Onward Christian Soldiers Lyrics

Aching floorboards spoke my name
In the belly of the beast to foreign shores
In tune with tides that whispered fame
And fortune for our humble LordEcclesiastical banners unfurl in the manner
Of those who seek conquest and gainSail forth for Outremer
The Promised Land prised from the hands of blasphemers amassing there
Awakened from the desert sands capesOnward Christian soldiers
Fated Nazareth and Bethlehem
Have fallen to an enemy bolder
It is said to widespread slaughter and rapeWe are all sinners, enslaved to the cross
God wills The Great War to erase
The Judaic acres, the Mohammedans
In defence of our revenant faithPolitical prowess takes to the stage
A pilgrimage led bu the sword
The sweet maiden blast of our clarion rage
Against the foul heretic hordes
Heretic hordesThe blazing invader Crusader parade
Vatican sanctioned and Mammon adoredNow, papal-led to die

The fatal battle cry
A natural army vies for stretching ChristendomWide, we slay the infidel
Remiss our way to Hell
Pay well the wishing well
With golden martyrdom
With golden martyrdom
With golden martyrdomScaling the towers with power ordained
Dark flowers of infamy budRansacking, hacking off Saracen reign
The temple drinks claret in floodsMercy forgotten in our ill-gotten gain
Of women and innocent bloodDeath abides in this domain of ashes
The streets are stained with the butchered foe
Now I hear the bells of triumph ringing
As they lay there rotting in their thousand shrouds
Beneath the clouds that skitter and scatter
Dispersions on the truth of heavenWe are all sinners, enslaved to the cross
God wills The Great War to erase
The Judaic acres, the Mohammedans
In defence of our revenant faithNo crescent moon
No prophet of doom
Shall wail above Jerusalem
Vast hypocrites
All grasping for glitz
Have taken The Mount and The TombHere in the kingdom of loss
Here in the kingdom of loss
Here in the kingdom of loss
Songwriters
DANIEL LLOYD DAVEY, DANIEL FIRTH, LINDSAY MATHESON, RICHARD SHAW, MARTIN SKAROUPKA, MAREK SMERDAPublished by
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.