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from A Tribute To Judas Priest : Legends Of Metal Vol. II [tribute] (1996)
You're in for surprise
You're in for a shock In London town streets When there's darkness and fog When you least expect me And you turn your back I'll attack I smile when I'm sneaking Through shadows by the wall I laugh when I'm creeping But you won't hear me at all All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper You'll soon shake with fear Never knowing if I'm near I'm sly and I'm shameless Nocturnal and nameless Except for "The Ripper" Or if you like "Jack The Knife" Any back alley street Is where we'll probably meet Underneath a gas lamp Where the air's cold and damp I'm a nasty surprise I'm a devil in disguise I'm a footstep at night I'm a scream of the fright All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper...the ripper....the ripper |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
A desperate situation
Forced to retaliation The task ahead a burden Men will suffer, that's for certain We'll charge into the fire The cause, we must inspire We raise our fists to tyranny A high price, freedom is not free The odds are stacked against us But with our resolve relentless And arrogance their weakness Our cause is just, we won't be beaten Upon this declaration Will come a brand new nation Where men are seen as equal Governed by and for the people Chorus: So we make our stand and pray On this declaration day For independence I will fight With liberty I will defy So we make our stand and pray On this declaration day Give me liberty or give me death I'll fight 'till my last breath With virtue as our beacon Our cause is charged as treason Battle worn and starving Through the hell of war we'll keep marching The birth of our new nation An act of desperation We'll force King George down to his knees Capitulation Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
Another day just like any other
Out of the blue it turned to horror How could they? Why would they? The innocent suffered hell's inferno A senseless act that goes unforgotten How could they? They will pay When the eagle cries Blood will flow When the eagle cries For freedom's fight When the eagle cries We love her so When the eagle cries We will sacrifice Out of the ashes came a tempting vengeance But we are focused, we seek redemption We are free We'll stay free All they've done is make us stronger The sleeping giant is asleep no longer If need be We'll die free When the eagle cries Blood will flow When the eagle cries For freedom's fight When the eagle cries We love her so When the eagle cries We will sacrifice |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
Destiny's called us
It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me Revenge is not justice It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me You went too far this time For this heinous crime You will know defeat Begging on your knees One by one you'll fall Your back's against the wall Nowhere to turn You're sure to burn Destiny's called us It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me The hour's close at hand We'll make our final stand Justice shall be done Nowhere to run True evil broods in you You're just a brainwashed fool The coward kills then hides Spewing forth his lies Revenge is not justice It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me Born of destruction, bred in agony Is this my salvation? From these ashes, I am your devastation If it was up to me Eye for an eye I'd seek But the high road we will take Lady Justice is a stake The judgment has been made In blood it shall be paid Death knows what to do The horseman comes from you Destiny's called us It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me Revenge is not justice It's the reckoning This time it's for blood Don't tread on me |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
He's ruled them for 20 years
And ravaged as their king Conquest burns in his eyes And ice shoots through his veins Their leader's new ambitions lie Farther to the west The empire that he seeks The father to the rest Attila wants to take his place Like the impetuous son To make the entire world bow To the kingdom of the Huns Alliance has been made With many other clans Frank and Vandal forces Held within his hand And by Attila's hand it's said His brother met with death To make his rule his legacy He did his awful best Ethel and Etzel By many names he's known But "Scourge Of God" is the one That rings the darkest tone Chorus: Hell awaits behind Gaul's Gates The Roman's stand only to fall They will die by his sword The Barbarian Lord Attila hears victory call Bridge: (Huns) Path of fire and plunder Cities burn and crumble Attila's fate beckons He will come to conquer (Romans) Archers stand at ready Centurions all together Keep to your lines And the Mongol's sure to falter (Huns) We will surely break them We will overtake them Fight 'till our deaths Or the Christians devastation (Romans) They won't overthrow us God will stand before us Show us the path to the Huns destruction Sing to the sky, the battle cries To propagate their fear As terror is the weapon drawn When battle has drawn near And so the conflict is at hand The gauntlet has been thrown Contempt for the Christian reign This poison seed now sewn And if by chance all is lost Cut down by Roman steel We'll suffer not as others have Broken mind nor broken will Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
The son of a major, Prussian nobleman
His name bestowed by a holy Roman The war broke out, and looked to the air 24 hours of training he was there 100 miles an hour Top speed his plane would fly And if he flew behind you You know you're sure to die 80 kills and all confirmed While other pilots had so much More to learn Chorus: Red baron, blue max The albatross flies high Red baron, blue max He's got you in his sights Bridge: The red battle flyer, red like fire He sees no faces, the ace of aces His British quarry flew a reckless flight A shot from the ground took the red baron's life He flew with honor, he flew with pride In 1918 the battle flyer died Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
Emptiness, consuming me
Head in hands, I can hardly speak Looking for solitude Lost in humanity True knowledge leads to a suffering A constant quest, an endless dream Searching for inner peace Hidden so deep in me Chorus: Don't wanna be a hollow man Ain't gonna be the hollow man Don't wanna be a hollow man Ain't gonna be the hollow man Sadness comes knocking constantly Filling up my eyes for all to see Peace will come some day I pray that it finds a way Darkness caressing my mind and soul My spirit's rejecting, I'm feeling whole Emptiness goes away Fills with the light of day Chorus Bridge: I rise up like the Phoenix Form the ashes of an older way With wisdom gained, I turn away I turn away Hollow man find yourself some other prey Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
Usher in the rally cries
Revolution's here again The emperor's bonds are broken As free he shall remain Escape, through narrow, was demand While his reign remained in view This fight for France, 'till bitter end He must see it through Coalition forms of many lands Against Napoleon, west to east Dogs of war will take to arms And soon will be unleashed Prussian, Russian and Austrian All follow British lead At allies' helm is Wellington Who must make his foe concede? Chorus: Foreshadowed man of destiny Soon you will be forced to see Nations aligning against you Marking the time your reign is through ...And you will see your hundred days Come to an end Foreshadowed man of destiny Soon you will be forced to see Nations aligning against you Marking the time your reign is through ...It lies before you, fate shall befall you Quickly, the allies gather force Near the Franco-Belgian line While 124,000 French March there in double time As the battle begins Napoleon springs his audacious plan He'll attack them in two fronts Splitting up his warring band As the Prussians sound retreat Behind they leave 12,000 slain Most of their force is still in tact And will live to fight again Wellington, who felt the loss Of 5,000 men Would feel more under cannon fire Bombardment from the French Chorus Bridge: Of all the wars I have waged To propel my nations might For this I'll be remembered From now 'till the end of time If to the victor go the spoils I may die an impoverished man For in the end, irony Has dealt the cruelest hand The French force was swift and sure But their attack would be repelled And though their center battered The Anglo-Dutch line would be held As fate or skill would have it An army moves from the east The Prussians who slipped through his hands Would soon spell his defeat French lines now all broken And being open to attack The emperor has no choice And the old guard pulls him back 45,000 wounded or dead When the fight was finally through On a three mile square of battlefield Near a town named Waterloo Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2006)
Close your eyes and imagine
The soldier, at Valley Forge The suffering that he endured was real Starvation, total war Yet in his eyes, the iron will to win And for the cause he won't relent Chorus: Would he look upon us now in anger and disgust? His providence, our birthright and our creed Will we let ignorance and laziness bring our demise? Complacency, we're blinded by our greed Standing barefoot, frozen bloody hands His musket clutched in iron grip But for the cause he has but one regret He's only got one life to give Chorus It's time for us to open up our eyes And cherish the lives we all can have And to the ones who kept our freedom free Words can't express all that you've done Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
