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Persuader - Evolution Purgatory lyrics



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01. Strike Down

I don't care for the riddles unspoken
March to the cross and believe
My faith is never ending
Now assail the creation of life

No one there to welcome
A bright light, on a deserted plain
Your God is absent
And Heaven abandoned

We'll find a place, where we're no strangers
Past revelation
My true dominion

[Chorus:]
Strike down, this fierceful entity
They stand on their ground or they run
Won't cease the morning sun
'cause we stole heaven from the Earth

Harsh, demeaning, endless seaming
This was all I was given
One fatal last mistake
The word of remorse came too late

No one there to welcome
A bright light, on a deserted plain
Your God is absent
And Heaven abandoned

[Chorus:]
Strike down, this fierceful entity
They stand on their ground or they run
Won't cease the morning sun
'cause we stole heaven from the Earth

[Stick:]
We'll find our way there
And then return
We'll bring the storms

[Chorus:]
Strike down, this fierceful entity
They stand on their ground or they run
Won't cease the morning sun
'cause we stole heaven from the Earth

02. Sanity Soiled

So what's left when all is said and done
Who would deprive us our light to be
Lunacy unbound
But in the shadows eyes still lure
Awaiting every chance to set us free
Free us from our sanity

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

Fragments of pain will return
My life's so precious to sacrifice
To this darkened world
You're my nameless God
Earth you walked for infinity
Shattering my everything

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

You know it ain't right, you know it ain't so
There's gotta be more to life than you know
Break the chains and see the light again
Maybe you'll beg, maybe you'll pray
Maybe there's more to life than decay
Trade your soul for one more day

Finally, my swarming soul is free
But every time you set on me
You'll be afraid to die
Sends shivers up my spine

[Solo]

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

You know it ain't right, you know it ain't so
There's gotta be more to life than you know
Break the chains and see the light again
Maybe you'll beg, maybe you'll pray
Maybe there's more to life than decay
Trade your soul for one more day

Humanity
A feeling weaker
Then your need to control

So much is asked in silence
My hands are soiled with blood
Your world spawned through violence
EVOLUTION PURGATORY

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

03. Masquerade

As the hours are turning into days
I pinch my skin, not sure that I'm awake or dead
Emotions carved in stone we are
Sons of the morning, daughters of the day
Buried and fading

No more charades
Love
A masquerade

[Chorus:]
Another day to spend in silence
Another way to do you wrong
So many open wounds that're never gonna heal
This is the time, the place, the hour
Set me free

Sanity reformation, the shape I can't resist
I close the door and open up the next
I'm crawling back to nothing
In hell I'm doing you right, wicked and cold
The break of dawn relieves demise

No more charades
Love
A masquerade

[Chorus:]
Another day to spend in silence
Another way to do you wrong
So many open wounds that're never gonna heal
This is the time, the place, the hour
Set me free

Falling illusions
A dream I can't forget
Remembrance not enough
I'll end it here right now

Let's have some Armageddon

The ashes of what once was
Brings the torment to enslave

[Chorus:]
Another day to spend in silence
Another way to do you wrong
So many open wounds that're never gonna heal
This is the time, the place, the hour
Set me free

04. Godfather

Mesmerize my existence
No one knows and never will
Ignorance brought me pleasure
So the seven deadly sins

Hear me and my calling
Receive my prophecy
Know the pure face of evil
The truth will set me free

It dwells within your heart
A dark desire
Your love turns to hate
Now follow me forever

I m the persuader
I serve not the human race
Unleash the final fire
And crucify the lie

Cast down, onto earth
Our wings from us they stole
Though deceit feeds on both sides
We will crawl for him no more

Fear thee, one and only
Not held by leash and chain
Skies will burn and mark our return
You'll die in vain

It dwells within your heart
A dark desire
Your love turns to hate
Now follow me forever

I m the persuader
I serve not the human race
Unleash the final fire
And crucify the lie

Unleash the final fire
And crucify the lie

Shadows
Reflect on the fallen
An assembly of hate
I'm your reaper
Godfather of evil

I m the persuader
I serve not the human race
Unleash the final fire
And crucify the lie

Unleash the final fire
And crucify the lie

05. Turn To Dust

Firelit stares takes me deep beneath
The overworld I no longer miss
Choice between the fist of a demon
And the seduction of an angels kiss

In sickness
In health
Shooting up the stealth
Wrath and desire of the ancients

Carnage, be done that lit the sun
Behold the black star rising

Wearer of horns
Bringer of pain
Tearing up my soul
A passionate provider
My heart is where the pain grow

[Chorus:]
You turn your face away
Another sleepless night
Dark clouds descending
With them a precious sight

