Viking - Man Of Straw lyrics
Tracks 01. White Death
02. They Raped The Land 03. Twilight Fate 04. The Trial 05. Case Of The Stubborns 06. Winter 07. Hell Is For Children 08. Creative Divorce 09. Man Of Straw 01. White Death
The stench of blood will permeate a thousand miles around
Know that the strongest one will be there within seconds Gracefully horrifying, the fin cuts the water Viciuos selachii is ready to devour Tail pushing left and right, a living flesh disposal An unfelt touch against its grain would shred a hand to ribbons Megatons of crushing power exerted on three hundred points Conveyor belt of teeth makes sure that all will feel Time and time again He must prove his formidability Preying on the unsuspecting ones Only need to masticate White Death This has stood the test of centuries Preying on the unsuspecting ones Only need to masticate White Death His eyes roll back and the upper jaw is thrust out and Cutting skin so easily and thrashing side to side so that Now the wound inflicted will finish started work so he's Circling the bleeding prey until it is anemic Foolish man lowers his steel shark cage and Attempting to control what he cannot control While a devil that creates its own hell waits below Its surroundings become the feared domain 02. They Raped The Land
Strip mining was born man's desire
For maximum gain from minimum strain Using water cannons they washed away Entire mountainsides that are just desert today The deluge lasted for too many years So long ago, but even now it appears The floods cut the ground like a sacrificial knife Now just gravel and dust, three can never be life Mountains that stood, the waves erased Man disfigured, destroyed the earth's face Only infertile sand, like the clot from a bleed Annihilated, taken by greed Maceration - the constant erosion Total immersion - They raped the Land Massive infusion - man's inclination Hydraulic destruction - They raped the Land The unholy baptism A lymph unstoppable Mother Nature lies violated Used against herself The retrogradation Soil wearing away Mankind is responsible For mass decay Water is a life-giving fluid It is the cause of revolution And can recreate Man, whose instinctive nature is evil Puts limits on himself But is always too late Earth, our only terra firma Invincibly constructed Both of shale and slate Together, it seems That man is weakest But still he's had the power granted to abate The debasement of our environment Continues today in different ways Two steps too far it seems we've gone Full circle now, a sick perversion Surrounding weakened, a quick decline Demoralized, the last in line Now defeated, the earth rebels The atmosphere a living hell 03. Twilight Fate
Children working overtime
To satisfy his whims Off scot free? Well I think not The three invade his dreams You won't be back toMorrow Vic Sneak preview never comes What a waste for just a taste Of blood filling your lungs He took away two children's lives For entertainment's sake No thoughts for naught but his alone Their blood was his to slake Where were the stunt men paid so much To take away the risk? The government inspectors Preventing things like this Decapitation brings frustration And sorrow to the soul All the lawyers getting rich In this the headless hole Children working overtime A fate we'd surely dread Please, just one last question sir Did they ever find his head? The man who brought us fantasy Has stung us with reality Millions spent But it's too late for them I draw satisfaction Knowing that he will Get his in the end 04. The Trial
Judgement day - will you comprehend?
Beckons close at hand Those of us that were born again And those who curse the Holy Land Brought forth before the Son of God The One who loved enough to die We will be not judged by our words and deeds But by our faith when we are tried Respond to the Holy One Why you think that He should spare A man who mocked and cursed His name Or knew the truth and did not care Drink the blood of the King of Kings Love the Savior of the human race Kneel before Him, discard your rings And pray that He will give you grace He was born unto a virgin A birth from royal seed The truest test of prophets Is truthful prophesy Know the Prophet was no bastard We did not deserve His death Just the thought of what He did for me Forever I will be His slave His own kind of refused acknowledgement Crucified the Chosen One As the sun set behind the cross of thieves Dying, He knew His work was done Our cross he had to bear He rose as the final sign Still searching for the prophet "true" The Jews are left behind He was born unto a virgin A birth from royal seed When you are brought to trial Will you die in blasphemy? 05. Case Of The Stubborns
Human life expectancy
No longer than a century There are those that would Cheat death if they could Most who die just pass along Assuming there's no choice at all Some just do not realize That there is sight in dead eyes The illusion of life Created by ignorance The end of life Prolonged by chance Death is cheated By one man's insistence Death depleted Delayed advance Expiration date is spent And blood in veins turned sour Many days ago we passed Supposed final hours Unused organs start to swell Limbs begin to stiffen, yeah Though life continues Death advances Avoidance of oblivion Grandpa Tolliver Passed away one night But he was like no other He just refused to die That stubborn old man Not looking death in the eye Death ripens, flesh rots Rigor mortis, cane to walk Animation from belief Lips are blue Still they speak Denial is a medication Oh to die, end our frustration Vital functions cease to work When will be believe? 06. Winter
