This song was inspired by the book series "Casca". In the early 1980's while I was in the Army, I bought and read them all. Every time a new book came out, I bought it. I wish I still had those books today. Casca is a series of historical fantasy novels created by the author Barry Sadler in 1979. The stories revolve around the exploits of Casca Rufio Longinus, the Roman legionary who drove the Holy Lance into the side of Jesus Christ on Golgotha. As a result of this action, Casca is cursed with immortality, and he is cursed to wander the Earth aimlessly, always as a soldier, until the Second Coming.
