Iced Earth - Dystopia lyrics
Tracks 01. Dystopia
02. Anthem 03. Boiling Point 04. Anguish Of Youth 05. V 06. Dark City 07. Equilibrium 08. Days Of Rage 09. End Of Innocence 10. Soylent Green 11. Iron Will 12. Tragedy And Triumph 01. Dystopia
Enter the nightmare
This future does implode A techno city-state A prison, nothing more Rounded up like cattle You're forced into the trains Nothing that you've ever known Will bring you so much pain [Pre-chorus] If you try to resist me You'll find me inhumane But if you just submit You'll live your life a slave You'll love your servitude We'll medicate your pain With our technology We'll always keep you safe Micro-chipped like dogs Their thoughts are not their own All that's left of human kind Is now in their kind Planned out through centuries Patient and contrived Played on man's naiveté Gullible and blind [Pre-chorus] If you try to resist me You'll find me inhumane But if you just submit You'll live your life a slave You'll love your servitude We'll medicate your pain With our technology We'll always keep you safe [Chorus] The nightmare unfolds before my eyes I will resist 'til end of time A spirit born free Has to break these chains We're lost, we must find our way We'll find our way! They say that you're a danger To everything that's pure There are too many of you They're offering the cure Swift extermination If you refuse the game Arrested development Your vaccinated fate [Pre-chorus] If you try to resist me You'll find me inhumane But if you just submit You'll live your life a slave You'll love your servitude We'll medicate your pain With our technology We'll always keep you safe [Chorus] The nightmare unfolds before my eyes I will resist 'til end of time A spirit born free Has to break these chains We're lost, we must find our way We'll find our way! 02. Anthem
In your eyes I see you're desperate and in hunger
Reclaim your future, your path's uncertain See this child is raised in hate and in anger His eyes wide open, his rage so focused [Chorus] Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life This single mother she is strained and she suffers She slaves away, her life in turmoil The homeless man had it all and now has nothing His spirit broken, plagued from injustice [Chorus] Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life [Bridge] We have the power make our lives what they ought to be Reconnect with our humanity Transcend to a higher place, accepting reality You are the key to the life you seek [Chorus] Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life 03. Boiling Point
I sit alone and watch hypocrisy
I will fight My frustration ever building Tensions rise The air runs thick with hostility My thought are boiling and I'm full rage [Chorus] I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will I'll make this your darkest hour Hate will rise My force will devastate your power Hear them cry I vowed to cure my aggravation Your demise I'm coming forth to bring a world of pain [Chorus] I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will Satisfied eradication Deed is done Your spirit's dead and finally mine Now you're gone My sanity a fixed condition Not your pawn Vindication written in your blood [Chorus] I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will Boiling Point Boiling Point 04. Anguish Of Youth
The wind's crying softly
Tears stream down her precious cheeks The last goodbye to those she loves Before the final sleep The pain is just too much She can't even face another day Oh, the past, it haunts her The wars won't fade away [Chorus] The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair A life of pain and anguish An empty shell yearns to be free To break out from this prison Of flesh and blood, she leaves Just one more shot of whiskey To chase the pills that help her sleep Now she's one step closer Her quest for inner peace [Chorus] The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair The figure stands above her Upon her lifeless chest he beats He draws the soul back to her She now begins to breathe Awakened from this nightmare Her body shivers and it shakes She's forged a new perspective The scars begin to fade [Chorus] The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair 05. V
His mind is worn and so tortured
Suffering was part of the plan Blades flying swift with justice Remember the idea not the man Rising up from the fire Unified to be free Stoking our fears with their lies You are the key Sedated they kept us all dormant Unknowing, our lives lived in vain Like mindless drones we're devoted We've welcomed our fate as their slaves [Chorus] Prepare for victory Our minds have been awakened Rid your life of tyranny We are the resistance No fear, stand tall Resist Tyranny falls No lives, no war Resist Victory calls Rising up from the fire Unified to be free Stoking our fears with their lies You are the key In the end we were coiled with the serpent It took all we had to break free Our victory, it came without violence We vanquished, they fell to their knees [Chorus] Prepare for victory Our minds have been awakened Rid your life of tyranny We are the resistance No fear, stand tall Resist Tyranny falls No lives, no war Resist Victory calls 06. Dark City
This place is dark and grey
Uneasy, I feel torn apart My mind is clouded and blurred This cry is interchanging Sacrifice memories past Unaware of what I've become Constant changes are imploring me Search my mind, look for the answers Finding nothing but this fear in me Immersing myself in his feeling Realizing I am not alone They are watching people changing Unconsciously twisting memory Gathering our human feeling [Chorus] Experimenting, to understand the human soul Endangered they'll fade away The wont deceive me They'll never take my soul away Their life from fades Fill our heads with false identity Synchronizing our confusion Using the dead for their own need Parasitic infestation Imprisonment in celestial space Unlocking the human life force Escaping their grasp now we are free Their objective failed unknowing [Chorus] Experimenting, to understand the human soul Endangered they'll fade away The wont deceive me They'll never take my soul away Their life from fades 07. Equilibrium
Inject and suppress the human feeling
