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Primal Fear - 16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) lyrics



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01. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

Instrumental

02. Riding The Eagle

Countless miles he carried me
Crossed mountains and the seas
Rolling on I got a mission to complete

Metal fighter shining brighter

Flying high as we cross the sky
High on those wings
Riding the eagle
High as we cross the sky
Taking the world we'll fly

We travelled through the universe
Supersonic without fear
They tell a tale of an eagle flyin' free

Metal fighter shining brighter

Flying high as we cross the sky
High on those wings
Riding the eagle
High as we cross the sky
Taking the world we'll fly

Flying high as we cross the sky
High on those wings
Riding the eagle
High as we cross the sky
Taking the world we'll fly
High on those wings
Riding the eagle

03. Six Times Dead (16.6)

Yes we're alive - with seven lives
Not forever 'cause forever is a lie

Not crucified keep your coffin nails
All these obvious lies have failed

We don't know
What you've been told
We will show you

Sixteen six all over this world
Sixteen six it's true what you've heard
Six times dead and we're back on the track again

Sixteen six all over this world
We're back from hell by a sixth rebirth
Breakin' them bones and sticks
With sixteen six

No sacrament - no sacrilege
Has brought us back from this awful place

One more minute - control the pain
Hear you breath and go entirely insane

We don't know
What you've been told
We will show you

Sixteen six all over this world
Sixteen six it's true what you've heard
Six times dead and we're back on the track again

Sixteen six all over this world
We're back from hell by a sixth rebirth
Breakin' them bones and sticks
With sixteen six

04. Black Rain

As I watched the rising sun
A walking shadow on the run
There's no hope and there's no anger, I'm defensless
I stand alone out in the cold
Ten more miles on desert sand
The farth still shakes - I hear tank shells explode

Is it just a dead memory
Stranded in the thirty third latitude degree
A few words of truth could never lie
Who will kill me - I'm a refugee alive

In and out - I watch the sky explode
Enough - our mission's sold
The gushing black rain kills us all
In and out - I watch the sky explode
Enough - our mission's sold
Even if the black rain kills us all

As men of honour and belief
We never knew our enemies
There's no reason that's worth dying for
As I hear the silence break
A so called fight, a big mistake
Or was it just to see another thousand die

Under friendly fire of our own crew
Another day will never come true

In and out - I watch the sky explode
Enough - our mission's sold
The gushing black rain kills us all
In and out - I watch the sky explode
Enough - our mission's sold
Even if the black rain kills us all

05. Under The Radar

May lighting strike me
As I roam the blood red skies
I wear no armour, no disguise
Fearless fighter
I'm coming round the bend
My heart's my weapon, my defense

Strike like the lighting
Out of the dark
Right out of frozen skies
Into your heart

Racing the ages
I'm bending time and space
Under the radar I will race
Say your prayers
To a hero on parole
No one was ever in control

Strike like the lighting
Chasing the storm
Where ever thunder's rolling
I'm coming home
Strike like the lighting
Under the radar

Strike like the lighting
Chasing the storm
Where ever thunder's rolling
I'm coming home
Under the radar
Out of the dark
Right out of frozen skies
Into your heart

As I roam the blood red skies
I wear no armour, no disguise
I'm a fearless fighter

06. 5.0 / Torn

Destiny, no question where I've been
Where's the sense
My view is getting cold as ice
Living sin, a look an evil grin
You cheat and win
Danger and humans to the bomb

Religions are walking to the war
Sacred human rights
I highly doubt the prophecy
Egos torn apart

And when the sun will never rise
The pain grows deep inside you
Give me your hand and let us leave
The world behind the curtain
Is there a future is there not
We never lose our courage
I'm not afraid, that we will break
The chains of lies and promises

Faded past, even lost memories
I saw their treasure burn
Just wanna live without concerns

There's always a risk in good and bad
Pressure and lost control
I go a silent, lonely way
Egos torn apart

And when the sun will never rise
The pain grows deep inside you
Give me your hand and let us leave
The world behind the curtain
Is there a future is there not
We never lose our courage
I'm not afraid, that we will break
The chains of lies and promises

Is there anybody out ther who cares about
what we're doing to our world?
I don't think our children ever understand
what we have done to this planet? It's time to react,
NOW!

07. Soar

Let me live and let me breath
Even if my anger seethes
And I have learnt ... my lesson well
Never again, never again
I will hear them scream "amen"
No solution, all system's failed

Hammer is rising, march off the war
No compromising
Spread your wings and soar

Full emotion, dark devotion
Here's the second law of motion
Don't be scared to fly alone
It's my fate to put it straight
The heartless monster you create
2012 and 16.6

Hammer is rising, march off the war
No compromising
Spread your wings and soar

Annihilation - radiation
A warning sign for every nation
But I'm not dead and gone
Never again, never again
The goodbye and your prayer failed
Your final hour ... the end is done

Hammer is rising, march off the war
No compromising
Spread your wings and soar

08. Killbound

Ever since I was born I was different to the others
No one ever liked my company
Virtual thrills feed my hunger
666 is an admissible number

Hello - here I go - got my six gun loaded
Anytime - anyplace - I pull the trigger all the way

