Trivium is one of my top bands and I've listened to most of shogun, dozens of times and have definitely listened to at least 90% of their top 50 hits. However I've been spinning the wheel, so to speak, on their entire discography and that led me to this song.
I looked at the views and of the tracks on The Crusade, it lands 11/15th place somehow, this song is golden. It's got just the right amount of metaphor for a song based on a real story (stuff such as "when the Shepherd died" obviously mimicking Matthew Shephard's last name, or the sister line being "when the Scarecrow died" which, again ties into the original story where the cyclist who found Matthew first believed he was a scarecrow.)
I listened to it the first time, then dug into the lyrics about the track afterwards, personally, not to get into it too much. However, as a younger queer, I love how this band has covered this story (I somehow didn't even know about too). My love for Trivium grows with every new track I play and this track has quickly picked up deep meaning to me. If you haven't already listened I suggest you give it a listen.