Darkest Hour

"Darkest Hour" is a song by Iron Maiden and is the seventh track from their 2021 studio album Senjutsu. It was written by lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith.

Lyrics
We buried our sons, we turned and fled No growing old, the glorious dead But we came back because one man said Now on the beaches the blood runs red

I faced them down, the only one I stood alone and warned the day would come But they were wrong, appeasers every one And not for the last time, we all stand alone

I watch the sun move away as I embrace the night And my black dog has its day for six long years you shall not pass Barbarians at the gates, we will overcome

Here I stand in a serenade of glory Naked by the throne of kings You sowed the wind and now you reaped The whirlwind before the dawn The darkest hour The darkest hour

To blaze in glory like a dying sun One last burning giant till Jupiter moves on Turn the ploughshares into swords You sons of Albion awake defend this sacred land

Here I stand in a serenade of glory Naked by the throne of kings You sowed the wind and now you reaped the whirlwind Before the dawn the darkest hour The darkest hour

Here I stand in a serenade of glory Naked by the throne of kings You sowed the wind and now you reaped the whirlwind Before the dawn the darkest hour

Here I stand in a serenade of glory Naked by the throne of kings You sowed the wind and now you reaped the whirlwind Before the dawn the darkest hour Before the dawn the darkest hour

Length

 * Album version: 7:20

Personnel

 * Bruce Dickinson - vocals
 * Dave Murray - guitar
 * Adrian Smith - guitar
 * Janick Gers – guitar
 * Steve Harris - bass guitar
 * Nicko McBrain - drums