Name: Charlotte Corday
Duration: P00H03M27S
Description: This song is about Charlotte Corday's murder of Jean Paul Marat. She saw the torment and terror that his liberal and secular writings and ideas inflicted upon France so she took it upon herself to drive a dagger through his chest. For that, she was beheaded. During her execution, however, she kept her composure and showed boldness in the face of a rabid people.

Charlotte Corday

from Reign Of Terror [EP] by The Saving

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This song is about Charlotte Corday's murder of Jean Paul Marat. She saw the torment and terror that his liberal and secular writings and ideas inflicted upon France so she took it upon herself to drive a dagger through his chest. For that, she was beheaded. During her execution, however, she kept her composure and showed boldness in the face of a rabid people.

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I will do something about your writings,
the deaths you caused, and the
torment you profited from.
You are the unholy enemy of our land
and I will use my hands to make sure you
promote chaos no more.
Fear me, leper.
My name is the virgin dagger.
And though I know that murder is wrong
I hope to take pride that I killed
just one demagogue
to save the shed of blood
but not the wide ignorance
of ten thousand folk

"Europe is living under an illusion
that it is expelling religion.
Europe will not be irreligious for long,
another religion will take over."
-Ravi Zacharias

(I am tired of being passive
and sick at the state of my nation)
I don't live for myself
But I live that others may see
a beacon of righteousness through
vengeance and holiness.
The words of man say we are mighty
still we are capable of monstrous and horrid things.
Truth is we are dead in our sins

Too late for penance,
I will watch you drown in your own blood.
It won't be much longer
before your worthless followers
begin hunting me down;
and I can see death coming
I can see it, it's imminent!
But I welcome it with open arms
because I am willing to die so
that your portrait may be cause for
scoff and charade.
Don't you dare call me friend,
go back to hell where you now belong.
Don't underestimate me, I am the virgin.

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from Reign Of Terror [EP], track released November 11, 2012

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