Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1) lyrics
Tracks 01. Overture
02. Something Wicked (Part 1) 03. Invasion 04. Motivation of Man 05. Setian Massacre 06. A Charge to Keep 07. Reflections 08. Ten Thousand Strong 09. Execution 10. Order Of The Rose 11. Cataclysm 12. The Clouding 13. Infiltrate And Assimilate 14. Retribution Through The Ages 15. Something Wicked (Part 2) 16. The Domino Decree 17. Framing Armageddon 18. When Stars Collide (Born Is He) 19. The Awakening 01. Overture
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02. Something Wicked (Part 1)
I can see clearly now
A painful vision indeed An attempt at genocide, 12,000 years of pain The human thirst for dominance Leads them to Setian ground The gravest of all threats now exists All galaxies could suffer Imagine the consequence if Man does succeed The universe and all that lives will suffer evermore Like a virus Man will spread Through the time continuum It's a power they can't comprehend A power we must secure So heed my word A prophecy that's bleak and haunting Acceptance not fear Will pave the wave for life returning The Elder foreseen In Sacred Flames our world is burning Yet more things are clear By grand design, punishment unfolding Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, show man no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done Ten thousand souls One for every year of framing One of thirteen The High Priest and the twelve that council Charged with our tome Retribution for our loved ones suffering In secret they'll meet A global network that endures for centuries Faith in the prophecy We'll take this tragedy, unite as one Fate, show man no sympathy Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done 03. Invasion
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04. Motivation of Man
..At last we will claim
What is rightfully ours Absolute power, absolute knowledge All the galaxies and the subjects therein Will kneel before the human race Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge At last within my grasp We are one step closer to cleansing We claim the universe Causing galaxies to cower Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge for... Man will no longer be seen As primitive or inferior Unlimited power Unlimited knowledge for Man 05. Setian Massacre
Screaming in agony
Cries fill the air Eyes once full of hope Shedding tears of despair All that they've ever known is dead Fire reigns from above Iron birds of dread All that they ever loved is dead All that they ever dreamt is dead Yet there's a glint of hope If the chosen can survive In secret the ten thousand hide East in the mountains The chosen bide their time The Clouding, our strike on mankind Temples are burning Streets soaked with blood Heed the prophecy Destiny is done All that they ever loved is dead All that they ever dreamt is dead Yet there's a glint of hope If the chosen can survive In secret the ten thousand hide East in the mountains The chosen bide their time The Clouding, our strike on mankind 06. A Charge to Keep
I must believe that what's a memory now
Was the only way To know that all of those you love Were just stripped away And now, if I'm the one to lead us Into a brand new day At peace I must be with the brutal truth To truly lead the way Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep And now we must wipe the tears away Gather up our inner strength The loss of those we can't replace Will bring about their fate And though many lifetimes it will take To bring justice on our way We must never falter, we must never fail This is our charge to keep Please God give me the strength to lead It's my charge to keep Make the sorrow the fuel I need It's my charge to keep 07. Reflections
As I reflect on the situation
A heavy heart for the task at hand I witnessed savagery Hands tied to destiny The exodus of the chosen As foreseen in the prophecy Hiding until it's time To cloud all the human minds When they spoke of the invasion We were chosen from ties that bind Bloodlines through centuries Destined to be the ones to lead The twelve and I, a new high council Absorb the power of the Watcher's eye The high priest resides in me The Elder lives on in all thirteen 08. Ten Thousand Strong
A gathering summoned by the Elder
A consequence of what's imminent A prophecy dark and foreboding Forces the to face human intent The chosen seek refuge in the mountains Reluctantly the loved ones recognize The sacrifice they must adhere to The only hope for future Setian life Like a martyr sacrificed Await the days of Clouding Earth Mother's sharing in our pain Erase the human memory They know not of where they came And though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day What we possess, mankind is after Direct descendants of the Architect Children of God, seeds of creation Stakes so high we must never relent We lie in wait 'til the human minds are clouded Initiation of the Master Plan Assimilate, build new life among them Centuries will pass, patience will win We are the bane of man Await the days of Clouding Earth Mother's sharing in our pain Erase the human memory They know not of where they came And though our hearts are broken We have to wipe the tears away In vain they did not suffer Ten thousand strong will seize the day 09. Execution
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10. Order Of The Rose
Passed down through centuries
The Order lives and feeds upon them A global fraternity Philanthropy, tactical deception In plain sight throughout all time Contriving human decline Instilling those who lead Seizing opportunities Rise of Setian evocation And the Order thrives So the day arrive of His birth Rise of Setian evocation And the Order lives for the day Of Man's coming curse Create divisive creeds Embrace the fact man needs religion Prophets, saviours and priests All convinced they have the answers The truth is they'll never know Behind faith they'll hide and hope We'll build them a martyr son Sacrificial lamb, the holy one Rise of Setian evocation And the Order thrives So the day arrive of His birth Rise of Setian evocation And the Order lives for the day Of Man's coming curse The object of their divide So convinced their way is right The narrow view of all mankind In the name of God they will divide 11. Cataclysm
