Keepers

You live as long as your name is called
Remember the time when you did stand tall
Pride it goeth before the fall
You better stand up for something
You live as long as your name is called
Remember the time when you did stand tall
Pride it goeth before the fall
Better stand up for something
Terrible and dreadful, dreadful, to the wicked them
So uncompromising, we rising to the occasion
Terrible and dreadful, dreadful, to the wicked them
So uncompromising, we rising
Rising to the occasion
Keepers of the flame
Remember their names
Destiny and aim
Keepers of the flame
They took the blows, all the guns and bombs
Everything that Babylon could dish out
They kept the show and went so far and long
Honorariums were out of the question
Blaze a trail where there never was before
Never was, no one, no one there before them
Terrible and dreadful, dreadful, to the wicked them
So uncompromising, we rising to the occasion
Terrible and dreadful, dreadful, to the heathen them
So uncompromising, we rising, rising to the occasion
Keepers of the flame, remember their names
Destiny and aim, keepers of the flame
Like those who came before we, yeah yeah
You never gonna run us away, no no no
And even if you abhor we, yeah
Still keep coming, never letting go
Just like those who came before we
Laid those cornerstones, yeah
Laid down the headstone, yeah
Just like those who came before we
Laid the cornerstone for we
Laid the headstone
Keepers of the flame
Remember their names
Destiny and aim
Keepers of the flame
Gonna get just what you deserve, oh Lord, yeah
Keep it burning, burning yeah