The velveteen and oaken soothed the lonely child
The parents watched the escort take him while they stood outside
The priest was kind and gentle as he positioned his head
The pain was like brimstone, but the kid hardly bled
Victory
Instinct over intellect
Victory
It erupts from deep inside
History
History is laughing at us
Plotting its discovery
Victory, victory
Blame it on the victory
Among the parade crowd there stands a decorated man
Remembering how he helped to save this sacred land
His helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope
He killed him without second thought, with brute force and a rope
So many times, so many lives
Test the other side
Waiting to see what the maker has in mind
The unsuspecting commoners hum diligent each day
They wallow in their father's sins, as time passes away
The crimes are without motive but they ignore all restraint
The evil sits inside them torpid timing its escape
The parents watched the escort take him while they stood outside
The priest was kind and gentle as he positioned his head
The pain was like brimstone, but the kid hardly bled
Victory
Instinct over intellect
Victory
It erupts from deep inside
History
History is laughing at us
Plotting its discovery
Victory, victory
Blame it on the victory
Among the parade crowd there stands a decorated man
Remembering how he helped to save this sacred land
His helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope
He killed him without second thought, with brute force and a rope
So many times, so many lives
Test the other side
Waiting to see what the maker has in mind
The unsuspecting commoners hum diligent each day
They wallow in their father's sins, as time passes away
The crimes are without motive but they ignore all restraint
The evil sits inside them torpid timing its escape
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"His helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope
He killed him without second thought, with brute force and a rope"
He could've reasoned with the guy, but NO he want to completely obliterate his enemy because of his hatred(animal instinct) for his enemy.
He killed him without second thought, with brute force and a rope"
Come to think about US soldiers shooting wounded Iraqis.
Nagasaki!
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There was the parents of a child who have let an escort of people take their child and handed over to a priest.
My guess is circumcision.
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His helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope
Religious people raises their hand even when they were going to die.
My guess : the crusades
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Among the parade crowd there stands a decorated man
Remembering how he helped to save this sacred land
"Parade crowd" might be the same "escort" we've mentioned.
"Decorated man" > "Decoration" > sign of power or social status>
"he helped to save this sacred land" > crusades again and
this decorated man was promoted to his place by contribution to the crusades.
He might have started the war, or directly involved in the fighting.
And this man killed an enemy who was religious but not christian.< this was in his memory.
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So many times, so many lives
Test the other side
Waiting to see what the maker has in mind
"Test" To put under severe strain by taking away lives for many times.
To prove that their maker was true.
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"The unsuspecting commoners hum diligent each day"
To be in a state of feverish activity of attention and care
"Father's sins"
1. Adam and Eve
2. the commoners are the direct descendants of the crusades.
Since the decorated man was alive in the parade the crusades happened not long before the series of events. So it's 1.
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The crimes are without motive but they ignore all restraint
They have not right course to kill muslims but they have ignored that.
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