Test Your Mettle

Get up! But keep it down

We'll try to slip out in the night

Don't take anything that you don't need

We've got to travel light

It's finally here

They've finally come for us

And now it's long past time to go

The path is hard, it strips you to the bone

We'll find out what's inside

Will we see you're made of sterner stuff

Once you're tested and tried

If your trappings mask a core of steel

It's time to let it show

In a world forever changed

The best laid plans make fools of men

And it's too late now

What's passed can't be undone

All you can do is hope your strength returns

With the rise of another sun

If it's escape or annihilation

Test your mettle it's begun

It's almost funny how in the end

The strong have been made weak

That fiercely independent attitude

Now ground beneath the feet

Of the ones who you entrusted with

The safety of your kith and kin

You'll do anything they tell you

Just to be part of the crowd

Christ you sold off your integrity

Wont dear old dad be proud

And now for 30 lousy pieces of silver

You take it on the chin

In a world forever changed

The best laid plans make fools of men

And it's too late now

What's passed can't be undone

All you can do is hope your strength returns

With the rise of another sun

If it's escape or annihilation

Test your mettle It's begun

Test your mettle It's begun