Iced Earth
Album • 2017
A storm is raging on the open sea We are the outcasts No friends of sophistry Betrayed Banishment Embracing chaos, the only creed Scourge of nations The empires enemies Betrayed! Banishment! With the stroke of a pen a treaty is signed Now deemed as outlaws Once employed by the crown with letters of marque Giving us sanctioned plunder No longer the fools or pawns in their game of economic warfare Do they really believe they control us? Our greatest strength is independence We live out our last days With barrels of rum, black powder And the clash of the blades... You will fire the guns upon my command Unleash full broadside Destroying the mast, the rigging, the sails The shrapnel devastating Boarding the sloop Flintlock in hand, one shot Grenades are flying Running them through with my cutlass The blood and the steel, the slashing and screaming We live out our last days With barrels of rum, black powder And the clash of the blades Stories foretold of silver and gold And the empires greed Well god damn the queen We’ll string up the kings We’re rogues of the seas The freest of men fly no colors at all And our creed is our own We spit on our hands Hoist the black flag And begin to slit throats! We live out our last days With barrels of rum, black powder And the clash of the blades Stories foretold of silver and gold And the empires greed Well god damn the queen We’ll string up the kings We’re rogues of the seas The freest of men fly no colors at all And our creed is our own We spit on our hands Hoist the black flag And begin to slit throats Stories foretold of silver and gold And the empires greed Well god damn the queen We’ll string up the kings We’re rogues of the seas The freest of men fly no colors at all And our creed is our own We spit on our hands Hoist the black flag And begin to slit throats!
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025
Another long and restless night The pain inside You’ve fought it all these years And now you’re growing tired You won’t suffer very long It’s almost time I’ve waited oh so long to feel our souls unite I know you feel me I know you’ll see me when it’s over My one and only You won’t be lonely when it’s over... When I was taken from your side That tragic night I was peering through the veil A respite from that life You will love it on this side It’s paradise Release the pain, just let it go It’s almost time I know you feel me I know you’ll see me when it’s over My one and only You won’t be lonely when it’s over... (Come to me my love) (I am waiting) (Feel my pull through the veil) I know you feel me I know you’ll see me when it’s over My one and only You won’t be lonely when it’s over... ...
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025
He was drawn into the shaman’s sacred place Where the relic calls his name Just a minion in its game In a trancelike state a vessel for its needs Oh on innocence it feeds The relic whisked away From the window he sees his father coming home From his trips around the world He feels its presence drawing near Clenching tightly to this evil heinous thing His father gives the gift to him He feels the power from within It awakens preying on this child And its evil seeping in A millennia begins As the tears fall from the shaman’s eyes The boy is filled with sin And corruption swells within The relics evil grows and twists within the boy Entombed and bound within his soul He sees his flesh begin to crawl Ancient being spews and fills him with its hate Oh and death will pave its way Building kingdoms of dismay It awakens preying on this child And its evil seeping in A millennia begins As the tears fall from the shaman’s eyes The boy is filled with sin And corruption swells within It awakens preying on this child And its evil seeping in A millennia begins As the tears fall from the shaman’s eyes The boy is filled with sin And corruption swells within As he looks in his father’s eyes Life drains from him Blood spills, painting the earth beneath his feet Anointed by death His path engrained The relic sleeps no more...
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 24, 2025
This track is instrumental.
In a thousand lifetimes we have sailed the seven seas Climbed the highest mountains We have crossed the desert plains Fought and died in many battles It feels like an endless war Warring sprits take their toll Finding strength with kindred souls! I will help carry your pain For me I know you’ll do the same Especially through the hardest times I’m always standing by your side Whether lawless and enraged Born in chaos for the stage We are meant to live this life Getting strong with every fight... Brothers standing side by side Our bond will never falter Brothers ready for the fight Forged with strength and honor Brothers standing side by side We’ll set the world on fire Brothers ready for the fight Take our spirits higher The ties that bind us will not break Many others will forsake Attempt to conquer and divide All have failed, some have tried Moving forward we will triumph And our trust will never crumble Every challenge we will face Our bond is stronger everyday... Brothers standing side by side Our bond will never falter Brothers ready for the fight Forged with strength and honor Brothers standing side by side We’ll set the world on fire Brothers ready for the fight Take our spirits higher Brothers standing side by side Our bond will never falter Brothers ready for the fight Forged with strength and honor Brothers standing side by side We’ll set the world on fire Brothers ready for the fight Take our spirits higher
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 24, 2025
They will try to crush your spirit Everyday just trying to bear it Dire thoughts to escape this suffering Tear this pain away With the blade in your wrist Something in you says you must resist They are weak, you are strong Accept this – you must take control You are rising The strength inside you With your defiance you will not be broken This torment has its reasons Your defiance takes your spirit higher Parasites that try to hurt you Manipulate and strip your virtue You are the master of yourself They will never take away Smash through the wall of their hate Just pawns to insecurities They decay in sorrow and rage Their malice fades away You are rising The strength inside you With your defiance you will not be broken This torment has its reasons Your defiance takes your spirit higher Never falter! Find your solace! (Rise!) (Fight!) No more weakness! (Rise!) (Fight!) (Rise!) (Fight!) Exile torment! (Rise!) (Fight!) Wiping tears and blood from your face Rise above the cowards of disgrace Realize they’re just as beaten Overcome the fear You must know they can’t break your soul You are strong, stronger than you know Their power inside is fiction Oppressor is defied You are rising The strength inside you With your defiance you will not be broken This torment has its reasons Your defiance takes your spirit higher You are rising The strength inside you With your defiance you will not be broken This torment has its reasons Your defiance takes your spirit higher
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