Treaties And Treachery Pt. 1 Lyrics

Peace my brother

There will be peace

Bested On the Battlefield

Hostility will cease

Napoleon meets the young Tsar come to terms

A common foe is the British now can't you see

Agree to terms ending trade with them

And soon they'll fall to their knees

Russia and France all is well it seems

But over time relations cool abruptly

Napoleon's continental system

Has devastating consequences for the Russian economy

To solidify relations Napoleon proposes

To marry the Tsars younger sister certainly

But the Romanovs are weary of the French ruler

And thus they decline

The Russians open the door to British trade

And at this Napoleon is undermined

Treaties aren't worth more now

Than the paper they're written on

They can be ripped

They can be torn

They can be

Wavered on

Just like the nations swept up

Just like the nations that march to war

Invasion is now imminent

Summon the calvary the horses for war

The horses for war

Treaties and Treachery

The horses for war

Treaties and Treachery

Peace my brother

There will be peace

Well it seems

That's been squandered

Secret meeting and deals with my enemy

Forces my hand now I ponder

Dreams of an army the likes that's never been seen

For retribution call it honor

The Russians turn their backs cold like the winter

Napoleon won't take this any longer

Plans are set in motion to raise a massive force

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands

Men like a swarm from the nations he's consumed

200,000 from France proper

A grande army for a grande mission for a cause

To break the Russians back into submission

600,000 plus men will assemble

To invade the Russian steppes with ambition

Treaties aren't worth more now

Than the paper they're written on

They can be ripped

They can be torn

They can be

Wavered on

Just like the nations swept up

Just like the nations that march to war

Invasion is now imminent

Summon the calvary the horses for war

The horses for war

Treaties and Treachery

The horses for war

Treaties and Treachery

Napoleon already fighting battles in Spain

So this war is two fronts

600,000 only 200,000 French gather at the the Neimen to cross

Some from Germany some from the Duchy of Warsaw

A force that is stitched together

The largest force tho the world has ever seen

Gather all together at the river they'll cross

A force so large it takes days to make the crossing

A long baggage train full of weapons and supplies

Napoleon's army known for their swift cavalry

So thousands and thousands of horses ride hard

The heat is sweltering it starts to weigh on the men

As the massive army moves the dust cloud is large

And of course disease follows with them

But with their famed Calvary victory isn't far

But with the Russian Cossack they have met their match'

And their tactics follow no rules

Attack the French soldiers when they're compromised

Then disappear in the Forest and loom

The cossack Shashka cutting down the French

As the massive army moves

But the supplies are slowed by the Russian roads

That turn to mud in the summer deluge

The Russian resistance minimal the first wave

In terms of the forces assembled

So even tho slow the French keep on moving

Towards the objective its simple

Occupy and take Moscow the symbolic Russian heart

Even tho the capital is Saint Petersburg

They will crumble if you take out the heart they are led

But Russian resilience will soon be known of be heard

The Russians retreat in the face of this threat

Extending the French supply lines

A Tactical retreat to make them overextend

General Kutusov biding his time

The French reach Borodino after suffering immensely

From the elements and the pace

And the Russians resolve to now make a stand

In this city history will not Erase

Borodino the men are zero

Because machines of the war will tear them down so simple

And the Calvary charges the horses will crash

See all along desperate soldiers will clash

Protect your home protect honor with every charge

The smell of gunpowder and death aren't faint

Napoleon leading his men with a vision

And in his mind he can almost start to think

I can see the spires of Moscow

I can see it's spires ahead of me

Treaties have been ripped apart

Treaties are replaced with treachery

But in these battles the men suffer endlessly

The type of wounds made are horrific really honestly

The Cossacks they appear to attack the French supplies

Chaos ensues but they continue on to fight

To take Raevsky redoubt with waves and waves of men

Close quarters fighting makes artillery amend

Napoleon refuses to commit his guard

Seeing that the battle is won he can start to think

I can see the spires of Moscow

I can see it's spires ahead of me

Treaties have been ripped apart

Treaties are replaced with treachery

The battle was won but its not decisive

Surely they will meet them at the gates of Moscow

But the Russians they decide after suffering losses

To abandon the city they will burn it down

Civilians and soldiers take flight from the city

Ahead of Napoleon's forces

So the city is nothing but a ghost town

They must winter their without many choices

But the voices of the Russians speak loud and clear

This is not the place you'll survive the winter not here

Buildings catch fire all throughout the city all night

Moscow becomes a smoldering ruin of defiance not plight

Napoleon impressed and appalled they did this to their own city

Their spirit won't rest

He is awoken by the eerie glow of fire consuming the city all around

Causing stress

Wintering there is no longer viable as the flames start to dance

As the flames start to grow

So he reluctantly gives the order to retreat to outrun the winter outlast

The winter so cold

So cold