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 shalt 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, oh

Onward forever, until this earth dies
The cross and the sword, burnt into the sky