Vae Victus Lyrics

Arrogance and treachery
Hermóðr smiles envisioning their deaths
A calamity of errors
Hubris impels them through the green hell
Vengeful son of Sigimer
Funnels the legions to bloody demise
Unmasking of the wolf
Berengar (Arminius) readies the tribes to strike

Years and years in captivity
Revolting camaraderie
Birthed is retribution
Amidst the enslavers

(chorus)
Legio Septima Decima
Vae Victis
Legio Duodevigesima
Vae Victis
Legio Undevigesima
Woe to the vanquished

Berzerking savage murder
Piling their sons in stacks of dead
The pagan forest drinks their blood
Defeat total, humiliation

(chorus)

Gruesome trophies
Heathen rituals
Strip the metal from the dead
Leave them naked
Rotting corpses
Graveless soldiers
Wolves are fed

Demoralized fighters
Surrender complete
World's best army
Has faced its defeat
Toy with survivors
Hack off their heads
Skulls kept as totems
Disgracing their dead
Centurians, nail them
Nail them to trees
Burn the commanders alive
Laugh at their pleas