Abbot of Fire (St. Bernard of Clairvaux)

Deus le veult! Deus le veult!
Par la croix, par l'épée, dieu nous appelle!
Clairvaux! Clairvaux!
Pour le Christ, en avant!

From noble blood to monk's hard bed
He chose the cross, not gold or thread
Entered citeaux in hunger and frost
To revive the faith the world had lost

Built clairvaux from forest stone
Prayer and labor, flesh to bone
Cistercian fire across the land
Monks rose up at his command

Not comfort
Not ease
But discipline
On bended knees

Stand, bernard of clairvaux!
Sword of spirit, lion of Christ
Burned corruption with holy fire
Faith, purity, war!
Not for empire, not for fame
But to glorify his name

The south was rotting in heretic lies
Cathar poison in demon disguise
They cursed the flesh, denied the cross
Mocked the sacraments, damned the lost

Infanticide, starvation rites
Marriage broken, darkness praised as light
Bernard marched with gospel flame
Exposed their fraud, shattered their claim

Truth confronted
Deceit undone
Light advanced
The war begun

Stand, bernard of clairvaux!
Hammer of heresy, breaker of chains
Christendom cleansed of cathar stains
Faith, purity, war!
False gospels burned by holy decree
Victory for orthodoxy

Popes and kings sought out his voice
Europe moved by bernard's choice
He raised the banner, called the knights
Second crusade, holy fight

Take the cross! The valleys roared
From rhine to France the armies poured
Not greed he preached, repentance first
Souls baptized before steel was burst

Not bloodlust
But holy vow
Sin must fall
Before God now

Stand, bernard of clairvaux!
Crusade preacher, shepherd of war
Europe rose at his roar
Faith, purity, war!
He crowned the sword with penance true
Christ commanded what men must do

Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!

Abbot of monks
Commander of souls

Mary's knight with burning tongue
Doctor mellifluus, honey and flame
He shaped the templars' holy code
Warriors bound by Christ's road

When death approached, Europe wept
A titan fell, but his fire was kept
Monasteries, crusades, theology
Still echo bernard's legacy

From cloister walls
To battlefields
His war still marches
Across the years

Stand, bernard of clairvaux!
Abbot of fire, saint of steel
Faith made weapon, prayer made shield
Faith, purity, war!
The cross still leads the righteous host
Against the lies we fight the most

Stand, bernard of clairvaux!
From forest cell to Europe's throne
Christendom built on his bones
Deus le veult! Deus le veult!
Until heresy is no more
We march as he swore

Deus le veult! Deus le veult!
Saint bernard nous conduit!
Pour le Christ roi!
Amen!