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The Ronin
03:56
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YRonin
Your power is mine
I am the harvester
I am the killer of Kings
I am the one that you fear
Off your betrayal I feed
I am the truth you can’t face
Sinner or saint no escape
I have spilt blood like a sea
Death will never find me
Your head is the trophy I need
Your power is mine
I am your integrity
Your lies can’t hide you from me
Your choice is the steel I bring
Your power is mine
The masterless cursed to never achieve death
I have suffered the betrayal of the Code and I have brought vengeance on you all
No innocence, there is no second chance
The price is your life, no place to hide, your blood is power, And your power is mine
There is no second chance
I am the end all
I am the reaper you seek
I am the choice you must make
When your word is at stake
I have spilt blood like a sea
Death will never find me
Your head is the trophy I need
Your power is mine
I am your integrity
Your lies can’t hide you from me
Your choice is the steal I bring
Your power is mine
I am the Ronin
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Aftermath
03:38
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Aftermath
There is a sickness that freezes the heart
The blackness in the dark
Hard to breath when we boil the sea
Destroying a world we clearly need
Dig another hole in the ground
Profits or how we are bound
Polluting the water that we drink
Cutting down every fucking tree
The cold of winter
But the world still burns
The cold of winter
And the world still turns
Winning in life no matter the cost
Even though winning means that we lost
Aftermath
There is a sickness that freezes the heart
The blackness in the dark
Hard to breath when we boil the sea
Destroying a world we clearly need
Dig another hole in the ground
Profits or how we are bound
Polluting the water that we drink
Cutting down every fucking tree
The cold of winter
But the world still burns
The cold of winter
And the world still turns
Winning in life no matter the cost
Even though winning means that we lost
Ignorance keeps creeping like frost
When dying is simply the cost
Murdering the future that we hold
Your children will have no place to go
The blood in your veins grows cold
And that makes the fire grow
There is a sickness that freezes the heart
The blackness in the dark!
The cold of winter
But the world still burns
The cold of winter
And the world still turns
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3. |
Stench of Cowards Rot
02:30
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Stench of Cowards Rot
Vile stench of cowards rot
Suffocating from the evil that you bought
Cannibal, maggots to the feast
Eaten alive, as you’re
Forced to bend the knee
Your guts fall to the floor
And you’re covered in sores
You tear meat from your bones
But this cancer still grows
Brutalized, consuming vomited greed
The pigs burst but they still continue to eat
Disemboweled, more food for the beast
It’s hard to run when you’re bound by your needs
The pungent stench of your rotted lies
A pestilence, you’ve unleashed on mankind
Cowardness makes the infection spread
While the pigs feast on the brains in your head!!
The pungent stench of your rotted lies
A pestilence, unleashed on mankind
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4. |
Relic of War
03:30
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Relic of War
Forged from a dark mind
A creator and master of pain
Loyal to kings and tyrants
All death ends the same
A quiet soldier
Afraid to speak
Only ruthless men seek me
I shall never sleep
Take ahold of my throat, a relic of war (a relic of war).
I eat meat, I eat bones, I stop beating hearts.
Live by me, die by me, A relic of war (a relic of war).
I eat meat, I eat bones, I stop beating hearts
Blood drips from my brow
It’s never enough
My thirst never quenched
I’m feeding the earth
Breaking the will of men
A lust to please
Spent my life in darkness
Only light I know is violence
A vessel of souls
Made deadly by stone
I leave flesh cold
Death is all I know
Take ahold of my throat, a relic of war (a relic of war).
I eat meat, I eat bones, I stop beating hearts.
Live by me, die by me! A relic of war (a relic of war).
I eat meat, I eat bones, I stop beating hearts
A Relic of War!!!
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5. |
Prelude to Battle
02:58
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Instrumental
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6. |
1600
03:21
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1600
Everyone you know
Warmth of the living no longer there own
The weight you hold
To fall to death, like the ones before
Names of the dead
Written in stone laying in earth
Haunted by souls, millions of bones at your feet
There is no hope, end of the rope
So they lay rotting away
So many graves the number untold
Dreams of vengeance, thirsty we hold
There is a violent legacy of a tyrants vanity
So is every battle for eternity
For eternity
East vs west, paid by death
Greed is a hunger-hunger fed
Through bloody eyes, see all we need
To prophesies-our reality
There is no hope for the living
When blood is all that we are giving
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Harvest
02:50
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Harvest
There is something that lies behind the rows
You pretend it isn’t there but it still grows
No matter how good you tend to the soil
There is something foul in the seed
Blossoming the murders
Rapist molesters and thieves
Demons hiding behind their crosses
Slaughtering their sheep
Pollenizing pure hatred
Growing stronger from greed
Destruction of innocence
Smothered by the weeds
Burn it all down
Harvest the ground
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Harvest the ground
Burn it all down
There is something that lies behind the rows
A thing you can no longer ignore
You can cut it all down to the ground
But there is something rotten beneath
Something in the seed
Harvest is what we need
Burn it all down
Harvest the ground
Burn it all down
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8. |
Loyalty
03:43
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Loyalty
Fire rains down from the sky
The blood pours and the bodies pile high
You must put your fear to the side
Embrace that you’re going to die
Your best friend bleeding out to the right
Here they are, they are coming through the lines
Grab your weapon get ready for a fight
Because I’d rather die than be left behind
Here they come hold your breath
The killing fields are lit red
In the mud, face down
Paralyzed, by the sound
Of your brothers being ripped to shreds
Look to the right he’s already dead
Here I am, all alone
Scared to death, I will fight on
Everyone is stand up till the time comes to pay up
But there’s loyalty in me that knows I’ll be with my brother soon
It’s about loyalty
I would give my life like you would give for me
So much death it burns my eyes
Then a blast of light
Screams are gone it’s quiet now
Peace at last I can’t feel the ground
It’s blurry when I open my eyes, People all dressed in white
In a bed is where I lie, Why didn’t I die
With my eyes full of tears, It’s my biggest fear
Take me back my brothers need me, Take me back it’s about loyalty
I would give my life for you like you would for me
Everyone stand up
To the time to pay up
As the warrior in me knows that I will be with my brothers soon
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Benevolence
03:16
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Benevolence
Love, hate two words that mean the same
The light of a dying day
Births the night, we all fear to face
Compassion is apparently a thing of the past
Mercy is something that never seems to last
Humanity is lost and left you betrayed
Standing on a drowning man
Stabbing an already bloody back
This life is give and take
But you’re never giving back
Lies are rules and the truth is gone
Destroy the weak worship the strong
This darkness brings forth a plague
As the best parts of us fade away
Our benevolence is gone
As the sun sets starts to fade
The darkness brings forth a plague
And the best parts of us fade away
Killing each other just to get ahead
Robbing the poor so the fat get better fed
Compassion is apparently a thing of the past
Mercy is something that never seems to last
Humanity is lost and left you betrayed
This darkness brings forth a plague and the best parts of us fade away
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