Il testo della Ruina imperii

The message came a cold winter night
Carolus is no more
Homeward kin
Over mountains through biting cold goes the march
They walk with lowered heads
Returning
Death awaits armfeldt and men
Death, the kings men turning home once more
Kin, brothers, our time as a great power is over
Our kingdom is bleeding, the banner stands ablaze
Never, never, never return
Svea's time as great power to and end
Ambition and a strict religion
Drove the swede to war
Hard times
He took a weapon in his hand for his country
A life for the wellbeing of the kingdom
Carolines
War, given all we can muster
War, the deaths year, made it's mark, we last
Kin, brothers, our time as a great power is over
Our kingdom is bleeding, the banner stands ablaze
Never, never, never return
Svea's time as great power to and end (x2)
They were taken for granted
Boasted of life (??)
Who let it happen
Time as great power to and end (x4)