The Sword And The Cross

The knights ride out

From the castle above your homes

Clad in shining armor

Descend to the plain below

We sack the town, burn it down

We trample those who stand

And by the blade, I subjugate

The people of this land

Now I issue my command

Thou shall toil upon the soil and I shall reap reward

By right of might, I crown myself the nobility of the sword

The sword, the sword

I bring the sword

The sword and the cross

The sword and the cross

We give you a choice, we bring you the word

Worship our God, or you will meet yours

Now the sword has struck

I raise up the cross

The high sermons preach

How I was chosen by God

Despair from your wretched lives

Fall to your knees

You worship at your shrines

You offer those prayers to me

Now I issue this decree

From the depths of my dungeons

What horrors await

To the spires of my cathedrals

And the songs of holy saints

I bring the sword

The sword and the cross

The sword and

The sword and the cross

Tomorrow, a red dawn

The crusade marches on

And so in the present as it was in the past

My castles of stone now steel and glass

I call this tradition, it is my birthright

Now bend the knee, peasant, get out of my sight

Once, I brought the sword

And still, I am thy lord

My fathers brought the sword

Yet I remain thy lord

Your children yet unborn

My sons shall be their lords

When my bones lay below the hill

It makes no difference, I own you still!

Onward forever until this earth dies

The cross and the sword burnt into the sky