When I’m ruling yeah you know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be Leonidas the Spartan lord
And when the Persian messenger comes threaten me
I’m gonna kick him backward down a great big hole

Consult the oracle but you know Ephor’s gonna be
Bought off and muddy their all prophecies with lies
So I’ll go out walking down to where the Persians be
And maybe bring along three hundred or so guys

And I would lead 300 Spartans
And I would lead 300 warriors
To stop the Persian invaders
Lead by Xerxes god king emperor

When we’re marching and I meet Ephialtes E-FIAL-TEES
I turn him down cause he would hinder our phalanx
And when my lady Queen Gorgo she is betrayed
She stabs Dilios with a knife in his larynx

When we’re fighting defending Thermopylae
I’m gonna show the meaning of a free men’s wrath
Use the Hot Gates to funnel through a narrow way
And hope that nobody notices the goat path

And I would lead 300 Spartan
And I would lead 300 warriors
To stop the Persian Empire
Led by Xerxes god king emperor

This is madness. This is Sparta
This is madness. This is Sparta
La-la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la (2x)

When we’re fighting the entire Persian army
With monstrosities of every shape and breed
Fight Immortals, elephants, rhinoceri
And throw a spear to make the god king Xerxes bleed

When I come home yeah I know I’m gonna be
With my shield or on it but I’m not afraid
And if their arrows go and blotting out the sky
We’re gonna be the ones a’fighting in the shade
We’re gonna be the ones a’fighting in the shade

And I would lead 300 Spartans
And I would lead 300 warriors
Just to spur all Greece to join our battle
And resist the god king emperor

This is madness. This is Sparta
This is madness. This is Sparta
La-la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la (4x)

And now we lead 10,000 Spartans
Who command 30,000 Greeks more
Just because 300 men stood proud
We’ll turn back Xerxes once and forever