Iced Earth - Consequences

The rulers of Europe will gather in these walls. It is unlikely that there will be at least one among them, above the throne of which the elevated sounds of Beethoven would not have hung. And is this not a merit? Socrates said that the great musician is only the one who directed his harmonies into unearthly spheres. Who can compare with him in all your kingdoms, O princes? Once a great emperor raised the brush of a great artist from the floor, hinting that he renders this honor to someone whose highest dignity is due to service to God. From the like they expect the same. Even the tyrant who lived in the West turned out to be so insightful that he sometimes decorated the chest of one of the gifted artists with his bloodstained order. For example, this order is worn by the composer Paer. But what is Paer compared to Beethoven? Since then, the great masters of past eras look at us with impatient expectation,when, finally, some German ruler will decorate the chest of our magnificent singer with a domestic distinction? When he appears in knightly decoration and the muse asks: “Who is this husband?” - then the fatherland will point to him, the only one towering above all his comrades in art: “Ludwig van Beethoven!” ”.