Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory lyrics
Tracks 01. Enter The Realm
02. Colors 03. Angels Holocaust 04. Stormrider 05. Winter Nights 06. Nightmares 07. Before The Vision 08. Pure Evil 09. Solitude 10. The Funeral 11. When The Night Falls 12. Burnt Offerings 13. Cast In Stone 14. Desert Rain 15. Brainwashed 16. Life And Death 17. Creator Failure 18. Reaching The End 19. Travel In Stygian 20. Dante's Inferno 21. Iced Earth 01. Enter The Realm Music by Schaffer
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02. Colors Music by Schaffer, Shawver Lyrics by Schaffer
Walking in the subway
Alone late at night New York City gangs Everywhere in sight Your fell 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 Your 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 03. Angels Holocaust Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 04. Stormrider Music by Schaffer, Shawver Lyrics by Schaffer,
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 05. Winter Nights Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 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 06. Nightmares Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 07. Before The Vision Music by Shawver, Abell Lyrics by Schaffer
Go now, into the plains
Seek out, the answers you'll find Visions will be shown to you At night by the lit desert moon Be strong, ride forth in pride Our destiny, lies in your hands Visions will be shown to you You're truly his chosen one 08. Pure Evil Music by Go now, into the plains Lyrics by Schaffer
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] 09. Solitude Music by Schaffer, Shawver
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10. The Funeral Music by Schaffer, Shawver
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11. When The Night Falls Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 12. Burnt Offerings Music by Schaffer, Shawver Lyrics by Schaffer
n one last breath
You'll feel this damned old soul You'll see the things I see For all these years Of pain and sacrifice You'll know the pain I know Of all these things I offer unto you Infernal wisdom waits Now unleashed Like the flames of hate My sacrifice is made Every note And every word you hear Comes from deep within An angry soul That twists and turns inside Pondering this life Crimson eyes Staring through your lies Awakes the inner rage Take my knife Make my sacrifice You're my burnt offering Spill your blood Offer me good omen Make the sacrifice, the hours close at hand Burn your soul Offer me good omen Take your very life, this I command Dark shadows fall on this sacred ground Where true evil lies, summon them to rise Take the traitors, thieves and liars Feed them to the fire But first, spread their blood around The message will be found Walk carefully my friends stab my back again A warning from the sky These are not idle threats my friends We're slaughtering the lambs True vengeance is on the rise The traitors shall be damned Cast their bodies to the flames Spill your blood Offer me good omen Make the sacrifice, the hours close at hand Burn your soul Offer me good omen Take your very life, this I command 13. Cast In Stone Music by Schaffer, Shawver, Abell Lyrics by Barlow
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 14. Desert Rain Music by Schaffer, Abell Lyrics by Schaffer
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] 15. Brainwashed Music by Schaffer, Shawver Lyrics by Schaffer
And so we begin with another sun
The earth's enslaved with hypocrites They lay their heads to rest at night Say a little prayer and all is right Christ it's nothing personal You've got to see They twist and turn your words For their own needs They're brainwashed puppets The almighty crutch Cowards of reality And their dying love Living life in total lies Judging others Believe that I say or burn in hell Bow down your head You won't feel so bad Do as I say or burn in hell Close your eyes, look deep inside Master of the ignorant Master of the lies Judgment day is close at hand Generate that blasphemy Master of the damned Lies Now behind your reflection Lies the one who knows the truth Your conscience will condemn you On judgment day you'll lose It seems very odd to me How you sin and feel so free And all you have to do is say Forgive me ... I believe Lies, foolish lies Behind your brainwashed eyes Lies, foolish lies Behind your brainwashed eyes Judge me not my shallow friend Lest ye be judged yourself You abuse the words you preach You mold them for yourself Brainwashed hypocrisy Justifies the life you lead Forgive me father I have sinned Lay my head to rest again Living life in total lies Judging others Believe what I say or burn in hell Trust in me, say yes I believe Do it now or burn in hell 16. Life And Death Music by Schaffer, Shawver Lyrics by Schaffer
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 17. Creator Failure Music by Schaffer, Shawver, Abell Lyrics by Schaffer
A lonely maiden stands
Bound to the obelisk As she tugs and pulls And tries to twist Shackles slice her virgin wrists Blood now covers her tiny hands How does thou receive this fate? She asks of her own mind Purity, innocence, encourage death Life... gone is mine I also ask of you my lord Thy god in heaven For I understand the error of mans ways But of creation and the seven days When was created the murky haze From which the beast has risen Fail me not my master For this is your creation Your son the bastard Leviathan Blackness, dripping stench Unrelenting vice Vile embellishment Transcending pure evil Standing now before her eyes Wings expanding...she's going to die Belching blue green fire Flesh feeds the desire The serpent gods apocalyptic smile Come to me my demon brother Of us both and our fathers A failure of creation ... abomination 18. Reaching The End Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 19. Travel In Stygian Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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. 20. Dante's Inferno Music & lyrics by Schaffer
Through the fiery caverns we sail
Virgil at my side my guide and master Questing through the nine plains of hell Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul Slowly now the days departing The darkened air releases me Frightening visions of my journey Entrance me to limbo I'm not Free Abandon all hope who enter here Enter the gates, Charon awaits Abandon all hope who enter here For this is where all things are left behind Every doubt and every cowardice must die Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair The souls that wail on this plain pray for death Denial is the reason for their suffering Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need Descention, thrusting to the second plain Minos judges as his tail twines Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas Drifting now down deeper, into eternal flames Awake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rain Punished for their gluttony, languid for all time The earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all time The vicious beast Cerebus, three heads, blooded eyes Tears his talons through the air, all the skinners cry Down, be still thy cursed wolf The master scorns its name Dive to the next plain The sullen and the vain Suffer for greed The prodigal they bleed For all eternity Plutus holds the key Damned, the wrathful and the vain Suffer the fifth plain Cross the river Styx Heed your crucifix The mudded corpses cry Howling to the sky Reach the other side Open wide the gate Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames Passing through the gate of dis the furies scream her name Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise The spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries Queen of vipers, queen of serpents Cast their souls to stone Spread to wealth of Gorgon's power Medusa's inner soul We're drawing ever closer to the seventh hell They violate their neighbors, their god and themselves We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony The twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh He impales their hearts with ease And shrugs their piercing screams Pity is they'll never die They'll suffer here eternally Imagine a place where every horror comes to life Where every torture is real and time stands still Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit Praying all the while for a quick & painless death Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds Lucifer ... angel of light Cast below god of ice Ruling hell unholy trinity The traitors freeze for all eternity Lucifer ... betrayer of god Tormentor ruthless and cold Judas' screaming here in agony The traitors freeze for all eternity 21. Iced Earth Music & lyrics by Schaffer
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 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 |