As It Was Told

When the walls of the castle come down and the King is nowhere in sightTake command of the soldiers and be their new leader for the rest of the nightThe fortune is there, it's hidden in the dungeon, take what you findOf the riches, and the knowledge, and the freedom, and leave the rest there, behindAs the battle for your kingdom rages on and on, watch your men as they dieAnd the slaughter of your people subsides, for there's no one left aliveWhen the smoke blows away and there's nothing left to say, the dead will ariseAnd assassinate their leader, who turned and ran away, for leaving them to dieIn the palace, on the street, hidden in everyone you meetIs a hatred or a love, fighting for the domination of the other's defeatIf the hatred wins, the people kill each other in despairAnd the essence of the blood of the battle seeps out and fills the airIf the love wins, the hatred conquered, fleeing in exileAnd the children run free, for everyone to see, they're pleased for a whileEverybody's sayin' that the way to get to heaven is to be a good boy, nowBut the way to get to heaven is a path that's been faded since the day