Walking in the subway
alone late at night New York city gangs everywhere in sight You feel their anger upon you you feel their hateful eyes walk a little faster now you're fighting for your life As they walk on closer their eyes burn down your back you feel a thousand cries not prepared for their attack A mission bell sent sign a sign that you board soon you've come this far, no turning back we hope you make it too Don't expect, sympathy we don't know, the word you walked my turf, insanity but in this place you die Your life is wasted your blood is tasted as it drips down the blade You didn't make it you couldn't take it you walked the subway you paid Your money's gone your clothes they're torn you're lying in a pool of blood You know you're leaving we watch you grieving but in this place you die Don't expect sympathy we don't know the word you walked my turf, insanity but in this place you die |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
"Angels Holocaust"
As I walk through the blackened forest Thoughts of hate and anger fill my soul The charred remains of the holy rollers Scream repentance though it's far too late I fight back the laughter at what I see The suffering healers false destined prophecy He didn't think yesterday of the end of his life The brainwashed fools born again of a thousand lies Hate filled screams break the silence Terrifying dreams filling up your head Blasphemy thrusting out, in the masses it reigns The mask of hypocrisy is slowly unveiled Fear the angels holocaust, they're screaming Dreams of pain forever entering your head Death and hatred loathing, on mankind it feeds Earth is dead and gone now, we've brought it to an end For the last time I've been betrayed Never again will I subject myself to this hypocrisy Something is drawing me to the other side Only time will tell my true destiny As I travel through the astral plain I see the break of day As though the sky has burst in flames Before the storm I dread Lightning breaks across the sky Blackish-blue at night Riders ride on dismal clouds I scream at heaven's light |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
As I travel through the astral plains
I see the break ahead as though the sky has burst in flames before the storm I dread lightning breaks across the sky blackish blue at night riders ride on dismal clouds I scream at heavens light Storming demons travel through the night the time is almost here I lay in a jacket of steel my scream no one hears I can feel the storm approaching the pain is its' reality the death I breathe is in the air I feel no more, no longer care The trumpets sound as I break free this vision I see just can't be me what is this that I have done why am I the chosen one Fight on, grab on stormrider stormrider Now the rider rides through the night the time is almost here as I lay wrapped in steel my scream no one hears Help me, through this hell inside my life's my own, it's my pride carry on my solid dream save me from this horrid scream Fight on, grab on stormrider stormrider |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
I feel, you'll see, the night cold and dead
But watch out, we walk proud Together now until the end In these times we walk that line These frozen times Winter nights Bridge: Look up to the sky, see the moonlit night The winter night sends shivers up your spine But it's deep inside your mind that's where you may find Inner demons and your desire Don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't you ever give up If you find you've crossed that line Then it's time, a state of mind Believe in what you see Our sacrifice, reality In these times you walk that line these frozen times Winter nights |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
The feeling that you get when we creep inside
You won't see us there, you won't feel our stare But when we're next to you we do all we can do To get the cold sweat out, watch you squirm about And as you try to move we grab and strangle you With all of your deceit and our reality Night Nightmares In the night Hell is coming down, your fate has turned around Too scared to make a sound Now you're frozen there in your human shell It's a nightmare I am the god of fear Night Nightmares In the night |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
Once again we have laid another loved one to rest
And as we fight the grief in our hearts We must realize that the fate of death is inevitable Thus in turn we find that through our trials and tribulations Death may be the only real peace of mind |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
Look, out in the distant sky
Open, up your weakened minds Feel, what's in store for you The jackals howling at the moon See, the curtain of the night Falling, down into your life Doom, is headed straight for you The night comes shining through Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire When the night falls When the moon's full Recall, the look in their eyes The sign of hat, it burns They've come for us, but we'll fight Till death Hypnotizing, paralyzing Brings me to my knees Tantalizing suicide Drives me to the edge When the night falls, when death crawls Frozen in my sleep Rippers slashing, terror laughing Numbers burning deep Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire When the night falls When the moon's full |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
On the fall of our kingdom time would never be the same
cursed mortals,their ignorance brought about undying pain not of life nor of death light...we'll never see again Entombed, now and forever by the suns blinding light trapped by flesh turned to stone, set free by the night lavish lords that we once were condemned to never die as we watch the genocide from on high Long ago...the first age of earth from the dragons womb we're given birth protectors of our fathers right guardians of primordial light how can we save our dying world from the humans lack of sight The darkest corner of your mind is where we choose to live reminding you of what you've lost in your quest for dominance of our children all is gone except the terror in your soul our image cast in stone, which once was flesh and bone The time will come when we rise and reclaim our domain from the war and deceit which infests our world we are all around you watching, waiting...in the shadows |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
The sympathy in my mind is growing cold
Life is like the burning sand so I'm told The time is coming near when solitude appears Take the chains of oppression away Through the sands of time I'm marching on The blistering rays of hate strengthen me The violent mass has shown my destiny Does all of this justify the rage inside Chorus: The desert rain is changing me It's called on me to rise A world of hate and malice Yes, that's the way it seems The hour glass is running out The serpent rides with me We shall rise and conquer Crushing all that's weak All that's light is burning out The serpent rides with me Repeat chorus |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
I came into this world
A screaming infant Forced entry into this life As I grow the pain sustains Deep inside my soul Visions come and visions go But hate will never leave me As I grow the pain sustains Deep inside my soul Visions come and visions go But hate will never leave me Life and death never again I shall not return Soul sucking pious man I shall not return The reflection, an aging soul My body's old and cracked Death soon will be with me Coldness, inactive pain Soul sucked at the speed of light Trapped in someone else No please not again Evil reincarnated The cycle's spun once more Soul sucked at the speed of light |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
Now I feel that I've reached the end
And the end of my quest is close at hand What have I done I've reached the end And as my life slowly fades away There's not one single thing that I'd change What have I done I've reached the end |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
Through the flames I watch
As you plead on your knees The reaper awaits The ride that you take Through the lake, lake of flames Will decide your fate Was all of it worth eternal pain The path you chose to live in vain The river Styx is calling your number The hot winds of Hell breathe your name Bridge: On the night that it came to me It was like nothing I'd ever seen A vision darker than death itself A violent cloud straight from the depths of hell And that's when I saw my destiny As it approached I was frozen still I couldn't move, couldn't scream for help Out of the darkness it reached for me And that's when it planted the evil seed And that's when I saw my destiny Chorus: Travel in Stygian The damned scream my name Travel in Stygian I can't repent it's too late Travel in Stygian Hot winds blow upon me Travel in Stygian No remorse it's too late Bridge The henchman awaits you Yes that's right, step aboard We have a very long journey You owe us You got what you wanted In your mortal life Now your soul is in our grasp It's time Riding on the hot winds of hell Traveling down in the ship of pain I chose this fate no turning back The river Styx has called for me |
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from Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory (1999)
What do I see on the icy plains
