In the gloom the gathering storm abates

 In the ships gimlet eyes await

 The call to arms to hammer at the gates

 To blow them wide throw evil to its fate



 All summers long the drills to build the machine

 To turn man from flesh and blood to steel

 From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach

 From summer sends to Armageddon's reach



 Overlord your master not your god

 The enemy coast dawning grey with scud

 These wretched souls puking shaking fear

 To take a bullet for those who send them here



 The world's all right the cliffs erupt in flame

 No escape remorseless shrapnel rains

 Drowning men no chance for a warrior's fate

 A choking death enter hell's gates



 Sliding we go only fear on our side

 To the edge of the wire

 And we rush with the tide

 Oh the water is red

 With the blood of the dead

 But I'm still alive pray to God I survive



 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through

 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through



 The rising dead faces bloated torn

 They are relieved the living wait their turn

 Your number's up the bullet's got your name

 You still go on to hell and back again



 Valhalla waits Valkyries rise and fall

 The warrior tombs lie open for us all

 A ghostly hand reaches through the wall

 Blood and sand we will prevail



 Sliding we go only fear on our side

 To the edge of the wire

 And we rush with the tide

 Oh the water is red

 With the blood of the dead

 But I'm still alive pray to God I survive



 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through

 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through



 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through

 How long on this longest day

 'Till we finally make it through