The Fall of Constantinople Songtext
von Aeternam

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Διοικούμε, Θεοτόκος
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Lightning on the dome of the Holy Wisdom
A glooming sight of despair
For the final Roman emperor
On the alarmed air

(Θεοτόκος)
Theotokos (Θεοτόκος)
Why have you forsaken me?

And when the bell, so somber
Pleads the souls to pray
The ghost, enchanted
Sweeps in the barren streets, astray


(Θεοτόκος)
Theotokos (Θεοτόκος)
Why have you forsaken me?

(Θεοτόκος)
Theotokos (Θεοτόκος)
As you fade away from me

And from the sea to the Golden Horn
I watch the towers up high at my side
Thе city of God, where the anciеnt glory of Rome
(Now meets the eastern shores)
Noble Mother, I open my arms to thee

I will endure the assault of the oppressor
And if the walls won′t hold the night
As they have done a hundred times
I won't hide behind my crown
For the honor of the fallen warriors
(Who now stand in the halls of light)
Forebearers, I open my arms to thee

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Theotokos (Θεοτόκος)
Why have you forsaken me? (Θεοτόκος)
Theotokos (Θεοτόκος)
As you fade away from me

As the child out of its womb
The virgin leaving us to our doom
Under an auspicious blood moon
Yet our faith shall remain immune

To leave the land of which I was once a son
To yield the walls of my fathers and live, but forever lost
If the will of God is the city must fall on this night
I shall fall at the side of the warriors who gave up their lives

(I lay down to save our legacy) my sons, do not forget (not erased from history)
For we too long have loved and prayed our God to be afraid of the light
(And if nothing remains tomorrow) my sons, do not forsake (only silence and fearful shadows)
Tomorrow, we wake in the halls of light and shall be remembered like falling stars

Falling stars
Ride to death, to glory
I dare not live in utter scorn
Nor die in such a dooming fate
The end of the line is nigh

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Με πήραν τη λαλιά μου
Μας πήρανε μπρ' αμάν την Πόλη μας
Μας πήρανε μπρ' την Πόλη μας
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