Crusade

Under burning skies of ancient sand We marched in silence, sword in hand Promises carved into our bones By sacred words and broken thrones Mothers prayed in quiet fear Fathers swallowed falling tears We wore our faith like iron skin Never knowing where sin begins ... Bells rang out, the banners rose Truth was shaped by friend and foes Heaven watched in grim despair As blood became the final prayer ... This is the crusade of fire and stone Where faith and fear stand overthrown We carry God on shattered shields And lose our souls on sacred fields Hear the cries beneath the cross Count the dead, accept the cost If heaven’s gate is built on pain Is this salvation… or a chain? ... Cities burned beneath our creed In the name of what we believed Every triumph tasted thin Like rusted crowns and borrowed sin We swore we walked the righteous line But darkness wore a holy sign For every prayer sent to the skies Another innocent one died ... Gold and glory, dust and bone No true king sits on this throne History will judge the flame Not the cross, but those who came ... This is the crusade of fire and stone Where faith and fear stand overthrown We carry God on shattered shields And lose our souls on sacred fields Hear the cries beneath the cross Count the dead, accept the cost If heaven’s gate is built on pain Is this salvation… or a chain? ... If God is love, where was His hand When we baptized this killing land? If truth is light, why couldn’t we see How easy faith becomes cruelty We carved our names in history With steel instead of honesty And called it holy destiny ... This was the crusade, written in scars Measured in graves, not fallen stars No saint was born from righteous war Only echoes… nothing more So remember when the banners rise And holy words demand your life The cross can save, the cross can bleed Depends who leads… Depends who leads… ... Ashes fall like silent snow On roads we swore were paved in gold God remains, but men deceive That is the crusade we leave