I have a book called Lyrics By Sting. In a few of the songs, he elaborates the meaning of them. Children's Crusade was on the list:
"This is one of my more ambitious songs. I tried to combine an abiding interest in the FIrst World War, heroin addiction in contemporary London, and the abuse of twelfth-century street children, who were sold into slavery in a cynical pseudoreligious scam that was appalling even by the low moral standards of the Crusaders and the ethics of the time. There seemed to be a connection."
I have a book called Lyrics By Sting. In a few of the songs, he elaborates the meaning of them. Children's Crusade was on the list:
"This is one of my more ambitious songs. I tried to combine an abiding interest in the FIrst World War, heroin addiction in contemporary London, and the abuse of twelfth-century street children, who were sold into slavery in a cynical pseudoreligious scam that was appalling even by the low moral standards of the Crusaders and the ethics of the time. There seemed to be a connection."