Crusade by Aurelio Voltaire. a heartbreaking story in 5 minutes of song

A beautiful medieval sounding song features a wisened warrior recounting his regret. As a young man, a dragon plagued his lands, the beast with a forked tongue and breathe of fire, surely it must be slain. Before he goes, his father warns him to know his enemy well. He sneaks into the lair, kills the sleeping dragon, and looks across the room to see a baby dragon, and he realized that he killed the poor things loving parent who was just living it's life. He did not understand the enemy he just slew.

Now he listens to his own son talk of an enemy plaguing their lands, forked tongue and breath of fire, clearly a problem, but instead of a dragon, it's men of Muslim faith. The father begs his son to truly know his enemy before going to war.

The story in this song is simple and maybe heavy handed in its message, but beautiful none the less. I probably cried the first 20-30 times I listened to it. I will always love this song that teaches kindness and wisdom. If Songs with good storytelling get you everytime, you'll love it too.