The Age of Valour (Anti-Nuclear Protest Song/ perhaps Heavy Metal because of its fantasy, medieval element)

1.

He tries to gallop, but the knight

is swallowed by the darkening light

as a mushroom cloud erupts from the battlefield.

2.

The hero with his blade, so brave

realises that none can be saved

and, against the bomb, how worthless is his shield.

Chorus:

Little boy, forget your dreams

of knights and their heroic schemes;

the age of valour is over and gone.

Death is dancing in the land;

the fair young maidens take his hand;

the battles lost; a dark age has begun.

3.

Even the dragons blazing breath

seems tame beside nuclear death;

and the dragons roar, beside its fury, dumb.

4.

The lonely maiden in her tower

is blinded by the nuclear power

and incinerated before help can come.

Chorus:

Little boy, forget your dreams

of knights and their heroic schemes;

the age of valour is over and gone.

Death is dancing in the land;

the fair young maidens take his hand;

the battles lost; a dark age has begun.