The desolate one, it's my terrain The wind it blows cold, howling my name I am the king, the king of this waste Can't you see this barren land lain to waste Ravaged, scorched, yet frozen from your neglect I am the formless one, I came to save You are the chosen ones, you'll be my slaves I stand on the glacier above it all Watching them crumble, watching them crawl Iced Earth has risen, nature will fall Death and destruction mark them or fall Can you feel the madness here Drawing you all too near Earth, fire, water and air Save yourselves from despair We are together now Crush the cowards, do it now End the light, end the one We have come to save the young ones So on an on the story goes Destroying yourselves, the pain it shows Music - Jon Schaffer Lyrics - Jon Schaffer |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Yesterday is gone forever
No turning back the clock In the end, all is sinful No need to bear the pain The end, is coming soon You can't hold out forever Repent your sins to me Before you pass this world In this time I am law I know you've been betrayed From man's word, I'm given life Through loss, I only gain For you, I feel no sympathy No sorrow, no remorse Confess your sins to me They'll be taken by force Chorus: It doesn't matter what you've done In my words you are a sinner For every word you say to me In every way, you are a sinner Question me not I am the one that binds this world You follow without sight I grow stronger every day Take the souls I have damned Burn them in my name These are the burning times The years of pain |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Make the sadness go away
Come back another day For years I've tried to teach But their eyes are empty Empty too I have become For them I must die A sad and troubled race An ungrateful troubled place I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for Make the sadness go away Come back another day The things I've said and done Don't matter to anyone But still, you push me to see Something, I can never be Why am I their shattered king? I don't mean anything I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
You abuse and you victimize
But you're dignified, so you justify It's in your eyes where deception lies So you criticize with cruel eyes Father in black, black as sin Pure hypocrisy to no end Condemnning me and my fellow man I live my life among the damned Chorus: I've gotta do as you say, not as you do You're a man of the cloth, I'm comin' for you You say you can save me, cleanse me of my sin A holy predator, the wolf in sheepskin See the pain in my eyes Disciples of the lie Breeding fear in your twisted smile Pedophile, in denial I taste revenge when I think of you A life of hell you put me through When I find you I'll take you out No remorse, you're going down You see satisfaction in my eyes I vindicate, now you die I've gotta do as you say, not as you do You're a man of the cloth, and I'm comin' for you You say you can save me, cleanse me of my sin A holy predator, the wolf in sheepskin See the hatred in my eyes Disciples of the lie The blackness inside overwhelms me The pain engulfs and turns to rage in me Trapped so deep in my mental hell Release the demons, set me free I've gotta do as you say, not as you do You're a man of the cloth, and I'm comin' for you You say you can save me, cleanse me of my sin A holy predator, the wolf in sheepskin I've gotta do as you say, not as you do You're a man of the cloth, I'm comin' straight for you You say you can save me, cleanse me of my sin A fucking predator, the wolf in sheepskin I want to see you die Disciples of the Lie |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
I had a friend many years ago One tragic night he died The saddest time of my life For weeks and weeks I cried Through the anger and through the tears I've felt his spirit through the years I'd swear, He's watching me Guiding me through hard times (chorus) I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me We shared dreams like all best friends Blood brothers at the age of ten We lived reckless, he paid the price But why? Why did he have to die? It still hurts me to this day Am I selfish for feeling this way? I know he's an angel now Together we'll be someday I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Listen not to ones who preach
Those who feel you're a freak Everything about you is wrong You must be sick, you don't belong Father said, worry not what they say Use your mind, your own free will In a time when everyone follows Ignorance can kill They only say what they want you to hear Half-truths have been twisted to conceal your fate In a world of spoon-fed emotion Intelligence can save Chorus: Stand alone Hear what I say Stand alone You will seize the day Son, say what you mean, don't be afraid Tell them how you feel, hear what I say Be true to yourself and true to your own Your spirit will crush the hearts of stone Stand alone Hear what I say Stand alone It's a leap of faith Stand alone Listen to what I say Stand alone You'll seize the day |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
As human beings, we're a complex thing
Sometimes so beautiful, other times so vain We've built an empire, the blood is on our hands Genocide and the chains that bind The consequence ahead Oh, you ought to know Oh, you ought to know Wrote about in history as if it's all O.K. A race of people murdered another one enslaved Now our world crumbles, it's happening within Open your eyes and realize The world we're living in Oh, you ought to know Oh, you ought to know If we could focus on important things Live and let live true freedom, not everyone's the same No more war for your god, no more war for your race It's our world, it's what we make it Make it a better place Oh, you ought to know Oh, you ought to know We can change the world that we're living in Live and let live true freedom Let the reign begin |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
My only comfort is in death
My only solace, my dying breath For release, I have prayed Thrown past life, not afraid Life's a bitch, life's a whore Nothing less, nothing more There is nothing she would do for me I will end this suffering Chorus: Existence of one man Hatred with no end My madness, my sadness I am my own savior The voices are calling Out of this life, I'm falling There is one choice, that I see In raging flames, The Dark One awaits Existence of one man Hatred with no end My madness, my sadness I am my own savior |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
There is a place far from her home
She strayed her path too long In that wood, she found the stone Lost souls should never look upon At first glance, a lone monolith Lifeless, cold and grey She looked in deep, this timeless relic The lost fall easy prey Come into my world, my child I will take you home I'm your Reaping Stone Come into my world, my child I will take you home I'm your Reaping Stone Think not of ones you've lost Nor of ones you leave I shall give you strength to pass I will set you free Come into my world, my child I will take you home I'm your Reaping Stone Come into my world, my child I will take you home I'm your Reaping Stone |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
I can see clearly now, a painful vision indeed
An attack on hallowed ground, from high above Alien to us, the species known as man A serious threat, in the eyes of the Elder So heed my warning, before our own existence falls near extinct Our culture is lost in ancient mystery, covered in the sands of time A sacred few survive the massacre this night In secret they will meet a new society Ten thousand years from now, a child will be born I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall He'll walk the Earth, two thousand years or more Paving the way, for mankind's fall So there is hope you see, but we must act with great speed Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead, and morph them in the likeness of man Oppressed for centuries, await the prophecy The child will set us free, reclaim it rightfully We'll take their identity and live among them free All the while, plotting events that mold their history We'll build the perfect beast with the knowledge that they seek If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat Assassins we will be, through human history Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree Disciples of the Watch, prepare the coming curse If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat And so, our world is doomed, we'll lay claim again some day There is hope, in the birth of one, so many centuries away |
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from Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Daylight breaks hard on sacred ground
For centuries, we've questioned them of His birth But in this hour, on this day, The Elder knew Years of madness must now subdue Order must be enforced to hide the truth 'Cause on this day, in this hour, it's coming true Child of the wicked and ancient man Baptized in black magic, their master plan Born of the Watch, his prophecy, by their command Conceived of the Beast and in stars above We'll shape and guide him with underlying love Born of the Watch, through sands of time, by their command So, behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end It's up to us now to seal his fate Marked with the proper math, the child's none too late Blessed by the Beast, our Chosen One was born this day He'll rise from the ashes of our dying race Manipulate history, time and space The Elder, Men of the Watch, professed this day So, behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end Behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Yesterday is gone forever
