaks!
Eagles and jaguars fall under the blade
Empire of sun in eternal shade!
Blood on the lake! The gods turn away!
Cortés the conqueror claims his dark day
From lakebed to legend, the story is told
Aztec blood watered the Spanish gold!
[Outro]
(Powtarzane z echem)
Blood on the lake…
Blood on the lake…
The Fifth Sun… is gone!
