So swallow hard the serpent Of many tags and faces hid in masks Coiled 'round this lung until the last He'll crack your boots young pagans 'Cause like you I was hatched to traipse on cold And 17's a long drawn way from hope And I've learned these lessons I was taught Taut, so taught And now I'm telling you Return the faith Return the faith They're smashing out the veils Return the faith And there's no escape So return the faith With charging light brigades Return the faith You've gotta move So as betrayed by rainbows Here I convey I've sold out your dear cause And the king has placed us in his jaws It's sure no place can hold us But in this scene I'm December And your June's wretch And my idyls lay gasping as if death And I've learned these lessons I was taught Taut, so taught And now I'm telling you Return the faith Return the faith They're smashing out the veils Return the faith And there's no escape So return the faith With charging light brigades Return the faith You've gotta move Return the faith Return the faith Return the faith Return the faith Return the faith