No turning back the clock In the end, all is sinful No need to bear the pain The end, is coming soon You can't hold out forever Repent your sins to me Before you pass this world In this time I am law I know you've been betrayed From man's word, I'm given life Through loss, I only gain For you, I feel no sympathy No sorrow, no remorse Confess your sins to me They'll be taken by force Chorus: It doesn't matter what you've done In my words you are a sinner For every word you say to me In every way, you are a sinner Question me not I am the one that binds this world You follow without sight I grow stronger every day Take the souls I have damned Burn them in my name These are the burning times The years of pain |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Hear now this story of the man that should not be
A ghoul of blackened torment, sullen atrocity A kindred soul to the devils own, malignance personified Cast from his fire he molests the purest light Profane to humanity menaced by flesh and bone Screams of the unknown youth to him the sweetest tone Undying in his will to kill his bloodlust is profound For the blood of the lamb I've got to bring him down Chorus For all the young lives you have slain (Fear now you shall obtain) Vengeance is mine For every young one that has died (Your psychopathic genocide) Vengeance is mine I shall do what the law won't do, I can make the sacrifice In the name of these bodies which held such precious life Mine is not to ask forgiveness this deed I've proudly done Without god without the devil this time I have won Repeat Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Cannons pound into the night
Angels soar into the sky The battle rages on Deliverance unholy one The seeds of hate fly tonight Good and evil light the sky Another vision from inside I know it's wrong I can't deny For seven years I have reigned In this damned and desolate hell Now I've lived the masters vengeance It saved me from myself We paint the sky with blood tonight Setting free the damned to fight The whore of Babylon is here The end of the storm is near Chorus: Pure evil Feel the pain from the jackals wrath Pure evil Dance in flames for the final quest Hear the ghost of violence Fear the God of detriment The land on earth is soaked with blood Hear the screams of the helpless ones Axes yield and daggers fly Ripping through all flesh in sight We paint the sky with blood tonight Setting free the damned to fight The whore of Babylon is here The end of the storm is near Repeat chorus |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
My only comfort is in death
My only solace, my dying breath For release, I have prayed Thrown past life, not afraid Life's a bitch, life's a whore Nothing less, nothing more There is nothing she would do for me I will end this suffering Chorus: Existence of one man Hatred with no end My madness, my sadness I am my own savior The voices are calling Out of this life, I'm falling There is one choice, that I see In raging flames, The Dark One awaits Existence of one man Hatred with no end My madness, my sadness I am my own savior |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Make the sadness go away
Come back another day For years I've tried to teach But their eyes are empty Empty too I have become For them I must die A sad and troubled race An ungrateful troubled place I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for Make the sadness go away Come back another day The things I've said and done Don't matter to anyone But still, you push me to see Something, I can never be Why am I their shattered king? I don't mean anything I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
A force of light, an angel
Sent through time to destroy Avenging the dark ones Descending angelic force Heaven sent the hunter Her mission to crucify Slay the hellspawn His offspring, demonic force Descending from Heaven The angel sworn to bring them down The hunter, the thunder The wrath of heavens comin' down She swore an oath, an allegiance Armageddon is in sight To be the thorn in the devil's back To make him weak, the final fight Descending from Heaven The angel sworn to bring him down The hunter, the thunder The wrath of heavens comin' down |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Through the flames I watch
As you plead on your knees The reaper awaits The ride that you take Through the lake, lake of flames Will decide your fate Was all of it worth eternal pain The path you chose to live in vain The river Styx is calling your number The hot winds of Hell breathe your name Bridge: On the night that it came to me It was like nothing I'd ever seen A vision darker than death itself A violent cloud straight from the depths of hell And that's when I saw my destiny As it approached I was frozen still I couldn't move, couldn't scream for help Out of the darkness it reached for me And that's when it planted the evil seed And that's when I saw my destiny Chorus: Travel in Stygian The damned scream my name Travel in Stygian I can't repent it's too late Travel in Stygian Hot winds blow upon me Travel in Stygian No remorse it's too late Bridge The henchman awaits you Yes that's right, step aboard We have a very long journey You owe us You got what you wanted In your mortal life Now your soul is in our grasp It's time Riding on the hot winds of hell Traveling down in the ship of pain I chose this fate no turning back The river Styx has called for me |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
A twisted state of mind, torn between two worlds
One of which the new me hates and the one that's coming true The power is unleashed, they perish at my gaze But am I really in control or am I just a slave I called upon this god to deliver unto me To grant what I desire he brought me to my knees He turned his back on me and filled me with his lies Ask and I received damnation was the price I signed my name in blood, didn't read the fine print Now I'm just a puppet god for the devils own descent Bound and shackled here forever damned a slave Fallen bloody tears can't wash the pain away Chorus All at once it's clear to me Damnation and destiny A slave to darkness shall I be Damnation and destiny And so I must repent or will I be destroyed Will the one that lives in me release me from this lie And will the wrath of god have mercy on my soul Or humilate me, desecrate me, like his only son Repeat Chorus |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
The time is close now, the end is near
My walk through the valley, trails of fear I feel empty, my penance overdue, I guess it's too late now To be with you I'm extremely frightened of what will surely be I sold myself, the death of me I know you can't forgive me I know I'm on my own, I've betrayed you I walk alone What exactly is the meaning of this Just pawns in your twisted game Severe pain for the lie I'm livin' For a love I never could betray Bridge Question me not say the lord unto thee You have chosen your own fate and your own destiny Denied of this life is what you are to be You have chosen your own fate and your own destiny Lord I pound my fists at you Won't you just let me die Would I not suffer enough No inner peace no after life Repeat Bridge I did what I thought was right All for the love of my life I know it's sad but true Something is very wrong Condemned to suffer so long For a love so true The question that lies within Is so hard to understand It still tears at me And in my dying breath My heart holds no regrets I wouldn't change a thing My spirit begins to rise into the heavenly skies Just to be shunned away by you Now all I want is to die, no streets of gold in the sky And I wash my hands of you Bridge Rising to the heavens light Just to plea for death Just to be denied- |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
The deal was rigged
There's darkness in my soul I want to die again An empty soul shrouded in darkness Alone and confused what am I? Images flash memories jaded He took my life God damn his lies Fight son of the damned, bring down the heavens Smash in the gates, burn 'em down You must accept the fate that you've chosen You will obey your destiny I cheated myself for love Love unconditional Now just to see her face I've lost it all I know there's goodness in me Though I'm not the same I will defy the master I will refuse to be his slave No, I was betrayed I can't accept this My future's unclear, it's a lie I'll follow my heart stand and be counted The curse will lift I will survive I cheated myself for love Love unconditional Now just to see her face I've lost it all |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
The howling winds blow
On this moonlit night Eyes locked in fear With a dark embrace The bitter cold winds Freeze the tears that fall Hands held in grace As we take the final step Obsessed with our love Here is our fate To need the final call On this special winter day A message to our elders They surely won't forget Our love must last forever In death we shall not part It seems like only yesterday Our lives together planned They say it's just a passing phase We're damned by our youth Why does no one understand What we have is real This is not your average love it's forever Last December Mother you have forced us here Last December Father now we'll disappear Last December One last step we fade away So we take the final step Heed the final call Together we are strong Divided we must fall Teenage suicide Our only way out Together we might live Divided we must fall Last December Mother you have forced us here Last December Father now we'll disappear Last December One last step we fade away |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
