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The Powers That Be
05:59
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Circles of light to infinity
Every one is a star
And each is a fragment of all divinity
And will take its course across and afar
Who claims the right of omnipotence?
Who claims power over me?
Bring me their heads
Set loose the war dogs
Blood will flow
By the Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
Who is coming to save us?
Who is coming now
To save our spirits?
Who would think it, still
Who would dare to say?
Who would wish it, to steal my dreams away?
Who would plot out a greater good for me?
Who would want to enslave humanity?
Would the Powers That Be?
Bring me their heads
Set loose the war dogs
Blood will flow
By the Powers That Be
No one’s coming to save us
No one’s coming
Will we stand and save ourselves?
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2. |
Will We Rise
04:21
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Old wars we never won
We fight, lose and die the same
Re-conquered by a foe we can’t name
Stand up! We cannot fall!
We fool ourselves and heed the call
Marching blindly into blame
Will We Rise?
Tear down all the lies they told
To make us pay
We’re trapped in a snare
But the bait that we’re clutching is
Poison and cold
We’re caught unaware
In the throes of the promise of
Comfort and gold
We gnaw our legs to stay alive
We drown in blood but still we strive
To sow the barren seeds they sold
Will We Rise?
Taking back the lives they dared
To steal away
Now dark stars have aligned
The plague has come to claim us,
Dress our flesh in dirt and lime
We starve in our shelters
And cower in our caves
Crawl out just to fight ourselves
For the right to be their slaves
Will tomorrow be the same dead, grey,
Eternal today?
Will this sorrow never go away?
We’re dying to wake ourselves up
But I don’t think we’re dreaming
Will We Rise?
Tear down all the lies they told
To make us pay
Will We Rise?
Taking back the lives
They stole away
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3. |
Waiting to Drown
02:41
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I dreamed I walked along a riverbed
Burned up and barren, full of holes
I saw a flower try to lift its head
Before the sun would take its toll
The fragile flower was my soul
I walked until there came a confluence
That once beheld a mighty sea
And there I sifted through the evidence
That had become my destiny
And in this place
Where even truth cannot be found
Is where I lay my body down
So as I lie there in my riverbed
Until the sky went black and cold
I saw that flower try to lift his head
and for the rain his arms unfold
Trusting the rain to flood the ground
Thirsting for love... waiting to drown
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4. |
Lost in the Waves
05:28
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The battle was over
And so was the war
They locked us together
And marched us to shore
With sun on our faces
And swords at our back
A hundred more paces
To drown in the black
Is this our destiny
As we enter the sea?
Is this our paradise
In the depths of defeat?
A new generation
Damnation shall bring
Sorrow’s creation
And I’ll be their king
And after a thousand years
A revenge shall be made
Those who have drowned us here
Shall be all washed away
Lost in the waves
When the gods undersea
Crack our hell suddenly
Calm at first, just a breeze
Before our wave of death released
They will be roused by the roar
Run to the shore
And the oceans will rise up and swallow them
They will be lost in the waves
Adrift in their graves
When the oceans will rise up and swallow them
The elders were peaceful
The young ones more brave
They crawled for the beaches
Then joined us the same
They will be roused by the roar
Run to the shore
And the oceans will rise up and swallow them
They will be lost in the waves
Adrift in their graves
When the oceans will rise up and swallow them
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5. |
Ride Us to Hell
04:24
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Immortal beast
We have unleashed
All the cruelty inside us
An evil dream
A wicked scheme
Another tragedy divides us
How many better men
Crawl to their fate
And how many lesser men
Torture, terrorize, and hate
Torture, terrorize, and hate you
Lies and hypocrisy
Casting the spells of disharmony
Godless theocracy
Ride us to hell where we all run free
They make the facts
We buy the act
Propaganda confuses
We take the stage
And join the rage
We never stop the abuses
Why do you seem surprised?
Did you get fooled?
For now, those who told the lies
Conquer, colonize, and rule
Conquer, colonize, and rule you
Lies and hypocrisy
Casting the spells of disharmony
Godless theocracy
Ride us to hell where we all run free
A violent storm
In every form
Strikes as all of humanity falls
In disbelief
And ancient grief
There’s no hope for the future at all
And when all the blood has been shed
Who will remain?