I'm killbound
Killbound - a crossed viper
Killbound
I'll take no prisoners

The cops to the left - the killers to the right
I am ready to take every fight

Hello - here I go - got my six gun loaded
Anytime - anyplace - I pull the trigger all the way

I'm killbound
Killbound - a crossed viper
Killbound
I'll take no prisoners

Ain't no fear in the heart of a killer
There's no way to stop this thriller

Hello - here I go - got my six gun loaded
Anytime - anyplace - I pull the trigger all the way

I'm killbound
Killbound - a crossed viper
Killbound
I'll take no prisoners
I'm killbound
Killbound - a crossed viper
Killbound
I'll take no prisoners / Killbound

09. No Smoke Without Fire

4 a.m. - I couldn't sleep tonight at all
Just lay awake
Once again I made a very big mistake
And turned away

Just wait a minute - I can't take no more
It's cloak and dagger as you slam the door
I fight my demons - I risk it all
I can't believe it

You fire my fate - I opened the gate
Things were better left unsaid
As I crossed the line
There's no smoke without a fire
No smoke without a fire

My one way street
There's no fire without a flame
Not one word spoken
Don't lie to me
'Cause you can't try to break
What's already broken

Where's the fallen angel - take me out of hell
My anger's rising and I feel your spell
I fight my demons and I risk it all
You don't hurt me no more

You fire my fate - I opened the gate
Things were better left unsaid
As I crossed the line
There's no smoke without a fire
No smoke without a fire

A promise was made to be broken
It looks like I'm losing this fight

10. Night After Night

Can't get rid of this taste of blood
Can't erase the face that hunts me
A call from the shadows below
A serenade of haunting voices

Someone is digging my grave
Waiting for my body to arrive
My soul will burn alive
My blood is cold as ice

Night after night
I hear them calling
From the dark without light
Fight after fight
I keep on falling
Deeper and deeper below
To the world that I don't wanna know
Night after night

The darkness will fall again
Chased by the dead and the lonely
I know that's my own devour
The evil inside growing stronger

Someone is digging my grave
Waiting for my body to arrive
But my soul will burn alive
My blood is cold as ice

Night after night
I hear them calling
From the dark without light
Fight after fight
I keep on falling
Deeper and deeper below
To the world that I don't wanna know
Night after night

Won't fall asleep I will stay in the light
It's not the right time - for your devastation
Your evil mind defying the curse
Won't let go

11. Smith & Wesson

You've turned back on me
And left me alone
I saw this house, so high
Will it take me to the sky
Another life, another soul
Taken by your self esteem
Sixteen six floors to realize my dream

There was just one more way
And the ice cold wind howled through the night
I heard a distant scream
I'd never believed the door extreme
There's just a one way street
Without an exit for us all to leave
And here we stay and nothing more to say

Let me burn - burn me alive
Got a bullet with your name on it
Hits you straight between the eyes
Let me burn - burn me alive
Guess it's time to teach a lesson
Gonna pack my Smith & Wesson

Compensator - regulator - there's an open door
One way will lead to heaven
On the sixteen sixth floor
Immortal eyes and dirty lies
Free me from my pain
Will there ever be a place where all remains

There was just one more way
And the ice cold wind howled through the night
I heard a distant scream
I'd never believed the door extreme
There's just a one way street
Without an exit for us all to leave
And here we stay and nothing more to say

Let me burn - burn me alive
Got a bullet with your name on it
Hits you straight between the eyes
Let me burn - burn me alive
Guess it's time to teach a lesson
Gonna pack my Smith & Wesson

12. The Exorcist

Drive the devil out of me
My soul is cryin' for liberty
Demon blood runs through my veins
The beast will have no mercy can't you see
My nature is oppressed by sin
The incarnated pest within
Satan's curse hangs over me
Water vaporizes at my skin

There's only one who can see
The evil beast inside me
Only the cross heals my heart
I need to see:

The exorcist
Come take the fight with the beast
Demons no longer resist
Smoking a pipe with the priest
I want to break me free

Strapped and gagged into my bed
An iron ccrown upon my head
Finger scratch upon the wall
Maggots on my skin - my eyes are red
A trident sign adorns my skin
Angels came and carved it in
Dr.Demon on his rounds
Sister Pain says: let the show begin

There's only one who can see
The evil beast inside me
Only the cross heals my heart
I need to see:

The exorcist
Come take the fight with the beast
Demons no longer resist
Smoking a pipe with the priest
I want to break me free

13. Hands Of Time

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

So tired of waking up from this dream
I'm wishing that it would go on
Though I know it could be wrong
I keep holding on forever

When seconds turn into eternity
Screams become a sigh
That reigns my only friend
So unpredictable and yet so destined to lose it in the end

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

Its hard to say, I love someone
It's even harder that we're done
Now I've got nothing left to lose
My restless soul, except what I have won

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

Time is running
Time is running out
Time is running and takes the time away

Who was right and who was wrong
Who was cool and who was strong
When a cloud is turned to gray
When silence speaks louder than words
My sins are washed away

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

The hands of time are moving on
Didn't know its been so long
Clocks are ticking time away
I'ts sad to see

Time is running
Time is running out
Time is running and takes the time away

Time is running
Time is running out
Time is running and takes the time away

So tired of waking up from this dream
I'm wishing that it would go on
Though I know it could be wrong
I keep holding on forever