I had a friend many years ago One tragic night he died The saddest time of my life For weeks and weeks I cried Through the anger and through the tears I've felt his spirit through the years I'd swear, He's watching me Guiding me through hard times (chorus) I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me We shared dreams like all best friends Blood brothers at the age of ten We lived reckless, he paid the price But why? Why did he have to die? It still hurts me to this day Am I selfish for feeling this way? I know he's an angel now Together we'll be someday I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
"Angels Holocaust"
As I walk through the blackened forest Thoughts of hate and anger fill my soul The charred remains of the holy rollers Scream repentance though it's far too late I fight back the laughter at what I see The suffering healers false destined prophecy He didn't think yesterday of the end of his life The brainwashed fools born again of a thousand lies Hate filled screams break the silence Terrifying dreams filling up your head Blasphemy thrusting out, in the masses it reigns The mask of hypocrisy is slowly unveiled Fear the angels holocaust, they're screaming Dreams of pain forever entering your head Death and hatred loathing, on mankind it feeds Earth is dead and gone now, we've brought it to an end For the last time I've been betrayed Never again will I subject myself to this hypocrisy Something is drawing me to the other side Only time will tell my true destiny As I travel through the astral plain I see the break of day As though the sky has burst in flames Before the storm I dread Lightning breaks across the sky Blackish-blue at night Riders ride on dismal clouds I scream at heaven's light |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
As I travel through the astral plains
I see the break ahead as though the sky has burst in flames before the storm I dread lightning breaks across the sky blackish blue at night riders ride on dismal clouds I scream at heavens light Storming demons travel through the night the time is almost here I lay in a jacket of steel my scream no one hears I can feel the storm approaching the pain is its' reality the death I breathe is in the air I feel no more, no longer care The trumpets sound as I break free this vision I see just can't be me what is this that I have done why am I the chosen one Fight on, grab on stormrider stormrider Now the rider rides through the night the time is almost here as I lay wrapped in steel my scream no one hears Help me, through this hell inside my life's my own, it's my pride carry on my solid dream save me from this horrid scream Fight on, grab on stormrider stormrider |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
I can't believe this now
This isn't what I planned I lived and died and now I just can't understand With all the love I feel I could never leave her No matter what the cost My soul's the price to see her Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything The pain was just too much When I finally saw her She's happy and in love In love with my best friend What makes it hurt so bad Is that I love them both And they will never know For love, I sold my soul Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
I can see clearly now, a painful vision indeed
An attack on hallowed ground, from high above Alien to us, the species known as man A serious threat, in the eyes of the Elder So heed my warning, before our own existence falls near extinct Our culture is lost in ancient mystery, covered in the sands of time A sacred few survive the massacre this night In secret they will meet a new society Ten thousand years from now, a child will be born I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall He'll walk the Earth, two thousand years or more Paving the way, for mankind's fall So there is hope you see, but we must act with great speed Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead, and morph them in the likeness of man Oppressed for centuries, await the prophecy The child will set us free, reclaim it rightfully We'll take their identity and live among them free All the while, plotting events that mold their history We'll build the perfect beast with the knowledge that they seek If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat Assassins we will be, through human history Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree Disciples of the Watch, prepare the coming curse If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat And so, our world is doomed, we'll lay claim again some day There is hope, in the birth of one, so many centuries away |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
Daylight breaks hard on sacred ground
For centuries, we've questioned them of His birth But in this hour, on this day, The Elder knew Years of madness must now subdue Order must be enforced to hide the truth 'Cause on this day, in this hour, it's coming true Child of the wicked and ancient man Baptized in black magic, their master plan Born of the Watch, his prophecy, by their command Conceived of the Beast and in stars above We'll shape and guide him with underlying love Born of the Watch, through sands of time, by their command So, behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end It's up to us now to seal his fate Marked with the proper math, the child's none too late Blessed by the Beast, our Chosen One was born this day He'll rise from the ashes of our dying race Manipulate history, time and space The Elder, Men of the Watch, professed this day So, behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end Behold the birth, the wicked child Born of the Beast, in eastern sands He will arise, He will divide He has the power to bring the end |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
I walk the Earth just as they planned
Baptized in fire for my ancient land The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind For many years, I've walked among you Through the folds of time and space Kingdoms fall, leaders die, as I see fit I devour souls of those that pose a threat I walk the Earth another day The wicked one that comes this way Savior to my own, devil to some Mankind falls, something wicked comes I bide my time planning your fate With bated breath, The Elder wait The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye For your crimes on our kind you all will die I walk the Earth another day The wicked one that comes this way Savior to my own, devil to some Mankind falls, something wicked comes Forged in the sacred flames On the sixth day Of the sixth month In the sixth hour I am your anti-Christ, I will destroy mankind Born of the beast and flames I will devour, I will divide Hellfire rages in my eyes Blood will fall like rain this night The coming curse, the anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind I walk the Earth another day The wicked one that comes this way Savior to my own, devil to some Mankind falls, something wicked comes |
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from Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (2000)
What do I see on the icy plains
The desolate one, it's my terrain The wind it blows cold, howling my name I am the king, the king of this waste Can't you see this barren land lain to waste Ravaged, scorched, yet frozen from your neglect I am the formless one, I came to save You are the chosen ones, you'll be my slaves I stand on the glacier above it all Watching them crumble, watching them crawl Iced Earth has risen, nature will fall Death and destruction mark them or fall Can you feel the madness here Drawing you all too near Earth, fire, water and air Save yourselves from despair We are together now Crush the cowards, do it now End the light, end the one We have come to save the young ones So on an on the story goes Destroying yourselves, the pain it shows Music - Jon Schaffer Lyrics - Jon Schaffer |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
Innocence tainted by pure lunacy
Cursed by the slash of a shape-shifting beast Oh no, this can't be Demonic infection, a doomed changeling His future concealed as he begs to be told A kiss from the gypsy, he'll never grow old Oh no, this can't be Demonic infection, a doomed changeling (Chorus) Even a man who's pure And says his prayers by night (He won't hear your prayers) Man become a wolf When the wolf bane blooms, And the autumn moon is bright (There's a full moon tonight) Man may become a wolf. He who is bitten by a wolf and lives Possession soon follows, no use to resist Oh no, this can't be Cursed by the moonlight, a doomed changeling The madness a turmoil that swells up inside To truly find peace is to truly die Oh no, this can't be Cursed by the moonlight, a doomed changeling Now comes the rampage, a killing spree Hunting his loved ones comes instinctively Oh no, it's maddening A shape-shifting demon of pure lunacy A shot from the darkness tears through its flesh A bullet of silver lays it to rest Oh no, it's maddening An innocent victim finds his peace. |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
So the beast resides in me
