Amebix - Arise! lyrics
Tracks 01. The Moor
02. Axeman 03. Fear Of God 04. Largactyl 05. Drink And Be Merry 06. Spoils Of Victory 07. Arise! 08. Slave 09. The Darkest Hour 10. Right To Ride 11. Beyond The Sun 01. The Moor Music by Amebix
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02. Axeman Music by Amebix
Lock up your children the axeman is coming
Lock up your children the axeman is coming Lock up your children the axeman is running Lock up your children he's here! He's coming Slaughter! Is he from the army or the S.A.S.? Rejected and shunned, left out on his own The skills he acquired are put to the test The tearing of flesh and the pulping of bone! He's coming Slaughter! It's late and it's dark but one walks the streets An axe in his hand, no glint in his eye This mindless machine, he butcher, you meat! Calm and collected, but twisted inside! He is here! Slaughter! 03. Fear Of God Music by Amebix
You say that you hear voices, I presume that is correct?
And you say that all the bad boys end their wicked days in hell? Well if it wasn't for the collar that you wear around your neck You'd be seeing life quite differently, inside a padded cell! The fear of God Am I to understand you, when you say I'll be forgiven? I give you all my money, well that's blackmail don't you see? And the ones who give the most are guaranteed a place in heaven Where they can watch the burning souls below and rub their hands with glee! The fear of God Your priorities Are wrong Your faith Is blind Crush the weak Uphold the strong Burn the brains Of mankind The money spent on churches could appease the starving poor To justify injustice you must misinterpret Christ! You lock your wealth away at night behind a bolted door. The fear of god? You hypocrite! Open up your eyes! 04. Largactyl Music by Amebix
You're standing on a hill, looking down at the city
Thinking 'bout your life and your bottle of pills They released you from the hospital, you're cured! So this is how freedom feels? Largactyl Relax (it's only paranoia) Feel a little numb? Feel a little tired? Your brain's asleep and your body's retired You've learned to fit in. OBEY! You're just a shadow of what you used to be Largactyl Relax (it's only paranoia) A comfortable life? A car and a wife? It's only a dream but it's fuckin' obscene You've learned to fit in, a vegetable! Senility! At 21 they'll be coming for you 05. Drink And Be Merry Music by Amebix
Drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die
It's better to laugh than it is to cry My cup runneth over with blood and not wine The last was the flood, it's fire this time I took a walk on the beach, no sand dunes just oil Dead gulls and dead fish were trod underfoot The sky was tinted with yellow and black And the air smelt like Dachou today The fields were littered with the dying and dead Nothing grows here but decay! The village bell tolls, a priest vomits blood Another life's wasted away Down in the square, the party goes on The doomed sit down to their last feast They gorge themselves on the recently deceased The heat of the day, the foul smell of decay As they wait:. For the inferno to be Unleashed! So drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die It's better to laugh than it is to cry Live for life's sake, don't let life pass you by There's more worth living for than meets the eye So drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die! 06. Spoils Of Victory Music by Amebix
Look to the north, look to the east, look to the west and south
On all horizons storm clouds loom and roll across the sky The river bursts its banks and vomits soil into the mouth As thunder breaks the silence, a young child cries! Between the night and the days first light the leaders made a pact To raise the rotting corpse of war and set the wheels in motion The stage a heaving battlefield would support the final act While the authors hide in satellites or forts beneath the ocean And in this play We're cast as fools To blindly play By others' rules Now the dust has settled and the stench completely clear Then return the victors to claim their wretched crown But from the fleshheaps of the slain, there comes no cheer Their game is over, the chips are down You arrived like a breath from the angel of death Famine, disease and a life on your knees, guaranteed When you put them in power 07. Arise! Music by Amebix
Well we've all heard the sermon seen
The preachers or worshipped the stage Heard the new manifesto? It's all questions no solutions at all Well, you're out on your own now, always have been Just look at your friends Break the surface to daylight Strength will flow through our unity. There is a traitor in our midst And when we rise we will be betrayed They are the wolves in sheep's clothing Take the place at the back of the fold All this talk about freedom Will be tainted with blood (it's your life) Put this cross on your back child Tread the long weary trail to the top of the hill Arise! Get off your knees! There's some hard times coming down There's the smell of revolution on the wind Well, we're grinding down our axes Telling tales round the bonfire at night We will set out with a fire in our hearts When this darkness gives way to the dawn In the light we're united as one For the kingdom of heaven must be taken by storm! Arise! Get off your knees! Stand up! 08. Slave Music by Amebix
Earth to ashes, buildings to dust
A radioactive burning crust The meek shall inherit all that is left Inherit the Earth, a living death From the cradle to the grave You made yourself the system's slave Acid rain, rocks on fire! Poison clouds, gods a liar There's nothing left, for the meek The past is gone the future is bleak From the cradle to the grave You made yourself the system's slave Evil systems, government control Are to blame for our downfall There's no umbrella against the rain Destroy the power, break your chain! 09. The Darkest Hour Music by Amebix
My friend the time has come for us to say goodbye
So with these parting words I bid you farewell It seems the life we led was just a shameful lie What does the future hold? Well only time will tell I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care If it's peace you find in dying well then let my time be near If it's peace you find in dying when dying time is here Bundle up my coffin, 'cos it's cold down there And when I'm dead And when I'm gone There will be one child born And a world will carry on Some say our fate is sealed and help to tie the knot Some say that this may be the lull before the storm But there's one piece of nature everyone's forgot And that's, "The darkest hour is always before the dawn!" When the candle burns low When there's no more to say Dig me a hole Where my body might lay 10. Right To Ride Music by Amebix
I have seen the winter sun
Rise above the veils of Babylon I've ridden out across the terra plain Seen the standing stones Where we will never meet again I've seen our freedoms change You gotta fight for the rights now Before all that remains Is a vague memory inside We want the right to ride Let the rider decide I have seen the loss The eagles over the sky Walked into the valley And the milky high I have walked across the Lonely haunt moor Seen so many things That we have never seen before We listen lone and low The glitter and glow Existing on the lonely names To read to choose to winner to lose About your freedom to scared 11. Beyond The Sun Music by Amebix
Well you never flew the colours
And I never saw you bend a knee To any man But you were never short of brothers There was always someone Holding out a helping hand Well, I remember the summer We were riding to a show And our road went on forever So we were riding nice and slow And then I heard the band play And the sun broke through the sky It was a fine day for a funeral ya But I never wanted you to die No one ever wanted you to die We were waiting at the crossroads When I saw you wiping out Some metal box just slipped down Right into the side of you I was screaming I was screaming I was screaming But nothing was coming out They always said you were A dark horse Because you rode the land alone But you know I think the real reason was That you were always riding home And your road goes on forever The sun will always shine One day we'll be together When we cross the final line When we cross the line If I turn to you and call you a friend When all is said and all is done Will you meet me on the other side Seven million miles beyond the sun |