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(Gerard of Ridefort, Grandmaster of the Knights Templar) |
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Now the sun is sinking slowly |
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Away's the light |
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14.000 dead, noone survived? |
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All is lost, our troops defeated |
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I can't run and hide |
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Here I am, a prisoner in decay |
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But for all time I'll be your son |
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Let me preach with an iron tongue |
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Oh Lord can't you see |
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Your knights beheaded by the Saracen |
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What a shameful deed |
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And in my dreams |
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There is no pain |
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Soon the day will come to take revenge |
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To bring back the fields once won |
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Let me preach with an iron tongue |
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(Richard I, "Lionheart". King of England) |
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My call to arms arises slowly |
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Heeded throughout the land |
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To praise the Lord, the one and only |
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We hold HIS crown in hand |
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Over the sea on ships so strong |
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Another holy war |
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Jerusalem we'll bring you back to |
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To where you once belonged |
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The shore is near, Acre in sight |
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The fortress will not hold |
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A noble knight, I save your life |
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The ransom paid in gold |
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Their cities fall one by one |
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Back into Christian hand |
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By the fields of Arsuf we've won |
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Leaving thousands dead |
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(Sultan Saladin) |
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For now we must retreat, our forces failed |
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I don't know what went wrong |
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The "Lionheart" is too strong |
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Will this war never end |
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(Pope Gregory VIII.) |
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Kingdom of the brave, far beyond the sea |
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Men from England, Spain and France |
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Take the cross, deliverance for the |
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Master, not the slave, kings we'll always be |
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Seek redemption for your sins |
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And the realm of glory just begins |
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(Richard I., "Lionheart", King of England) |
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I tried to take revenge |
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The fields are littered with blood and stench |
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Jaffa, Acre, men and land |
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I wrest from the Sultan's hand |
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For the sake of heaven's light |
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Many fought and many died |
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If I can't reach Jerusalem |
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I'll turn away my eyes again |
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(Pope Clement III.) |
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My hail goes out to the strong and the bright |
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The Templars, the Hospitalers, the Teutonic Knights |
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Without whom everything is lost and undone |
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The soldiers of Christ preaching with an iron tongue |
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(Richard I., "Lionheart", King of England) |
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The King's crusade, at last a failure |
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So many brave men died |
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We sought revenge for the fields of Hattin |
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To leave the pain behind |
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I finalized for now a treaty |
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To make the peace a fact |
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And Saladin my noble enemy |
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Has launched his last attack |
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(Sultan Saladin) |
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And now the war is over, the "Lionheart" tamed |
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Jerusalem we hold |
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Under Muslim control |
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But they will come again |
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(Chorus) |
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Retrospect: |
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(Count Raymond III. of Tripoli) |
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All you Christian knights and soldiers |
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Who came from magic light |
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To lead you into battle |
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Has filled my heart with pride |
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HIS kingdom now awaits us |
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The angels choir sings |
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Hattin, it has shown us |
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What blinded hate can bring |
