Charles the Great-Christopher Lee

[ti:Charles the Great] [ar:Christopher Lee] [al:Charlemagne: The Omens of Death] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Charles the Great - Christopher Lee (克里斯托弗·李) [00:14.61]Einhard gather near [00:17.35]Come hither to my bedside [00:21.02]The hour that [00:22.02]I must retire is drawing ever near [00:27.13]From the exigencies of this life [00:30.58]My deeds laid out before your eyes [00:34.75] [00:35.31]And my conscience must be clear [00:38.76] [00:40.78]Charles my dear son [00:43.88]The time has now come [00:47.02]The House of Arnulf [00:48.66]Had produced the heir and son [00:51.59]To lead the faithless [00:53.65]Where we are all waiting for you now [00:58.15] [00:58.66]In the eternal kingdom [01:00.47]Where we at last are one [01:04.89] [01:06.89]Finally you can look back [01:10.21]Upon your many great deeds [01:13.34]Like your fathers [01:14.89]Before you have been planted the seeds [01:19.47] [01:20.13]The consummation [01:21.78]Of your ancestors' ambitions [01:24.80] [01:26.20]The founding of a great empire [01:30.24]Of Christian nations [01:33.23] [01:36.78]Father this oath I swear [01:39.25]That I shall fight to keep the Lord [01:42.25] [01:42.98]In all of Francia and beyond [01:45.73]To heathen fields and Saxon hordes [01:49.16]Who would tread upon [01:50.68]A sacred place of ours [01:53.57]Shall learn to fear [01:55.94]The name of Charlemagne [01:58.47] [01:59.30]One that will be without [02:01.05]Peer even long after I have gone [02:09.30]Charlemagne oh Charlemagne [02:12.29]A shaft of light in a Dark Age [02:15.60]For now he is the King of the Franks [02:19.24]Standing tall above men of all ranks [02:22.31]Homage and tribute to him will pay [02:25.59]And all his enemies shall be cast away [02:28.76]'Cause now he has inherited the throne [02:32.03]The young prince [02:33.74]Who soon came into his own [02:36.85] [02:42.68]Carloman my dear brother [02:45.38]We grew apart [02:46.90] [02:47.67]But my love for you did not depart [02:50.92] [02:51.48]You let the plotters turn [02:52.98]Your head against me [02:56.13]And then oh father Now he is dead [03:00.80] [03:01.59]How his widow [03:02.70]And children weep by his bed [03:06.25]Now I am ruler of all your empire [03:09.99]And I am alone in the adventure [03:14.27]But you came to me father [03:16.36]I feel not on my own [03:18.61]And guided me on my sword [03:20.87] [03:21.41]As sure as on my throne [03:23.91] [03:24.78]And now you are being [03:26.01]Besieged by the Saracen [03:27.83]But holding firm are [03:28.76]The Christian Kings of Spain [03:31.45]The Frankish might [03:32.53]Pushed them back south [03:34.44]'Cross the mountains to [03:35.73]Form the Spanish March [03:38.10]And what of the other pagan tribes [03:40.98]Who disrespected His Holy See [03:44.17]They knelt before him [03:45.61]And gave back that [03:47.49]Which they had taken [03:48.69]From The Holy City [03:51.31]Father this oath I swear that [03:54.15]I shall fight to keep the Lord [03:57.70]In all of Francia and beyond [04:00.53]To heathen fields and Saxon hordes [04:03.90]Who would tread upon [04:05.42]A sacred place of ours [04:08.30]Shall learn to fear [04:10.80]The name of Charlemagne [04:13.89]One that will be without [04:15.74]Peer even long after I have gone [04:23.82] [05:13.60]Charlemagne oh Charlemagne [05:16.48]A shaft of light in a Dark Age [05:19.75]For now he is the King of the Franks [05:23.05]Standing tall above men of all ranks [05:26.43]Homage and tribute to him will pay [05:29.50]And all his enemies shall be cast away [05:32.92]'Cause now he has inherited the throne [05:36.09]The young prince [05:37.73]Who soon came into his own [05:41.62] [05:43.31]Charlemagne oh Charlemagne [05:46.12]A shaft of light in a Dark Age [05:49.47]For now he is the King of the Franks [05:53.23]Standing tall above men of all ranks [05:56.11]Homage and tribute to him will pay [05:59.31]And all his enemies shall be cast away [06:02.48]'Cause now he has inherited the throne [06:05.85]The young prince [06:07.42]Who soon came into his own