Memoriam - Requiem For Mankind lyrics
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Tracks 01. Shell Shock
02. Undefeated 03. Never The Victim 04. Austerity Kills 05. In The Midst Of Desolation 06. Refuse To Be Led 07. The Veteran 08. Requiem For Mankind 09. Fixed Bayonets 10. Interment 01. Shell Shock
In this shattered landscape paralysed with fear
There is no escape you scream nobody hears Mind is frozen full of dread none can help you now All around now lay the dead no life can be found Crawling through no mans land across the mud and wire Regrouped for one last stand caught in the crossfire Maxim burst spitting forth a hail of certain death Creating a hell on earth gasp at your last breath You may live through this to fight another day The horror of it all will never fade away The pain that grows deep inside your mind Inner tranquility you will never find Lost all senses far beyond control This inner anguish eats away your soul All living nightmare all memory now blocked You body shaking a victim of shell shock Awaiting in your prison cell the time is drawing near No chance for last farewells lucidity unclear The court martial has ordered you shall be shot at dawn Tied to a stake blindfolded life now gone Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock Shellshock 02. Undefeated
Undefeated
No retreat, no respite Acts of valour unrepeated "No pasarán!" the battle cry Still forging on Through advancing years The past now gone Yet the memory remains Filled with pride In victory triumphant Fear denied Until this war is won Undefeated No retread, no respite Acts of valour unrepeated "No pasarán!" the battle cry Undefeated Undefeated When there's nothing left, you cannot take much more Remember who you are and what you're fighting for When you find yourself with your back against the wall Look to your inner strength, take courage, stand tall Still stay strong Life moves on Undefeated Undefeated 03. Never The Victim
Never the victim
Instinct to survive From the lowest point In strength now shall strive Forever a fighter The warrior spirit No burden of guilt No defeat, no compromise I shall arise Stronger than before This storm inside Weathered, will subside From the chains that hold As my heart grows cold Your shame, your crime Cannot decrease in time No emotion, love now dies Fire gone within your eyes I shall arise Wiser than before Filled with rage Fear engaged All the lies No disguise Forget the future and the past Live for today, nothing lasts All that once was certain now is gone With pride and courage carry on The hopes and dreams we once made Lay in ruins now decayed Through this suffering and pain I shall learn to live again 04. Austerity Kills
Not the cuts of a scalpel
These are cuts of a butcher's knife Devastating effects On human life Imposed to cure recession Affecting those most poor Society's most vulnerable Cannot take much more A system of repression That cannot be endured Impacting on the weakest This cannot be ignored Austerity kills Austerity kills Austerity kills Austerity kills Survival of the richest Corporations under-taxed Increasing spiral of poverty Society under attack Not the cuts of a scalpel These are cuts of a butcher's knife Devastating effects On human life A shameful crisis of morality As millions live and die in poverty Is this the 21st century? There has to be a better way Austerity kills Austerity 05. In The Midst Of Desolation
Life now gone, there's nothing left
Now at peace in eternal rest Within this mourning Beyond the pain Memories repeated again and again An inner torment Grief held inside Tears falling that will not subside Time to leave, a final farewell Amongst the stars I now dwell If heaven won't take you Then the devil will The reaper calling Destiny fulfilled Fulfilled Life now gone, there's nothing left Now at peace in eternal rest Within this sadness Intense disdain Feelings of sorrow you cannot contain Increasing anguish Heartbreak shows Dearly departed, misery grows Time to leave, a final farewell Amongst the stars I now dwell Solemn the drums thrill Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears 06. Refuse To Be Led
Time has come to make a stand
The future now within our hands Challenging decisions made Undeterred, unafraid In this divided kingdom Walls are closing in A disunited state How did this begin? Rhetoric of hate Poisoning the mind Political debate Blind following the blind Deception False facts we are fed Rejection Contempt now is bred Tension As defiance spreads Objection Refuse to be led In this fragmented nation Anger dwells within Increasing isolation None of us can win Can we contemplate In dark satanic mills? Is it far too late? Fear is now instilled Time has come to make a stand The future now within our hands Challenging decisions made Undeterred, unafraid Resistance now the only solution Bring to an end corrupt constitution Fail to accept government lies Decline to obey, refuse to comply Deception False facts we are fed Rejection Contempt now is bred Tension As defiance spreads Objection Refuse to be led 07. The Veteran
None can see the horror I have seen
None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears In the line of duty Deep in harm's way Psychologically scarred The price you have paid Transition civilian life No one understands Unable to integrate No future, no plans Sleeping in doorways Living in the street Begging to strangers For coins so you can eat Most people don't look While others stare Society's rejected In a world that does not care None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears Lost all sense of meaning Reality surreal PTSD afflicted Wounds that never heal The veteran The veteran A message to the government Honour the military covenant 08. Requiem For Mankind
The final act
Shall now begin Forgive us from Our mortal sins Hear the sermon A last lament Led from temptation Now to repent Lowered down Into the grave The earth now calls Honouring the brave Requiem for mankind Now ring out The death knell Solemn sound Of the funeral bell Consigned into Eternity The last rites Closing eulogy Lowered down Into the grave The earth now calls Honouring the brave Preordained, what shall be shall be The body lost, the spirit set free Forevermore, eternal sleep The end of life, resting in peace Requiem for mankind Sanctuary denied Requiem for mankind Revered in glory Legend lives on Within our soul Now is one Place the stone On the burial mound Tranquility Now is found Lowered down Into the grave The earth now calls Honouring the brave 09. Fixed Bayonets
Standing in line
Awaiting in the trenches Now the order comes Fixed bayonets As the whistles blow Over the top you go Towards enemy territory Fixed bayonets Moving forward Hold the line The dead and wounded Left behind No place for fear In your mind Benevolence Is now declined Across no man's land Through unbroken defences Weapon gripped in your hands Fixed bayonets Onwards you march Past the point of endurance At the edge of sanity Fixed bayonets Cheek by jowl Fighting at close quarters Face to face Destroy the enemy Into the breach For God, king, and country Amongst the adversary Fixed bayonets Fighting for your life With grim determination As the bloodshed flows Fixed bayonets Moving forward Hold the line The dead and wounded Left behind No place for fear In your mind Benevolence Is now declined Cheek by jowl Fighting at close quarters Face to face Destroy the enemy 10. Interment
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