Album: The Crusade (2006)

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• Shepherd is chased by the wolves
  Wolves who live by intolerance and hate
  For what they couldn't understand
  Blinded and vicious are the beasts
  Needing and ripping at a beautiful human
  He did nothing more than be himself
  
  Tied to the fences they break you
  And sadness will sear
  Cold is the wind that will freeze you
  And sadness will sear
  
  Scarecrow is left crucified
  Left freezing, bleeding, tired and wondering why
  The wolves just couldn't understand
  It's the preachers and the teachers
  Government's close-minded creatures
  Trying to teach us to hate that which is different
  
  Tied to the fences they break you
  And sadness will sear
  Cold is the wind that will freeze you
  And sadness will sear
  
  It's 12:53 AM, October 12th
  When the scarecrow died
  A victim of society's cruelty
  
  It's 12:53 AM, October 12th
  When the shepherd died
  The candle's light will alight your departure
  
  Tied to the fences they break you
  And sadness will sear
  Cold is the wind that will freeze you
  And sadness will sear
  
  Tied to the fences they break you
  And sadness will sear
  Cold is the wind that will freeze you
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Comments: 5

• Nick Jamez from PenrithMan, it's SOOO f--king sickening and heartbreaking to think that homophobia & society were once so conservative and prevalent to the point where a hate crime this savage would be committed. The fact that that is true makes me feel both furious and nauseated.
  
  What makes me feel worse about it is that it happened on my seventh birthday.
• David from FranceConfirmed by Matt during Deepest Cuts II twitch live show
• Justin from Kalamazoo, MiThats one of the reasons I love Trivium so much. Heafy has at least 3 different voices, scream, hard, and melody. He kills all of them. My favorites are the songs where he uses all 3 of them.
• Mike from Denver, CoYou don't need to scream to make metal music. i love screaming vocals, but singing is not one bit worse or better. btw this song is depressing :( who could just do that like it means nothing?
• Nick from Cairns, AustraliaSad song meanng. I've heard that the song refered to that story of Matthew Shepard. Although I read it off Wikipedia, and I'm a bit curious of that website sometimes. I might admit, some of their information is fairly accurate, but others aren't and it's easy to tell. For them, i guess it's just a matter of if they can't find as much information, they just make their own stuff up. I don't know, I could be wrong. But its obvious when you check out the "Highest-Selling Artists" Web page on Wikipedia. I don't think they can track the information, of each artist, and update their information if need be. Heck, they even have pop-ups that'll tell you that "this website needs updating" and so on.
  
  Anyway, back to the main topic, sadness will sear is awesome, I love that low and aggresive chorus riff and the freaky vocal tones Matt Heafy sings throughout the verses. Frankly, i don't care if "The Crusade" didn't have as much screaming. I mean, in regards to the fan's response to the crusade, i guess it goes to show how much of an important factor screaming is in nowaday's metal. Not that I hate the screaming style. :)

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