Deep down I always knew I never really did fit in So diverse from all of you Let him who comprehends Know the number of the beast It's a number of a man A number just for me As the boy becomes a man Father's minions pave the way Set in motion now, Armageddon, Final conflict, end of days I embrace the hounds of hell And the power they oblige For the task that lies ahead The Nazarene I'll crucify They'll see the raptures of our kingdom They'll see the truth to mankind I'll show what hell truly is The monotony of their lives (Chorus) When the Jews return to Zion And a comet fills the sky The Holy Roman Empire rises And you and I must die From the eternal sea he rises Creating armies on either shore Turning man against his brother Till man exists no more Nazarene, what can you offer? Since the hour you vomited forth from the gaping wound of a woman, you have done nothing but drown mens' soaring desires in a deluge of sanctimonious morality. I was conceived of a jackal. Your pain on the cross was but a splinter compared to the agony of my father. I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass, you profaner of Isis. Cursed Nazarene, I will avenge thy torment. Now Disciples of the Watch See your Prince of Darkness rise Through famine and destruction The Four Horsemen at my side I demand a victory, I demand your sacrifice Or spend all eternity In the flaccid guts of Christ! (Chorus) When the Jews return to Zion And a comet fills the sky The Holy Roman Empire rises And you and I must die From the eternal sea he rises Creating armies on either shore Turning man against his brother Till man exists no more |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
I...I am a bastard son
Conceived of a hundred men Now I'm the Chosen One Back, looking back Father William called me Johnny But my mother called me Jack I...I scream out to you As I see them take you Hell, it put me through You...you gave me life Then ripped out my emotion And replaced it with a knife I cut you once, I cut you twice You're my midnight sacrifice You shamed me...you shame God You scream my name, and now you're gone I've seen the rain wash over you a thousand times Your flesh summons me God knows why Repent your sins to me Now...you're no different now Still the same, the Devil's whore Lilith on the prowl I...I've got something for you I know what real pain is And you will too I cut you once, I cut you twice You're my midnight sacrifice You shamed me...you shame God You scream my name, now you're gone |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
Every time you think about it
It tears you up inside You curse the day your mother told you, your father died Now you're always searching Searching for the reason why I've gone But I will always be here By your side, through the darkest night Here I'll stand on the firing line Here I'll walk through the field where I died I will fight and let the voice ring true I am the ghost Standing next to you Every night you go to sleep You pray the Lord my soul to keep You don't know I've not gone away You see I watch over fighting men So they can have peace again And maybe someday you will all be free Here I'll stand on the firing line Here I'll walk through the field where I died I will fight and let the voice ring true I am the ghost Standing next to you You speak to me And I feel your pride Assuring me I'll never die I write Mother... "He's here with me..." He's in our minds He's in our souls Of sacrifice his story's told He holds the flame of freedom for all to see Here we stand on the firing line Here I'll walk in the field where I fight I will fight or die for liberty With the ghost standing next to me Don't tread on me...live free or die!!! To our fallen brothers You died to keep us free To our fallen brothers Who gave us liberty!!! |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
Since the dawn of time, he's been here
Forgotten son, testing all our fears Nature's mistake, he sees no end The dragon's child, walks among man For centuries past, many tribes know the tales Of men not returning, when they've gone there And those who've returned, can't describe what they've seen Their hair has turned white, and they've gone insane Chorus: Oh, beware the blackened water The creature has come to take you away Oh, beware unholy water On this dying day |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
A mastermind in the old watchtower
Prying eyes must never find. Playing God in the final hour Insanity, such a fine line Overwhelmed by the mourning process And the loss of his dearly loved The Doctor's work is now obsession What is life? What's beyond? He wants to know what it's like to be God Creating life with his own hands To reanimate lifeless tissues The Devil's work, the doctor's plan A man of wealth and a genius mind A slave to passion and his morbid side Robbing graves of the newly dead Erratic tendencies, a troubled mind I will create in my own image If God can then why can't I? No thought of the consequences I've got to know the meaning of life Lightning strikes, it's the witching hour The monstrosity comes alive A victim of man's vanity Born in delirium, a deranged child He turns his back on his own creation Chaos ensues, the innocent die Who's the monster? Who's the victim? Crucify!!! Crucify!!! |
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from Iced Earth - Horror Show (2005)
Do you believe in love?
Do you believe in destiny? True love may come only once in a thousand lifetimes... I too have loved...they took her from me I prayed for her soul, I prayed for her peace When I close my eyes I see her face, it comforts me When I close my eyes Memories cut like a knife The blood is the life, and Christ I defy My sworn enemy...birth of a new creed Is this my reward for serving God's own war? The blood I've spilled for faith fulfilled To damn her, a disgrace, you spit back in my face I served you loyally, and you spew blasphemy I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life There are far worse things awaiting man than death Come taste what I have seen I'm spreading my disease I will feed upon His precious child The human race will bleed, they will serve my need I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life I am the dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain Renouncing God of His throne My blood is forever stained For true love, I shall avenge I defy the creed that damned her |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
Make the sadness go away
Come back another day For years I've tried to teach But their eyes are empty Empty too I have become For them I must die A sad and troubled race An ungrateful troubled place I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for Make the sadness go away Come back another day The things I've said and done Don't matter to anyone But still, you push me to see Something, I can never be Why am I their shattered king? I don't mean anything I see the sadness in their eyes Melancholy in their cries Devoid of all the passion The human spirit cannot die Look at the pain around me This is what I cry for Look at the pain around me This is what I'll die for |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
Shooting Star
Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song Love Me Do, I think it was, from there it didn't take him long Got himself a guitar, used to play every night Now he's in a rock and roll outfit and everything's allright Don't you know Johnny told his mama, "Hey, Mama I'm goin' away I'm gonna hit the big time, gonna be a big star some day" Mama came to the door with a teardrop in her eye Johnny said, "Don't cry Mama, smile and wave goodbye" Don't you know Don't you know that you are a shooting star And all the world will love you just as long, as long as you are Johnny made a record, went straight up to number one Suddenly everyone loved to hear him sing his song Watching the world go by, sometimes it can go so fast Johnny looked around him and said, "Damn I made the big time at last" Don't you know Don't you know that you are a shooting star And all the world will love you just as long, as long as you are A shooting star. . . Johnny died one night, died in his bed Bottle o' whiskey, sleeping tablets by his head Johnny's life passed him by like a warm summer day And if you listen to the wind, you can still hear him play Don't you know Don't you know that you are a shooting star And all the world will love you just as long, as long as you are A shooting star. . . |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
I had a friend many years ago One tragic night he died The saddest time of my life For weeks and weeks I cried Through the anger and through the tears I've felt his spirit through the years I'd swear, He's watching me Guiding me through hard times (chorus) I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me We shared dreams like all best friends Blood brothers at the age of ten We lived reckless, he paid the price But why? Why did he have to die? It still hurts me to this day Am I selfish for feeling this way? I know he's an angel now Together we'll be someday I feel it once again It's overwhelming me His spirit's like the wind The angel guarding me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me Oh, I know, oh, I know He's watching over me |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
Reflex in the sky warn you you're gonna die Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties Storm coming, you'd better hide from the atomic tide Turns people into clay, radiation minds decay Robot minds of robot slaves lead them to atomic rage plastic flowers, melting sun, fading moon falls upon Burning globe of oxy'n fire, like electric funeral pyre dying world of radiation, victims of mad frustration Rivers turn to wood, ice melting to flood Buildings crashing down to a cracking ground Tearing life away, here's the burning pay Electric Funeral Earth lies in death bed, clouds cry water dead Electric Funeral Electric Funeral And so in the sky shines the electric eye Electric Funeral Heaven's golden chorus sings, Hell's angels flap their wings Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells! supernatural king takes earth under his wing
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
I can't believe this now
