Crusade - Voltaire (With Lyrics)

Great song by a great musicion Voltaire

Long ago, I went to war
To fight the scourge
Of Christendom
I held aloft my blessed sword
And said,
By God,
Let them come.

They said their eyes
Are red as flame
I heard it told
From hell they came
Their breath is fire
Their tongues are forked
Thus are the beasts
Of Dragon's Gate.

I heard my father's words
Deep in my heart
Son, know your enemy
As I know my son.

The Fates were kind
They let me in
The dragon's lair
The den of sin
I placed my sword upon its heart and with a prayer
I thrust it in.

The dragon fell
Upon the ground
Twas then I heard
A whimpering sound
A dragonling
To his father clung
Who only fought
To protect his young

I heard my father's words
Deep in my heart.
Son know your enemy
As I know my son

And now my son
Is off to war
To fight the new scourge
Of Christendom
He holds aloft his brazen sword
And says
Dad,
Let them come

He swears their eyes
are red as flame
And heard it told
From hell they came
Their breath is fire
Their tongues are forked thus
Are the men of Muslim faith

Son, hear you father clear
deep in your heart
Son, know your enemy
As I would have them know
My son.

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[tehSnark]

I think it's a message to everyone; that if we all got to really know each other, we wouldn't be as quick and eager to kill each other. It's easy to kill some nameless soldier who are part of 'Them', but it's harder to kill and individual who has a name, face, and family, with dreams and plans for the future.

Not that we shouldn't defend ourselves, but we shouldn't be too hasty to attack without knowing who and why both sides are fighting. Otherwise it's just fighting because someone told us to

[sonicrocks06]

Why must there always be arguments on EVERY SINGLE YouTube video? We all like Voltaire here, why can't we just talk (not argue) about that? :)

[imhighlll]

Hm, maybe this song is just what it says, no double meaning. I know we all overthink things, but come on!

[SomeRandomEvilGuy]

@MajinCCBThePrince My impression was that the Dragon's lair was the house (or just city) of the Muslim the narrator killed.

[starwarsnerd94]

@MajinCCBThePrince There's no indication that Voltaire is referring to the present, as the Crusades were against Muslims. Dragons were often used as a symbol of enemies of Christianity. So, that one is a more vague mention of an enemy. Either the dragon Voltaire refers to is a Muslim enemy, or perhaps it's the pagans who were attacked during the Baltic Crusades, or some other enemy. However, there's no real indication that by "Muslim Faith" he's only referring to the present.

[ADangerousMindIsMine]

@tehSnark All soldiers, regardless of what side they fight for, are born like any other.

We are all the same inside, it just takes one moment too late to realize that, as it seems the pull of the trigger always comes one moment too soon.

thank you for you your comment.

[henter136]

Voltaire = Great Music + Great Hair

:-)

[andylovsU]

@icedragonxl4 Well said:)

[icedragonxl4]

Voltaire is very wise for his age. We can all learn a lot from him....

[mederpsta]

@rpgwarlord2012 No, I'm pretty sure that by "my son" he means "my son" as in the result of copulation with a human female.

By the rest of the song, his son was one of the thousands of young men who went to fight in what we know as The Crusades, the point is you can demonize a man as easily a huge, fanged, fire breathing flesh devouring beastie, even if neither has any ill will toward you.

[icedragonxl4]

Everytime I hear this song, it makes me think of Assassin's Creed. Just the way it sounds, it's so lovely.

[Darkpup15]

@vanquish523 1. Fail copypasta

2. Your grammar gives me brain cancer

3. HNNNNNG