The change of seasons passes
Neverending with the day The wizard we call winter Can bring storms into our bays First we pray for sunshine Then we plead for rain But the deadly time of year Is the season we cannot change Tramping through the snowdrifts We've weary and battle fatigued Anticipating ambush At every rustling tree We're two months away from home Two days away from death Trudging ever onward Frostbitten feet and frozen breath White winter brings the new-fallen snow Nature's eulogy for sin The coming of winter, a season of love And the waging of war between men Headed for a battlefield where we will surely die Our fate is written in the stars tonight Our future changes, though I know not how Destiny is changed - now! A wizard upon us, eyes blazing, spells spewing from his mouth Flames leap from his hands, hallucinations We will never know as we're engulfed in flames Oh, to die this way, when we're defenseless At the hands of this occult master gone insane Awaken shackled, and my men are here As for my comrades, two are dead I fear Until I see life in both of them Torchlight approaches - here! An old man unlocks me And the rest of my men as he speaks these words "I am Krakenaus, you must follow me, We will escape from this forsaken pit of hell! Now come quickly, if we're discovered You will suffer a fate that is worse than death!" Following a stranger, I'm dependent for life Hoping the man is not a deceiver The walls are getting cold, we must be nearing an out In Krakenaus I am now a believer Running blind through the flurry of snow Guided only by the page of a master We know the wizard's here, he has pursued us this night Greeted only by his hideous laughter "You have betrayed me!", the wizard screams In a second, he's sprouted demon's wings Four words are spoken, "La Fem Acroche Ach" And Krakenaus is - gone! The wizard upon us Eyes lunatic, spells spewing from his mouth Flames leap from his hands, not illusions We think otherwise - then we're engulfed in flames Oh to die this way, when we're defenseless At the hands of this occult master gone insane 07. Hell Is For Children
They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears
They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears Forgive and forget, all the while Love and pain become one and the same In the eyes of a wounded child Because hell Hell is for children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell is for children And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing They blacken your eyes, and then apologize You're daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy Tell grandma you fell off the swing Because hell Hell is for children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell is for children And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh No, hell is for children Hell Hell is for hell Hell is for hell Hell is for children Hell Hell is for hell Hell is for hell Hell is for children Hell Hell is for hell Hell is for hell Hell is for children Hell is for children Hell is for children 08. Creative Divorce
A year ago, it was the light of my life
Infatuated and devoted was I Matrimony forever? I find revolting the thought I need an escape, need to pick the wedlock To be released from my vow and epithalamium Now emotions are pure where I felt only numb Won't grant me my freedom, we'll still separate Dissolution - a parting of the ways Too late to annul, so I plan her demise Creative Divorce - Asphyxiate the bride Where once was love is only loathe and dislike Creative Divorce - To do away with my wife You say I can't break it - I'd like to break you You can live or just die, but I'm saying it's through As a lifetime companion, it's a ball and chain Either total detachment, or my constricted airway His immortality will be my release I have reached the end - my life's new lease I knew that better half would be better off dead Situation was revolting - cut it off at the head How far it might have gone - I'd rather not say She got out of hand - So I killed Mary Jane The addiction to her - well it had to be tamed The source of corrosion was how it ended - in flames Too late to annul, so I plan her demise Creative Divorce - Asphyxiate the bride Where once was love is only loathe and dislike Creative Divorce - To do away with that life Till death do us Till death do us part 09. Man Of Straw
A man in the corner talks to himself
Drawing spiteful stares from the passerby He doesn't sleep in doorways Well maybe half the time Still be is a man A body shared is a body still the same A mind divided cannot be blamed For the torment caused itself And for others Still he is a man A schizophrenic's like a mirror In that they have two sides The first and last of generations Only two to survive They peacefully coexist Neither knows they're alive Until two lives are torn apart When these worlds collide A genetic imbalance or pressure on the brain He knows not the cause It is the furthest thing from his mind Lack of thought is not a problem For this man of straw So named for his fragility of state Unable to support himself, he's borderline And quickly falling inward Once a man became a shell, nonsensical Like negative emotion |