Another place fortold
A palace for the frozen
Pray for the trust
True to the soil
Believers turn to dust

Cold dry veins, your eyes open wide
Pleasance of light is gone
Always lack of persistence
The never ending chase is on

The fury
The rage locked up in a cage
Breaking the boundaries of existence

Terror and screams
Don't know what it means
"Your ignorant virtues, haunt me now"

Final deal set
The end of the line
Inject the paradise
No longer in control
Your life flash before your eyes
You're sanctified

[Chorus:]
You turn your face away
Another sleepless night
Dark clouds descending
With them a precious sight

Another place fortold
A palace for the frozen
Pray for the trust
True to the soil

Blinded and drained by the fantasies and lies
The spark in your eye forever gone
Once strong but challenged by darkness and grief
The flame flickers weak and dies

[Chorus:]
You turn your face away
Another sleepless night
Dark clouds descending
With them a precious sight

Another place fortold
A palace for the frozen
Don't share your lust

06. Passion/Pain

Another evening
Another night closes in
The young ones fall asleep
It won't be long
'till your minds cease to be

Time for the final round
The walls are closing on me
The sights won't go away
It won't be long
Your flesh will be ours

Set my desire free
It's hard to see
When you're watching through misty eyes

We're searching for the cure
From time to time submit
No one is left untouched
And no one can escape
Our passion

Climbing higher now
Plain of distortion secured
The scene of our decay
Why interfere
Let the madness begin

Master
You know I am been waiting
There's someone here with me
The pain won't go away
Set me free

07. Raise Hell

False believer everything is sacred, so cynical
Your castle's ground is shaking,
But you burry your head in the sand
You think you've earned the privilege of blessing, symbolic
Forcefeeding the lies
Mastering the arts

Our innocence
Nothing that lasts
Forever

Over and over again, you drain my soul
One human's loss, another's gain
One for all and all for you alone
My mind is fractured
Denied are our lives

Our innocence
Nothing that lasts
No longer Me, Myself and I

I demand your obedience, so kneel
In this my world there is nothing but fear
I reveal the things you cannot see
Fire inferno
I'll raise Hell to be

Trust I sought, but you defied me, into darkness I dive
The noble soul is resting
Safe within its hive
The image of you fades to black
How could we ever drift so far apart
In ruin lies my heart

Deprive me all you think is real
Come on, just laugh at my demise
As years were wasted on my youth
You slashed and burned my inner truth
I'll lead my bullets to their burial ground
Right between your eyes

I demand your obedience, so kneel
In this my world there is nothing but fear
I reveal the things you cannot see
Fire inferno
I'll raise Hell to be

08. To The End

To be, to see
What lies beneath the service
It dwells within your heart
A marriage made in flesh
Welcome damnation

The passion in your eyes
An angel hiding within
So hard to realize
Sensations carved in stone
Are matters now postponed

Desire brings you down
I'm not your saint, nor your sinner
I'm just your devil

To late I awake There's nothing left for me
So flash before me now
A sign of true belief

Awaiting the dreadful dead
The scoundals and the hounds
Nothing stays the same
Your world is coming down
Closer to the end

Desire brings you down
I'm not your saint, nor your sinner
One more step and you're in hell
Facing the fire
It's not the last goodbye

Life is fading
Sorrows waiting
But there isn't only you
In the kingdom of the dead

Desire brings you down
I'm not your saint, nor your sinner
I push you off the edge
With two outstretched fingers
And my soul remains free
To the end...

09. Fire At Will

Stalking the shadows in search for a dream
The dream of neon-nightmares
From your guns they feed

A target selected
Coming up from behind

Now the light of the city
It triggers his mind
Behind corners lies the judgment so unkind

A target selected
Left is a body undead
So face it

No one knows the one who dies
It's never to be told
Spinal chill, fire at will
A will for more, printed to the core
Left is a body undead

The dawn approaches, it's killing his lust
Beams of light ascend and penetrate his eyes

Every second you're away, he's falling

When the sun begins to fade, I'm mourning
And as the shadow kills the light I'm burning
But the world won't stop, it keeps turning

10. Wipe Out

The world is trembling
This world is torn and bleeding
No hopes or promises
No one to lead us

Of Mother Nature with might
We took control
The sound of darkness
Can you hear the call

Embrace technology's true faces
(the poison or the cure)

By the weakness of men you made earth to your grave
I brought you the sun to find you burning
My innocence you shattered and denied
Armageddon Wipeout

Our end closing in
Our time on earth expired
Like fools we celebrate
This downward spiral

We'll find salvation through destruction
Bright, pure holocaust
An end to save us all

Pass your sense to me
Breath again and never be the same
Awaiting resurrection
Now the time has come
Bring me back to life