This isn't what I planned I lived and died and now I just can't understand With all the love I feel I could never leave her No matter what the cost My soul's the price to see her Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything The pain was just too much When I finally saw her She's happy and in love In love with my best friend What makes it hurt so bad Is that I love them both And they will never know For love, I sold my soul Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything Oh, how I love you The pain won't go away Oh, when I need you You're always so far away I cry for you Leaving myself to blame I died for you I gave up everything |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
Music/Lyrics: G. Tipton
(Originally performed by Judas Priest) You're in for surprise You're in for a shock In London town streets When there's darkness and fog When you least expect me And you turn your back I'll attack I smile when I'm sneaking Through shadows by the wall I laugh when I'm creeping But you won't hear me at all All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper You'll soon shake with fear Never knowing if I'm near I'm sly and I'm shameless Nocturnal and nameless Except for 'The Ripper' Or if you like 'Jack The Knife' Any back alley street Is where we'll probably meet Underneath a gas lamp Where the air's cold and damp I'm a nasty surprise I'm a devil in disguise I'm a footstep at night I'm a scream of the fright All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper...the ripper....the ripper |
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from Iced Earth - The Melancholy E.p (2001)
Walking in the subway
alone late at night New York city gangs everywhere in sight You feel their anger upon you you feel their hateful eyes walk a little faster now you're fighting for your life As they walk on closer their eyes burn down your back you feel a thousand cries not prepared for their attack A mission bell sent sign a sign that you board soon you've come this far, no turning back we hope you make it too Don't expect, sympathy we don't know, the word you walked my turf, insanity but in this place you die Your life is wasted your blood is tasted as it drips down the blade You didn't make it you couldn't take it you walked the subway you paid Your money's gone your clothes they're torn you're lying in a pool of blood You know you're leaving we watch you grieving but in this place you die Don't expect sympathy we don't know the word you walked my turf, insanity but in this place you die |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
I can see clearly now
A painful vision indeed An attempt at genocide, 12,000 years of pain The human thirst for dominance Leads them to Setian ground The gravest of all threats now exists All galaxies could suffer Imagine the consequences if man does succed The universe and all the lives will suffer evermore Like a virus man will spread Through the time continuum It's a power they can't comprehend A power we must secure So heed my word A prophecy that's bleak and haunting Acceptance not fear Will pave the way for life returning The elder forseen In sacred flames our world is burning Yet more things are clear By grand design, punishment unfolding Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, shall mete no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done Ten thousand souls One for every year of framing One of thirteen the high priest and the twelve that council Charged with our tome Retribution for our loved ones suffering In secret they'll meet A global network that endures for centuries Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, shall mete no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
......at last we will claim
What is rightfully ours Absolute power, absolute knowledge All galaxies and the subjects therein Will kneel before the human race Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge At last within my grasp We are one step closer to cleansing We claim the universe Causing galaxies to cower Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge for... Man will no longer be seen as primitive or inferior Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge for man |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Screaming in agony
Cries fill the air Eyes once full of hope Shedding tears of dispair All that they've ever known is dead Fire reigns from above Iron birds of dread All that they ever loved is dead All that they ever dreamt is dead Yet there's a glint of hope If the chosen can survive In secret the ten thousand hide East in the mountains The chosen bide their time The clouding, our strike on mankind Temples are burning Streets soaked with blood Heed the prophecy Destiny is done All that they ever loved is dead All that they ever dreamt is dead Yet there's a glint of hope If the chosen can survive In secret the ten thousand hide East in the mountains The chosen bide their time The clouding, our strike on mankind |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
I must believe that what's a memory now
Was the only way To know that all of those you love Were just stripped away And now, if I'm the one to lead us Into a brand new day At peace I must be with the brutal truth To truly lead the way Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep And now we must wipe the tears away Gather up our inner strength The loss of those we can't replace Will bring about their fate And though many lifetimes it will take To bring justice on our way We must never falter, we must never fail This is our charge to keep Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
As I reflect on the situation
A heavy heart for the task at hand I witnessed savagery Hands tied to destiny The exodus of the chosen As forseen in the prophecy Hiding until it's time To cloud all the human minds When they spoke of the invasion We were chosen from the ties that bind Bloodlines through centuries Destined to be the ones to lead The twelve and I, a new high council Absorb the power of the Watcher's eye The high priest resides in me The elder lives on in all thirteen |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
A gathering summoned by the elder
The consequence of what's imminent A prophecy dark and foreboding Forces them to face human intent The chosen seek refuge in the mountains Reluctantly the love ones recognize The sacrifice they must adhere to The only hope for future Setian life Like a Martyr sacrifice Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day What we possess, mankind is after Direct decendants of the Architect Children of God, seeds of creation Stakes so high, we must never relent We lie in wait til human minds are clouded Initiation of the master plan Assimilate, build new life among them Centuries will pass, patience will win We are the bane of man. Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain (Earth's Mothers crying out in pain) Erase the Human memory (We have to wipe the tears away) They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken (Our hearts are broken) We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer (Ten thousand seize the day) Ten thousand strong will seize the day |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Passed down through centuries
The order lives and feeds upon them A gobal fraternity Philanthropy, tactical deception In plain sight throughout all time Contriving human decline Instilling those who lead Seizing opportunities Rise of Setian evocation And the order thrives So the day arrives of his birth Rise of Setian evocation And the order lives for the day Of mans coming curse Create divisive creeds Embrace the fact man needs religion Prophets, Saviors and Priests All convinced they have the answers The truth is they'll never know Behind faith they'll hide and hope We'll build them a martyr son Sacrificial lamb, the holy one Rise of Setian evocation And the Order thrives So the day arrives of His birth Rise of Setian evocation And the order lives for the day Of Man's coming curse The object of their divide So convinced their way is right The narrow view of all mankind In the name of God they will divide Rise of Setian evocation And the Order thrives So the day arrives of His birth Rise of Setian evocation And the order lives for the day Of Man's coming curse Rise of Setian evocation And the Order thrives So the day arrives of His birth Rise of Setian evocation And the order lives for the day Of Man's coming curse |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
As I awake I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist? This strange beauty surrounds me But where I am confounds me I see others who appear the same as me A look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly What's the point? What does it all mean? Who am I? Show me a purpose please. Take this sense of wonder Make it go away Please tell me I am not alone and lost here That there is something that made me feel this way Take this sense of sadness Make it go away Please give me something that's familiar A friendly touch, a memorable embrace I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me Twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming I'll stay with those that resemble me To survive this harsh reality As the days pass most have gone their own way Nomadic tribes discover life On a world that seems so strange But still I want answers What's the point? What does all this mean? Take this sense of wonder Make it go away Please tell me I am not alone and lost here That there is something that made me feel this way Take this sense of sadness Make it go away Please give me something that's familiar A friendly touch, a memorable embrace Take this sense of wonder Make it go away Please tell me I am not alone and lost here There there is something that made me feel this way Take this sense of sadness Make it go away Please give me something that's familiar A friendly touch, a memorable embrace Lies, the human core is lies We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate The clouding did divide Fate, we sealed human fate Now they're ours throughout all time To manipulate Never trust in the motives of man They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan And though they seem safe In this early clouded state The nature of their heresy Has proven quite innate Pain, mankind will know pain For their crimes on our kind They'll never be the same Death, they will know death Suffering for centuries At war with every breath Never trust in the motives of man They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan And though they seem safe In this early clouded state The nature of their heresy Has proven quite innate |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