Love, hate, and sorrow leads us to eradication Mankind survives, to see another lifetime What is the final price our people will be paying' Our lives so colorless and ruled with false devotion Destroying anything that triggers our emotion The enemy is one who feels the world around them Interrogated, now they're facing their own judgment [Chorus] Destroying our stimuli Force us too defy all that is human The serum keeps us pacified Stand to feel alive Our instinct will take over Annihilation of our feeling Emancipation our minds healing Determination defines existence Eradicate with our resistance If people awake they'll be free from this daydream Human instinct will break through and keep us feeling We will not medicate, their grasp will surely crumble Take back humanity and devastate their power [Chorus] Destroying our stimuli Force us too defy all that is human The serum keeps us pacified Stand to feel alive Our instinct will take over 08. Days Of Rage
They beat you black and blue
You're fleeced, your anger's seething They turned their backs on you, betrayed! Fight or die, kill or be killed Society's collapsing You watch your world die and decay Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Unhinged and full of hate A time bomb clearly ticking No more, nothing left to lose Your money can't be found Anger, pain, starvation Betrayed! Domesticated fool Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Decadence and ignorance Led you to this suffering Prison camps created just for you Will you survive' What will you do' When the rug's pulled from under you Hell is what you future's coming to Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage 09. End Of Innocence
Through the essence of your smile
Makes this fight all worth while Oh' the perseverance of your life There you were by my side Giving me strength through your love and pride She says carry on, carry on Oh the stars they shine so bright Are they there for you and I' I know you'll see the light [Chorus] Carry on, be strong my son This is the end of innocence Carry on, when I'm gone This is the end of innocence This is the end my friend Sacrifice is all we have Finding solace in your laugh The freedom will ease your pain Washing tides and seasons change Things will never be the same Oh' she says carry on, carry on [Chorus] Carry on, be strong my son This is the end of innocence Carry on, when I'm gone This is the end of innocence This is the end 10. Soylent Green
The earth has suffered over population
All our rations have been dominated We look to them for answers to our hunger Food made from you and i Increasing their supply The land is stripped and so barren Our people must take a stand Luxuries passed are now savored We can't even live off the land Corruption eating us alive Our guts are filled with their lies Humans controlled and in turmoil Defy and you're taken away The secret is kept from the people Their lives are left to decay In line, denied, they've had enough No food, no work, they must rise up Their greed has left us all for dead We are so unaware They encourage suicide The truth we must unveil One man will come to expose them He'll be a thorn in their side Danger around every corner The order must defied Descend upon their wickedrule People need to know they're fooled Nourishment made in a compound Sustenance from you and i Taken and processed tgo feed them Death will increase their supply Swallow their lies you satisfy Accept your fate before you die Their greed has left us all for dead We are so unaware They encourage suicide The truth we must unveil We need to stop them some way, somehow The truth was hidden From the people until know Your final moments are so serene It's humans that they're eating, It's Soylent Green 11. Iron Will
Alone? Oh I know your lost and trying to find your way
You have been betrayed? led astray Anger? Stirs inside and is tearing you apart Beating from this cold and broken heart You are stoned You will stand and fight this emptiness and pain Cast away your suffering, seize the day Fire? Extinguish the flames that haunt your mind Take control of your life [Chorus:] You are so [?], in your soul Overcome the trials and tribulations Live your life, take control You have broken through the threshold [Guitar solo] You have won, oh the battle deep within your soul is done Troubles washed away, a brand new day Focused? you have overcome the challenges of life You are the life you will survive [Chorus] 12. Tragedy And Triumph
Here we stand,
I know it's always been our home We're awakened from our prison A new day, it's finally here, We walk the streets without fear Our humanity has risen Digging out those microchips That kept us dormant to resist Singing sings of our triumph To maintain our current state We must try to innovate Our minds and our future [Bridge] We lived through their lies No we'll always keep A conscious mind And we hold our heads up high We will never let our spirit die The brave new world, You know it's always been a lie Pushed with their manipulation Cast away the unseen chains They shackle you a slave Take control of your existence Flushing out their poison ways Live to fight another day The time is now to start living We've taken back our dignity We are alive and we are free A revolution of our spirit [Bridge] We lived through their lies No we'll always keep A conscious mind And we hold our heads up high We will never let our spirit die [Chorus] Time is on our side We have prevailed Humanity's ultimate struggle Hearts and minds Are joined in victory We are triumphant end eternal Time is on our side We have prevailed Humanity's ultimate struggle Hearts and minds Are joined in victory We are triumphant end eternal Here we stand I know it's always been our home We can build a brand new future A new day, it's finally here We live our lives without fear Our humanity has risen The task at hand to educate So we don't make the same mistake Never take the road to serfdom We are aware, we are awake Dystopia we did escape Never to repeat the nightmare [Bridge] We lived through their lies No we'll always keep A conscious mind And we hold our heads up high We will never let our spirit die [Chorus] Time is on our side We have prevailed Humanity's ultimate struggle Hearts and minds Are joined in victory We are triumphant end eternal Time is on our side We have prevailed Humanity's ultimate struggle Hearts and minds Are joined in victory We are triumphant end eternal |