Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon lyrics
Tracks 01. 2022
02. Godforsaken 03. The Juggernaut Divine 04. Astral Adventure 05. Funeral In Space 06. Asteroid Dominion 07. Galaxies Away 08. Faithless 09. Children Of The New Sun 10. Into The Sun 11. Die With Your Boots On 01. 2022 Music by Christopher Amott
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02. Godforsaken Music by Christopher Amott
Soothsayers predict a holocaust
Corrupt politicians defend this way of living Whatever the loss, at any cost Where did we go wrong? We crossed the finishing line And burnt our sinking ships Has God forsaken us? Multinational corporate greed Feed on the poor and the weak No matter what race or creed The future looks depressingly bleak Once a privileged race Now living on borrowed time Sins of our fathers catching up Breathing down our necks We pray for salvation In this world of mutilation Man's fate: termination In this world of deprivation (mutilation, dehumanization) We've been digging our own mass-grave For God-knows-how-many centuries Killing our own flesh an blood Spreading disease, killing the trees Third stone from the Sun Suffering from ignorant neglect Our home: Mother Earth Mankind refused to show respect We never expected the end To be from Heaven sent It was death from above That struck down with evil intent Gotterdmmerung: twilight of the gods As the world slowly stops to turn "Sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow" What did we gain? What did we learn? 03. The Juggernaut Divine Music by Christopher Amott
A final sign the sky is falling down
This world has come undone Armageddon has arrived In the shape of a killing machine Destroying you Pulling you under its wheels Crushing you A sadistic instrument of pain To hunt down our race like animals Invincible (eraser of life): truly evil The juggernaut divine A war cry killing the unborn Suffocating heat and the stench of burning human meat Our culture now destroyed forever As the war machine keeps turning The flames of hate still burning... 04. Astral Adventure Music by Christopher Amott
Climb into the shuttle, there is no time to waste!
This is the last you will see of your family and home The demigods have taken their lives, taken control From now on we are renegades, destined to roam We are blessed, the chosen few Survivors of the holocaust Men, women and children work as crew Unite together, we must What lies ahead of us is a mystery We all hail the new horizon A future paradise in another galaxy Try to fill this myopic void As we travel through the infinity of space I lie down to rest and my mind wanders Will we ever find another friendly race? I stare into the blackness outside I wonder... We will make our own destiny! Create our own future! There are no boundaries We are truly free 05. Funeral In Space Music by Christopher Amott
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06. Asteroid Dominion Music by Christopher Amott
We are all in a state of mourning
Grieving the ones who did not survive We perform a ceremony for dead As their caskets float away into space But we know we've got to keep going Pushing forward into dark universe On a mission to rescue our race Secure the future of our kind Asteroid dominion! The star or our fantasies and dreams Asteroid dominion! Shining so bright Asteroid dominion! Everything is a circle constantly moving ahead Somewhere out there we will find our own utopia Anew for future generations Legends in our own lifetime A fresh start without degeneration A brave new world Unto a land flowing with milk and honey Beyond the known universe In a hidden galaxy, a sacred sanctum for you and me I'm praying for a peaceful existence As unlikely as that may seem Tell me: What good is man without his dreams? 07. Galaxies Away Music by Christopher Amott
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08. Faithless Music by Christopher Amott
I put my trust in technology
Now I'm doubting we will ever reach our goal All ambition is now finally lost I'm no longer prepared to pay the cost Every dream, hope, anticipation That we used to share Was it all for nothing? Were we fools to believe?! Faceless, enter the dead zone Faithless, in the red zone 09. Children Of The New Sun Music by Christopher Amott
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10. Into The Sun Music by Christopher Amott
I am the sole survivor of this ill-fated mission
All the others are since long dead and gone We had dreams, we had visions Nothing left now but one crude decision Inhuman temperature slowly rising Gasping for air, all supplies are wasted We turned the last pages of history Our fate shall be shrouded in mystery Shall we truly be no more? It is hard to comprehend Yet I fear it to be true Beyond all hope, it is over There is no point in going on (Where did we go wrong?) An optic illusion Children of another dimension The stars shine so painfully bright On this, our last fatal night Crossing the Rubicon! Into the Sun... Am I the chosen one? Into the Sun... We were the blessed, the chosen few Survivors of the holocaust We had the confidence of youth to pull through Now I'm so much older and feeling lost I steer this ship into the Sun The flesh of our bodies melt into one What once was our vessel: now a burning rock Our epitaph; our final requiem 11. Die With Your Boots On Music & lyrics by Iron Maiden
Another prophet of disaster
Who says the ship is lost Another prophet of disaster Leaving you to count the cost! Taunting us with visions Afflicting us with fear Predicting war for millions In the hope that one appears! No point asking when it is No point asking who's to go No point asking what's the game No point asking who's to blame 'Cause if you're gonna die (if you're gonna die) 'Cause if you're gonna die (if you're gonna die) If you're gonna die, die with your boots on! If you're gonna try, well stick around Gonna cry, just move along If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die... In 13 the beast is rising The Frenchman did surmise Through earthquakes and starvation The warlord will arise Terror, death, destruction Pour from the Eastern sands But the truth of all predictions Is always in your hands If you're gonna die, die with your boots on! If you're gonna try, well stick around Gonna cry, just move along If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die... |