They came on ships from foreign shores In search of gold and glory They came to the land with an iron hand To claim new territory Darkness and death is all they left In the jungle deep within So the darkness grew on what it knew On bodies of the fallen men Going through the darkness Lost without direction Gritted teeth in the scorching heat Spreading foreign subjection Trudge and try they fall and die Searching for the truth But in the end They cannot mend Their lust for the fountain of youth The search for living water Led many men astray Trudge and trod They found it odd They never found their way Lives were lost For that is the cost Of searching for such a treasure The fountain of youth With all its truth Was lost to the darkness forever Going through the darkness Lost without direction Gritted teeth in the scorching heat Spreading foreign subjection Trudge and try they fall and die Searching for the truth But in the end They cannot mend Their lust for the fountain of youth