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The Fronde (French pronunciation: [fʁɔ̃d]); was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling, which Parisian mobs used to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin.
The Fronde was divided into two campaigns, the Fronde of the parlements and the Fronde of the nobles. The timing of the outbreak of the Fronde des parlements, directly after the Peace of Westphalia (1648) that ended the Thirty Years War, was significant. The nuclei of armed bands under aristocratic leaders that terrorized parts of France had been hardened in a generation of war in Germany where troops still tended to operate autonomously. Louis XIV, impressed as a young ruler with the experience of the Fronde, came to reorganize French fighting forces under a stricter hierarchy whose leaders ultimately could be made or unmade by the King. Thus the Fronde finally resulted in the disempowerment of the territorial aristocracy and the emergence of absolute monarchy.
the eyes of a billion people
are watching the sky
the day has come, the majesty's arrived
screaming and crying
a mankind in despair
but we should know we can't go on this way...
when the sirens call
when the sirens call
when the sirens call
don't be afraid, when it's all over now
save the action in your mind
worn out, at a loss, lost in paradise
the sound of sirens everywhere
power, the infinite universe
death, the past will fade away...
chorus
oh it's too late
when the sirens call
no matter who you were before, before
oh it's too late
when the sirens call
but it's you they wanted dead
when the sirens call
when the sirens call
when the sirens call
the world is shocked, crying out for help
face the mirror, all we see is pain
a second chance, they've come to save our souls
annihilation to animate the world
lost, it's coming down to earth
death comes nearer to take lifes place
chorus
when the sirens call
when the sirens call