CRUSADER LYRICS

1. Casualty

A quiet night
All stars are out
Disrupted by a roaring bike
He's all alone
He's going home
We've all been there before

Left nor right
No cars in sight
And slowing down's a waste of time
The blinding lights
The burning tyres
We've all heard'em before

Hey bartender, one more round
I need salvation
For me this year's been really hard
All I need's one more
Fill the glasses to the top
Don't be stingy
I need to drown my aching heart
Before I can go home

A violent crash
The street's a mess
He's got no choice but to confess
One last call
Pour drinks for all
We've all been there before
And now, out cold
With broken bones
Again he won't be coming home
A crying child
A distant sirene
We've all heard'em before

2. The Catcher

Every night
A grim shade passes by
A raven in disguise
A tortured soul
Midnight strikes
Fear shivers every spine
Don't let him near your child
Protect your own

Children laugh and mock him
Calling out his name
He shies the world
Never walks the streets by day
At night he reigns
They hear him play
A ballad to each life he strained
A child is out there
Crying out in tears
The catcher plays for thee

By their beds
He plays a lullaby
Confusing their young minds
With broken chords
With song and rhyme
He's known to mesmerize
The spark inside them dies
Turns dark and cold

A distant clock strikes midnight
The catcher's on the prowl
The mere sound of his cane
Scares man and beast
People drag their children
Horror is back in town
His lonely flute
Sounds morbid in the streets
The catcher plays for me

3. A Pure Heart

December night
Dark and cold
A newborn's on its way
All disputes on hold
To meet the future

A woman screams
A man cries out
A child has come our way
All fierce warriors fold
And greet the girl in turn

Now that you're among us
We'll never let you go

You can rule this world
Kings will kneel before you
And fight for you
As long as your heart is pure
Should all kingdoms burn
Make the world adore you
And they'll die for you
As long as you make sure
Your heart is pure

Snow is back
A year has passed
Many things have changed
Curiosity's made
Her eyes much brighter

One day soon
She'll be a queen
With pride we've passed our name
Her loveliness can slay
The bravest fighter

4. Arigatou

Every artwork comes to life
Once light and dark collide
One without the other couldn't survive
It takes two contradictions
To add color to our (sight)
For every creature given birth
Another one must die
It's nature's way to keep it in line
Life and death provide us
With a perfect sense of time

Every passion is like fuel
It conquers endless roads
Love and hate are horns on the same goat
Music is one way
For strong emotions to un(load)
A gentle breeze, how innocent
Can easily change its form
Combining elements into a deadly force
A stream of air is all it takes
To create the perfect storm

Standing on a crowded field
All hope to see next dawn
Whatever comes, we will not flee
Here we both belong
Soon we'll face all hostile clans
Several thousands strong
Whatever comes, we'll take a stand
We can't both be wrong

Every song becomes worthwhile
Once Shredder sets the sound
The war he plays is well known all around
He's heavy metal king
And as a king he wears the crown

5. My Father, My Friend

Every poem fails to rhyme
Every song is out of key
Food is tasteless
At night I wake and cry
My life becomes unreal

You have fought, my friend
Celebrate the demon slain
Embrace your life ahead
For on that day
The gods rewrote your name

Every face looks like a grime
Every voice calls out to me
My hands are useless
All day it blocks my mind
My life is bound to thee

You have fought, my friend
Celebrate the demon slain
Embrace your life ahead
For on that day
The gods rewrote your name

You are free, my friend
The Reaper holds your broken chain
In awe he bows his head
And from his list
He kindly strikes your name

Every face now seems to smile
And every song's in key...

6. My Mother, My Meadow

Through the years, like feuding clans
We often had our wars
Anger and frustration
For one is like the other
Through the tears, like water running
From a broken jar
I always came back home to you

From up high, like falling leaves
We gently swirled down
Tolerance and patience
For one's still like the other
To the sky, like reigning oaks
We grew tall from the ground
For I have come back home to you

Every word in every fight
Caused a world of hurt
All the hurt from all the fights
Is merely one small world

All the grief and pain
Have brought us together
Once we were as one
And back to one we grow
A solid forge like this
Is bound to last forever
In on direction only
Blood will flow

Nowadays, like allied clans
We fight each other's wars
Our ties were never stronger
For one is like the other
I can say that current days
Are the time that we've had
For I still have a home with you

7. Hey You

I could never leave you
Or ever see you go
My life depends upon you
My heart just couldn't stand the blow

I could never deceive you
Hurt you or cause you pain
My world evolves around you
Without you I'd go insane

All I wanna do
Is grow old with you

Roaring falls and rivers wild
Guide water to sea
From the day that we have first met
You've been guiding me
All our oceans couldn't survive
Without this royal feed
I'm endless like the sea
As long as you're with me

In my life I've been around
I've seen the come and go
Once I was a wild one
And I took my share of blows

But none of all those women
Could ever compare to you
You're the sun among stars
For you I'd die - that much is true

8. Leprechauns

Have you ever heard
Of a leprechaun before
If not, it might be time for you
To learn a little more
Above all, I say this
They're not just a fairy tale
Last night one was in my house
He sure as hell was real

If you should ever catch one
On Saint Patrick's day
The merry fellow will submit
And give his gold away
He'll try to save his skin
And to you, so it is told
He will give without dispute
His precious pot of gold

Please leave them alone
And let their business be their own
They're only part of this world
Honour the leprechauns
They have done no wrong
So pack your stuff and run along
Don't make a foll of us all
They're only three feet tall

Don't you ever trade with them
Because before you know
They will surely pull a scam
Consider yourself warned
They always hold two coins
The first will turn to stone
The second one will once it's spent
Return to them, as known

9. The Confession - Part I

I'm a part of nature's design
I never chose to be this way
Every mouse should know when to hide
And every doggy has its day
You know well my social status
So respectfully decline
I provide a higher service
To the leaders of mankind

Now don't patronize me judge
As the hypocrite you are
I remember you as cruelest
Most disgusting one of all
When I'm dead there'll be another
And another one after that
For each rotting corpse
Brings out rats...

10. The Confession - Part II

Walls enclose my body
Take away my breath
Prison bars are chocking me
Rusty, cold and dense
Nobody to hear me
Yet I am not alone
Faces of dead children
Haunt me all night long

Time will never turn

A red glowing horizon
Brings the final dawn
A colorful world comes to life
Outside these prison walls
Many voices in the streets
Are shouting out my name
They all wanna see me hang
And die at noon today

They want me to confess
Before the eyes of God
Free myself from Satan's token
Send my soul to heaven
But I will die with pride
Face their torture all day long
Ultimately torn and broken
I will burn forever

A symphony of footsteps
Echoes in my cell
A playful show of dancing flames
Will free me from this hell
The weight of fear and anger
Deprives me of my will
It's time for me to leave this world
My mission's been fulfilled

I will always be your friend
I will never let you go
You will be my little angel
You can call me uncle Joe
I will never cause you pain
Well, maybe just a little
Step inside - don't be afraid
This old cage is now your cradle

I'm a nasty human being
Banished from society
I'm rejected by the angels
Even hell refuses me
I am merely a deliever
Healthy profit is my goal
I scar and mutilate your children
For a royal bag of gold

For as long as high society
Spends this much on luxuries
There'll be wolves around
Just like me...





CRUSADER LYRICS