MORITURUS
Lyrics / Music: © 2000 Ju Honisch

I am tribune, I am Rome,
I live virtus as my life
And I long to go back home.
Parcere subiectis.
'Gainst the savage I wage war
On the cold and dark frontier
I cut clean through all their roar.
Parcere subiectis
Et debellare superbos.

They are wild, we're civilized.
We believe in our right.
Our fierceness comes disguised.
Parcere subiectis.
Noble Caesar, you are mild.
Your old age has made you wise
And you know your wily child.
Parcere subiectis
Et debellare superbos

I have won and I have lost.
Blood has stained their earth and mine.
Virtus takes too high a cost.
Parcere subiectis.
The one thing that Rome has taught
Is to fight and is to kill,
Dreary knowledge dearly bought.
Parcere subiectis
Et debellare superbos

Golden killer on your throne,
Smile your smile into the world.
'Mongst the many you're alone
Parcere subiectis.
The arena is our field
Let a final battle rage
For to you I'll never yield.
Parcere subiectis
Et debellare superbos

Walking home through golden wheat
I can smile for I have won
You died lying at my feet.
Parcere subiectis.
Thus my fate has brought me home
Moriturus never more
I was tribune, I was Rome.
Parcere subiectis
Et debellare superbos