LYRICS A young boy takes his father’s hand Today he’ll watch One day he’ll understand They’ll tell their stories They’ll sing their songs Someday soon you know he’ll sing along Pilgrim to the promised land And now the flags are fading fast Nail your colours to the mast Hear the echoes of the past The black flags fading neath an unforgiving sun Just another grain of sand Slipping through the angel’s hands One lonely final stand Laid to rest to the sound of the silent gun So my friends sit with me one last time We’ll break the bread We’ll drink the wine Free meals don’t come cheaply There’s a heavy price to pay All debts be paid The children saved Come judgement day And now the flags are fading fast Nail your colours to the mast Hear the echoes of the past The black flags fading neath an unforgiving sun Just another grain of sand Slipping through the angel’s hands One lonely final stand Laid to rest to the sound of the silent gun Heads will bow And God be praised The final passing out parade Come walk with me where others fear to tread Now the writing’s on the wall At the rising At the fall Come dance with me to the tune of the living dead And now the flags are fading fast Nail your colours to the mast Hear the echoes of the past The black flags fading neath an unforgiving sun And now the flags are fading fast Nail your colours to the mast Hear the echoes of the past The black flags fading neath an unforgiving sun Just another grain of sand slipping through the angel’s hands one lonely final stand laid to rest to the sound of the silent gun The black flags fading neath an unforgiving sun