{"id":4497,"date":"2006-12-01T17:25:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T22:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/12\/01\/st-campion-and-queen\/"},"modified":"2006-12-01T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T22:25:42","slug":"st-campion-and-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/12\/st-campion-and-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Campion and Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today being the feast day of St. Edmund Campion the English Jesuit Martyr my mind spiraled off to a strange connection to a couple of Queen songs. Now St. Campion didn’t exactly fair to well under his Queen though. The first song I thought of by just removing one letter from the lyrics can make it almost an ode to the harsh life of St. Edmund Campion.<\/p>\n

I’ve paid my dues –
\nTime after time –
\nI’ve done my sentence
\nBut committed no crime –
\nAnd bad mistakes
\nI’ve made a few
\nI’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face –
\nBut I’ve come through<\/p>\n

We are the Campions – my friends
\nAnd we’ll keep on fighting – till the end –
\nWe are the Campions –
\nWe are the Campions
\nNo time for losers
\n‘Cause we are the Campions – of the world –<\/p>\n

I’ve taken my bows
\nAnd my curtain calls –
\nYou brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
\n–
\nI thank you all –<\/p>\n

But it’s been no bed of roses
\nNo pleasure cruise –
\nI consider it a challenge before the whole human race –
\nAnd I ain’t gonna lose –<\/p>\n

We are the Campions – my friends
\nAnd we’ll keep on fighting – till the end –
\nWe are the Campions –
\nWe are the Campions
\nNo time for losers
\n‘Cause we are the Campions – of the world –<\/p>\n

The other song is tied to one of the tortures he received. "We will Rack You."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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