Crystallion - Preach With an Iron Tongue lyrics

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