Preach With An Iron Tongue

(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 Muslim 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