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God Dethroned - The World Ablaze lyrics



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01. A Call To Arms

[Instrumental]

02. Annihilation Crusade

Retreat denied
The army's set in forward motion
Taking lives for king and country
Our battles gloryfied

Annihilation crusade

Bloodthirst reigns the battlefield
Pincer movements make it real
Victory for us to take
Decimating forces

Annihilation crusade

Dominate in infamy
Death defying lunacy
Our spirits can't be broken

Barrage fire is unleashed
Pounding the enemy
Their spirit has been broken

Retreat denied
The army's set in forward motion
Taking lives for king and country
Our battles gloryfied

Annihilation crusade

03. The World Ablaze

Fight for your country
Fight to stay alive
This trench feels like a prison cell
Stuck in mud and blood

A wasteland full of human debris
Shells are raining down on us
The World is ablaze

Relentless bombardments
Pounding the front line
The World is ablaze

Storming through no man's land
20.000 down. Crushed by the enemy
Our captain just got shot

Fight for your country
Fight to stay alive
This trench feels like a prison cell
Stuck in mud and blood

A wasteland full of human debris
Shells are raining down on us
The World is ablaze

Relentless bombardments
Pounding the front line
The World is ablaze

Storming through no man's land
20.000 down. Crushed by the enemy
Our captain just got shot

A cry for help goes unanswered
No peaceful death in this
Wretched place
God forsaken
The war is lost
The world ablaze

04. On The Wrong Side Of The Wire

Deep inside enemy territory
Far beyond the front line
Hold your ground, no retreat
Outnumbered ten to one
Another attack with no effect
Impossible to break through
Stormtroopers break our might
On the wrong side of the wire

Another life is lost
Buried in a nameless grave
Another body maimed
Praying for a swift ending

On the wrong side of the wire

Surrounded by the enemy
We hold our ground
Impossible to reach the lines
We hold our ground

Deep inside enemy territory
Far beyond the front line
Hold your ground, no retreat
Outnumbered ten to one

Another life is lost
Buried in a nameless grave
Another body maimed
Praying for a swift ending

Surrounded by the enemy
We hold our ground
Impossible to reach the lines
We hold our ground

On the wrong side of the wire

05. Close To Victory

In Blind fury
We climb over the edge
Across no man's land
Deliver the final blow

Charge! Take no prisoners
Merciless. We take no prisoners

Close to victory
Force them to their knees
Knock them off their feet
We're close to victory

Mount your bajonet
We know no mercy
At point blank range
We shoot to kill

In Blind fury
We climb over the edge
Across no man's land
Deliver the final blow

Charge! Take no prisoners
Merciless. We take no prisoners

Close to victory

Mount your bajonet
We know no mercy
At point blank range
We shoot to kill

Close to victory
Force them to their knees
Knock them off their feet
We're close to victory

06. Königsberg

[Instrumental]

07. Escape Across The Ice (The White Army)

Nicholas of Romanov
Forced to abolish the throne
The white guard we are
Loyal to the crown of the tsar
The white army

The communists took control
Over Russia
Cossacks and volunteers fought
Against the red plague

The white army

Our stronghold in the north
Overrun by the red guard
Against the odds escape
Across the ice
Oh mother Russia we march
Day and night

Hardened by the ordeal of
The ice march
Remnants of a fallen realm
We fight back
We're cossacks rising

Escape across the ice

08. Breathing Through Blood

Frozen stiff i lie on the ground
My mouth is dry, i'm bleeding out
I wait for help, but they won't come
There's snipers all around

Breathing through blood
As i die here in a pool of mud

Abandon hope, it is too late
I'll die here now, it is my fate
Our campaign, it failed completely
A wretched cause, all misery

Stabbed in my chest
Schrapnel wounds
My legs are gone
I'm going blind
I feel the pain
I´m so cold
My life force is slipping away

Breathing through blood
As i die here in a pool of mud

Frozen stiff i lie on the ground
My mouth is dry, i'm bleeding out
I wait for help, but they won't come
There's snipers all around

09. Messina Ridge

Break through the stalemate
Capture defenses on the ridge
Devastate front line defences
Assemble the troops in
No man's land

Fire a creeping barrage
To support the infantry advance
Outflank strong points and
Machine gun nests
Repulse another attack

Detonate the mines
Beneath their front lines
Pillars of fire
Vanished an entire army

Messina ridge

The creeping bombardment threw
Up smoke and dust
Blocking the view of the defenders
The forward zone was overrun
Anticipate a counter attack

Detonate the mines
Beneath their front lines
Pillars of fire
Vanished an entire army

Messina ridge

10. The 11th Hour

Defeat a defeated army
Whatever the cost
Cessation of hostilities
Paid for in blood

The night was frigid
Shrouded in drizzle and fog
As the marines tried to find their
Way in the gloom
Nothing was visible but the flash
Of enemy guns
Pierced with bullets they dropped
To the ground

After four long years
The end is near
A war of attrition
The war to end all wars

Defeat a defeated army
Whatever the cost
Cessation of hostilities
Paid for in blood
On the 11th hour of the 11th day
Of the 11th month
Peace was signed that day

After four long years
The end is near
A war of attrition
The war to end all wars