We must be swift
Integrating with man Instating our vision of the Master Plan We'll placate the humans in need Their form we have taken Their tongue we can speak Plotting and planning, total secrecy We'll infiltrate and take the lead Misery unfolding for the rest of time A world that they created for their vicious crimes This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny The ten thousand chosen Charged with our creed Ensuring division in societies Instate the Domino Decree Lead them to wander New lands, 'cross the seas Creating new cultures, fascist or free Division will bring them to their knees Misery unfolding for the rest of time A world that they created for their vicious crimes This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny Misery unfolding for the rest of time A world that they created for their vicious crimes This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Time, thousands of years pass by
But with the ancient rites in tact Man, mankind has multiplied Spreading worldwide as planned Kings and their armies preen Draw lines in the sand Fight for their so called rights To God, gold and land And through the ages we hand them their fate Marionettes on a string Phased retribution precise and exact 'Til the birth of the one sets us free Blood, earth mothers soaked in blood Spilled from the warring clans of man Greed will serve to feed unrest Antagonized within by our hand Pain, death and pestilence Will shake human faith Creeds serving heresy A crutch for man's flawed way And through the ages we hand them their fate Marionettes on a string Phased retribution precise and exact 'Til the birth of the one sets us free And through the ages we hand them their fate Marionettes on a string Phased retribution precise and exact 'Til the birth of the one sets us free |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
I can see clearly now
A painful vision indeed An attempt at genocide, 12,000 years of pain The human thirst for dominance Leads them to Setian ground The gravest of all threats now exists All galaxies could suffer Imagine the consequences if man does succed The universe and all the lives will suffer evermore Like a virus man will spread Through the time continuum It's a power they can't comprehend A power we must secure So heed my word A prophecy that's bleak and haunting Acceptance not fear Will pave the way for life returning The elder forseen In sacred flames our world is burning Yet more things are clear By grand design, punishment unfolding Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, shall mete no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done Ten thousand souls One for every year of framing One of thirteen the high priest and the twelve that council Charged with our tome Retribution for our loved ones suffering In secret they'll meet A global network that endures for centuries Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, shall mete no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Cause, this is the creed that brings effect
That of which mankinds besieged By our plans devised infect Kings and empires rise and fall By the rose and our decree Of the elders prophecy That rids us of the human threat And frees the band of destiny Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankinds fate Kill! Assassinate the ones that lead By their example we deceive With religions we create Martyrs, saviors and their slaves To a sad sadistic need To crucify a puppet king Of a selfish vile race That is filled to the core with greed Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankinds fate Divide! Mankind! Destroy! Their kind! Fear will make us free Cast doubt through history DIVIDE! Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankinds fate Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankinds fate |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Centuries pass step by step
Revelations coming threat Sand of time dark intent Divise creeds breeds discontent Prophecy, stars collide Born is he who turns the tide Ancient rage, vehemence Indignation and torment Dark equation, astrology Armageddon, the reckoning Revelation, astral beast Armageddon, the reckoning Shallow views, intolerance Jewish, Muslim, Protestant The root of man's insolence Lies in fear and arrogance A valid threat if they unite Moses, Muhammad, Jesus Christ Born of man with second sight Twist their words we will divide Dark equation, astrology Armageddon, the reckoning Revelation, astral beast Armageddon, the reckoning If humans learn what's truly at stake And of the birth of Set Abominae Their primitive minds, a maddened state, no Frame it as the Elder deemed Frame it our way Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
Look unto the days of warning,
A night that the sky is burning, When stars collide Pure mathematical perfection, Ancient pain feeds resurrection, When stars collide Forged in flames - Sacred fire Born of eastern sands - In guile Born is he, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Sincerest veneration, For he that vindicates the end of man Sworn are we, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Unleash abomination, As we accelerate the end of man... Look unto the days of warning, A night that the sky is burning, When stars collide Pure mathematical perfection, Ancient pain feeds resurrection, When stars collide Forged in flames - Sacred fire Born of eastern sands - In guile Born is he, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Sincerest veneration, For he that vindicates the end of man Born is he, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Sincerest veneration, For he that vindicates the end of man Born is he, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Sincerest veneration, For he that vindicates the end of man Born is he, ten millennia After the Clouding of man Sincerest veneration, For he that vindicates the end of man |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
A gathering summoned by the elder
The consequence of what's imminent A prophecy dark and foreboding Forces them to face human intent The chosen seek refuge in the mountains Reluctantly the love ones recognize The sacrifice they must adhere to The only hope for future Setian life Like a Martyr sacrifice Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day What we possess, mankind is after Direct decendants of the Architect Children of God, seeds of creation Stakes so high, we must never relent We lie in wait til human minds are clouded Initiation of the master plan Assimilate, build new life among them Centuries will pass, patience will win We are the bane of man. Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain Erase the Human memory They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day Await the days of clouding Earth's Mothers sharing in our pain (Earth's Mothers crying out in pain) Erase the Human memory (We have to wipe the tears away) They know not of where they came And Though our hearts are broken (Our hearts are broken) We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer (Ten thousand seize the day) Ten thousand strong will seize the day |
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from Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon [Special Edition] (2009)
I can see clearly now, a painful vision indeed
An attack on hallowed ground, from high above Alien to us, the species known as man A serious threat, in the eyes of the Elder So heed my warning, before our own existence falls near extinct Our culture is lost in ancient mystery, covered in the sands of time A sacred few survive the massacre this night In secret they will meet a new society Ten thousand years from now, a child will be born I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall He'll walk the Earth, two thousand years or more Paving the way, for mankind's fall So there is hope you see, but we must act with great speed Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead, and morph them in the likeness of man Oppressed for centuries, await the prophecy The child will set us free, reclaim it rightfully We'll take their identity and live among them free All the while, plotting events that mold their history We'll build the perfect beast with the knowledge that they seek If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat Assassins we will be, through human history Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree Disciples of the Watch, prepare the coming curse If it takes ten thousand years, we never will retreat And so, our world is doomed, we'll lay claim again some day There is hope, in the birth of one, so many centuries away |
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