Procol Harum Lyrics

Album: Procol Harum

Conquistador Lyrics

(Brooker / Reid) 

Conquistador your stallion stands 

in need of company 

and like some angel's haloed brow 

you reek of purity 

I see your armour-plated breast 

has long since lost its sheen 

and in your death mask face 

there are no signs which can be seen 



And though I hoped for something to find 

I could see no maze to unwind 

Conquistador a vulture sits 

upon your silver shield 

and in your rusty scabbard now 

the sand has taken seed 

and though your jewel-encrusted blade 

has not been plundered still 

the sea has washed across your face 

and taken of its fill 



And though I hoped for something to find 

I could see no maze to unwind 

Conquistador there is no time 

I must pay my respect 

and though I came to jeer at you 

I leave now with regret 

and as the gloom begins to fall 

I see there is no, only all 

and though you came with sword held high 

you did not conquer, only die 



And though I hoped for something to find 

I could see no maze to unwind