The Bloody Verdict of Verden (Instrumental)
The Bloody Verdict of Verden.
Charlemagne (Young):
Does a man have to fight all his life,
Only in death to take flight to the skies?
Warmongers vie to take my throne
No respect is ever shown
Charlemagne (Ghost):
In borderland raids,
they came in their hordes; ransacking villages, taking the spoils!
With nothing to lose and possessions
few: Bold, sturdy, fearless and cruel!
Charlemagne (Young):
Defiant of Baptism on pain of death
Tough measures call for me to be ruthless
To set an example to the rebels
Draconian for their worship of devils
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Four thousand men all dead in one day
They would not renounce their heathen ways
Thirty years of campaigning consumed
To subject those Pagans to Christianhood
The Bloody Verdict of Verden!
Charlemagne (Young):
Rivers flowing red
With the blood of four thousand men that I did behead!
Charlemagne (Young) and Charlemagne (Ghost):
I shed Blood of Saxon Men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed it at Verden!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
Charlemagne (Young):
Shall my realm be taken as I toil
To force others out of Frankish soil?
And I return to learn that all is lost
Yet my companions I trust, the sword and the Cross.
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Converting entire tribes by the sword
In the name of Jesus Christo, our Lord!
On that day in Verden,
No mercy given
Victory to the chosen people!
Charlemagne (Young):
Weary grow I of this task which fell
On the shoulders of a man who yearns to spend
But one hour with wife and child
To gaze on faces innocent and mild.
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Four thousand men all dead in one day
They would not renounce their heathen ways
Thirty years of campaigning consumed
To subject those pagans to Christianhood
To build a better world than even has been seen
An empire made great by deeds of great kings
Charlemagne (Young) and Charlemagne (Ghost):
I shed Blood of Saxon Men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed it at Verden!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
Charlemagne (Young):
Does a man have to fight all his life,
Only in death to take flight to the skies?
Warmongers vie to take my throne
No respect is ever shown
Charlemagne (Ghost):
In borderland raids,
they came in their hordes; ransacking villages, taking the spoils!
With nothing to lose and possessions
few: Bold, sturdy, fearless and cruel!
Charlemagne (Young):
Defiant of Baptism on pain of death
Tough measures call for me to be ruthless
To set an example to the rebels
Draconian for their worship of devils
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Four thousand men all dead in one day
They would not renounce their heathen ways
Thirty years of campaigning consumed
To subject those Pagans to Christianhood
The Bloody Verdict of Verden!
Charlemagne (Young):
Rivers flowing red
With the blood of four thousand men that I did behead!
Charlemagne (Young) and Charlemagne (Ghost):
I shed Blood of Saxon Men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed it at Verden!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
Charlemagne (Young):
Shall my realm be taken as I toil
To force others out of Frankish soil?
And I return to learn that all is lost
Yet my companions I trust, the sword and the Cross.
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Converting entire tribes by the sword
In the name of Jesus Christo, our Lord!
On that day in Verden,
No mercy given
Victory to the chosen people!
Charlemagne (Young):
Weary grow I of this task which fell
On the shoulders of a man who yearns to spend
But one hour with wife and child
To gaze on faces innocent and mild.
Charlemagne (Ghost):
Four thousand men all dead in one day
They would not renounce their heathen ways
Thirty years of campaigning consumed
To subject those pagans to Christianhood
To build a better world than even has been seen
An empire made great by deeds of great kings
Charlemagne (Young) and Charlemagne (Ghost):
I shed Blood of Saxon Men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed it at Verden!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
Credits
Writer(s): Marco Sabiu
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