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12. The Clouding
As I awake I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist? This strange beauty surrounds me But where I am confounds me I see others who appear the same as me A look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly What's the point? What does it all mean? Who am I? Show me a purpose please Take this sense of wonder Make it go away Please tell me I am not alone and lost here That there is something that's made me feel this way Take this sense of sadness Make it go away Please give me something that's familiar A friendly touch, a memorable embrace I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me Twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming I'll stay with those that resemble me To survive this harsh reality As the days pass most have gone their own way Nomadic tribes discover life On a world that seems so strange But still I want answers What's the point? What does all this mean? Take this sense of wonder Make it go away Please tell me I am not alone and lost here That there is something that's made me feel this way Take this sense of sadness Make it go away Please give me something that's familiar A friendly touch, a memorable embrace Lies, the human core is lies We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate The clouding did divide Fate, we sealed human fate Now they're ours throughout all time To manipulate Never trust in the motives of man They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan And though they seem safe In this early clouded state The nature of their heresy Has proven quite innate Pain, mankind will know pain For their crimes on our kind They'll never be the same Death, they will know death Suffering for centuries At war with every breath Never trust in the motives of man They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan And though they seem safe In this early clouded state The nature of their heresy Has proven quite innate 13. Infiltrate And Assimilate
We must be swift
Integrating with man Instating the vision of the Master Plan We'll placate the humans in need Their form we have taken Their tongue we can speak Plotting and planing, total secrecy We'll infiltrate and take the lead Misery unfolding for the rest of time A world they created for their vicious crimes This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, assimilate, fulfil our destiny The ten thousand chosen Charged with our creed Ensuring division in societies Instate the Domino Decree Lead them to wander New land, 'cross the seas Creating new cultures, fascist or free Division will bring them to their knees Misery unfolding for the rest of time A world they created for their vicious crimes This is the start of What is meant to be Infiltrate, assimilate, fulfil our destiny 14. Retribution Through The Ages
Time, thousands of years pass by
But with the ancient rites in tact Man, mankind has multiplied Spreading worldwide as planned Kings and their armies preen Draw lines in the sand Fight for their so called rights To God, gold and land And through the ages we hand them their fate Marionettes on a string Phased retribution precise and exact 'Til the birth of The One sets us free Blood, Earth Mother's soaked in blood Spilled from the warring clans of man Greed will serve to feed unrest Antagonized within by our hand Pain, death and pestilence Will shake human faith Creeds serving heresy A crutch for Man's flawed way And through the ages we hand them their fate Marionettes on a string Phased retribution precise and exact 'Til the birth of The One sets us free 15. Something Wicked (Part 2)
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16. The Domino Decree
Cause, this is the creed that brings effect
That of which of mankind's besieged By our plans devised infect Kings and empires rise and fall By the Rose and our decree Of the Elder's prophecy That rids us of the human threat And frees the hand of destiny Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankind's fate Kill! Assassinate the ones that lead By their example we deceive With religions we create Martyrs, saviours and their slaves To a sad sadistic need To crucify a puppet king Of a selfish vile race That is filled to the core by greed Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankind's fate Divide!! Mankind!! Destroy!! Their kind!!! Fear will make us free Cast doubt through history DIVIDE!!! Fate by our dominion In their sovereign states Fall like dominos Framing mankind's fate 17. Framing Armageddon
Centuries pass step by step
Revelations coming threat Sand of time dark intent Devise creeds breeds discontent Prophecy, stars collide Born is he who turns the tide Ancient rage, vehemence Indignation and torment Dark equation, astrology Armageddon, the reckoning Revelation, astral beast Armageddon, the reckoning Shallow views, intolerance Jewish, Muslim, Protestant The root of man's insolence Lies in fear and arrogance A valid threat if they unite Moses, Muhammad, Jesus Christ Born of man with second sight Twist their words we will divide Dark equation, astrology Armageddon, the reckoning Revelation, astral beast Armageddon, the reckoning If humans learn what's truly at stake And of the birth of Set Abominae Their primitive minds, a maddened state, no Frame it as the Elder deemed Frame it our way Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! Framing Armageddon! 18. When Stars Collide (Born Is He)
Look unto the days of warning
A night that the sky is burning When stars collide Pure mathematical perfection Ancient pain feeds resurrection When stars collide Forged in flames, sacred fire Born in eastern sands of guile Born is he, ten millennia After the clouding of man Sincerest veneration For he that vindicates the end of man Sworn are we, ten millennia After the clouding of man Unleash abomination As we accelerate the end of man 19. The Awakening
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