| The Veils – Vicious Traditions Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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You're all wrong... The song is about Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790. Ranked one of the greatest Enlightened Monarchs in world history. He is known as the great reformer. "By 1790 rebellions had broken out in protest against Joseph's reforms in Belgium and Hungary which had a population of about 9 million people, and his other dominions were restive under the burdens of his war with Turkey. His empire was threatened with dissolution, and he was forced to sacrifice some of his reform projects. His health shattered by disease, alone, and unpopular in all his lands, the bitter emperor died 20 February 1790. He was not yet forty-nine. Joseph II rode roughshod over age-old aristocratic privileges, liberties, and prejudices, thereby creating for himself many enemies, and they triumphed in the end. Joseph's attempt to reform the Hungarian lands illustrates the weakness of absolutism in the face of well-defended feudal liberties" At last, Joseph, worn out and broken-hearted, recognized that his servants could not, or would not, carry out his plans. On 30 January 1790, he formally withdrew almost all his reforms in Hungary, and he died on 20 February 1790. He asked that his epitaph read: "Here lies Joseph II, who failed in all he undertook." Its all in wikipedia. It will answer your question about the parts of the song "He grew a blood red vision for all their good intentions He made an easy million from a foreign investment He danced with the devils in beautiful buildings Affirmative action for a useful reunion" That has something to do with the House of Lorraine. |
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