Текст песни: The Slaughter of Innocence + перевод

I’ve heard the drums of war

The thunder closing in

Toulouse has turned its back

We’ve been forsaken by our kin

Sentenced to burn

Our innocence will be lost

I need to stop this deathly march

No matter the cost

My eyes were blinded

But now I see

My judgement has been clouded

Please forgive me

You may even punish me

Until the end of days

For now I see with clearer mind

The error of my ways

Get back, you weakling

Harbinger of sin

Our forces will destroy your town

And everything within

And nothing will remain but agony, death and pain

«Roma de cervel

Quar de la mal capel

Etz vos e Cistel

Qu’a Bezers fesets faire

Mout estranh mazel.»

Slaughter

Life blown away in the blink of an eye

This nightmare is real, for soon we will feel

Our flesh touching fire and steel

Hold on — all hope is in vain

Hold on — your fate will remain

Hold on — 'tis useless to flee

Hold on — your own destiny

Slaughter

A difference in faith as a pretext for war

Pray that we might just live through this night

At dawn we will stand up and fight

Repent — all we can do is pray

Repent — that we live through today

Repent — a sentence and crime

Repent — that echoes through time

People of Breziers

Listen and take heed:

Their forces march upon these walls

With vengeance and with speed

But I promise thee: before they come

Knocking on our door

Swords and shields will stand beside us

Aiding in our cause

Renaud what news do you bring?

Sacrifice is their final demand

We must give them what they want

Or they will kill us where we stand

Do we give up our brethren

To intolerance and hate

Or do we stand as one

And share a common fate?

Do we give up our brethren

Or do we stand as one?

No!

«We'd rather drown in a salt sea’s brine

Than betray those who shared our lives.»

Slaughter

A difference in faith as a pretext for war

Pray that we might just live through this night

At dawn we will stand up and fight

Repent — all we can do is pray

Repent — that we live through today

Repent — a sentence and crime

Repent — that echoes through time

Look at them, so self-assured

Mocking our men with scowls unheard

But soon I’ll wipe that smile off their face

When I bask in the heat of this unholy place

Men, over there, they’ve opened the gates

Go forth with all your might

We’ll run this city into the ground

Before the fall of night

Damn them all

Inglorious men

At the break of dawn

All streets were coloured red

Before the last scream faded away

These cowards, these wretched swine had their way:

Raping, murdering and burning all

Not for king or god, but fortune’s call

The slaughter of innocence

«Breziers has fallen

Clerks, women, children. Christians too

I rode out, I couldn’t see or hear a living creature

They killed seven thousand people

Seven thousand souls who sought sanctuary in Saint Madeleine

The steps of the altar

Were red with blood

The church echoed with the cries

Slaughtering the monks who tolled the bells

They used the silver cross as a chopping block to behead them.»

Slaughter

Life blown away in the blink of an eye

This nightmare is real, for soon we will feel

Our flesh touching fire and steel

Hold on — all hope is in vain

Hold on — your fate will remain

Hold on — 'tis useless to flee

Hold on — your own destiny

Slaughter

A difference in faith as a pretext for war

Pray that we might just live through this night

At dawn we will stand up and fight

Repent — all we can do is pray

Repent — that we live through today

Repent — a sentence and crime

Repent — that echoes through time

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