One day we all will be dead
Silent solitude awaits
Silent solitude awaits you
Lies and hypocrisy
Casting the spells of disharmony
Godless theocracy
Ride us to hell where we all should be
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6. |
When the World Was Mine
05:00
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Outside today
Drifting with the dust
Haunted by what was
I cried all day
Cause all my hope was gone
My strength to carry on
Crawling home in dying light
To drag myself inside
I’m somehow still alive
I close my eyes
And the dream begins again
Soon I’m flying
Straight into the storm
To be reborn
Lightning flash
And it penetrates my soul
And I shatter
In a thousand righteous lives
For one more night
I won’t surrender
Before the end of time
I still remember
Back when the world was mine
And in my dream
By the power of the night
I am godly
Like a stream of sacred light
And I burst in flight
I won’t surrender
Before the end of time
I still remember
Back when the world was mine
So sweetly
Deep inside my sleeping mind
That’s my way to stay alive
At the edge of time
I’m becoming one again
Now I’m fading
By the lonely light of dawn
When the world is gone
But before I burn
In reality’s return
Just one more wish
May I never wake again
And this dream not end
I won’t surrender
Before the end of time
Cause I still remember
Back when the world was mine
When the world was mine
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7. |
Freedom
05:06
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All you outsiders
And castaways
Hear you now our words
We march today
We’re all survivors
We bear the scars
The future’s in our hands
Not written in the stars
Is your back against the wall?
No! No!
Have our spirits been defeated?
No! No!
Stand together one and all
Our battle call is
Freedom
We know our destiny
It’s Freedom
And it will come
Freedom
This is no mystery, just
Freedom
Cause we’re still young
And we want more
To every nation
In every tongue
Shout across the seas
To everyone
Each generation
Thy ills be done
The time is now to bond
Our holy ghosts as one
Cause they’re coming for our souls
No! No!
And we will not be defeated!
No! No!
Stand together in control
The only goal is
Freedom
We know our destiny
It’s Freedom
And it will come
Freedom
This is no mystery, just
Freedom
Cause we’re still young
And we want more
We want more
We stand together today
To reclaim our every right
To be free and dignified citizens of the world
All you outsiders
And castaways
Hear you now our words
We march today
Now light the fires
Prepare the feast
Humanity shall rise
And flood the streets
Is your back against the wall?
No! No!
Have our spirits been defeated?
No! No!
Stand together one and all
Our battle call is
Freedom
We know our destiny
It’s Freedom
And it will come
Freedom
This is no mystery, just
Freedom
Cause we’re still young and we want more
We want more
This is war
We’re fighting for Freedom!
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8. |
Dying Sun
06:48
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They say the noonday sun burned a brilliant gold
On crystal palaces towering high
They sing of empires dancing for their queens of old
Whose soldier-scholars conquered the sky
All I see is the ember of a dying sun
All I know are these ruined mounds of the dead
All I hear are the strains of songs no longer sung
All I dream are words in books that can't be read
Now when I cast my mind back to early days,
A distant time not so long ago
All life seemed lit by warmer and brighter rays
And greater deeds were done in their amber glow
All I see is the ember of a dying sun
All I know are these ruined mounds of the dead
All I hear are the strains of songs no longer sung
All I dream are words in books that can't be read
Worn away, as by raindrops carving a canyon
Grain by grain, all our works are borne to the sea
Stars will fade, and the days dissolve into darkness
Cold and grey, nothing left to do or be
One debt we pay, everyone, the same:
the price of birth
Though I will die in the dark
I lived,
The last of my kind
On the sunlit earth
All I dream is the dying sun
All I hear...
All I know...
All I see...
All I feel… is the cold, dead sun
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9. |
I Can Hear Them
04:42
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Now in the twilight
Clouds overhead
A stillborn sunrise
Still closer to the end
Eyes in shadows
And faces in the moon
They see you clearly now
And whisper of your doom
Oh! Humanity
Starts to fade away
Now in silence
In the grey haze of dawn
The undead choir stands
Waiting for a song
With angels in the wings
A demon in your ear
Flies toward the flame
Damned to disappear
Oh! Inhumanity!
Some did not survive
But they kept the rest alive
And will not be denied
I can hear them
Calling me
I can hear them
Restlessly
I can hear them
Calling me
I can hear them
Endlessly
Free from history
Come back to take it all
Without sympathy
Like a ghost to break the wall
We join the symphony
And rage against despair
One more voice forever
Echoes through the air
I can hear them
Calling me
I can hear them
Restlessly
I can hear them
Calling me
I can hear them
Endlessly
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