There's a new soldier fighting In the West today Press-ganged from the cradle To live as a slave They gave him his banner It says, 'Long live the past' Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Today I left for the crusades With Christ's cross and the ten-horned star We, about to die, salute you Our programme is complete Was it for murder Or for mercy? Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Long live the past Let it live on ... Was it for murder Or for mercy? Was it for murder Or for mercy? Was it for murder Or mercy?