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1
Sign of the Cross
11 : 17
2
Lord of the Flies
05 : 03
3
Man on the Edge
04 : 13
4
Fortunes of War
07 : 23
5
Look for the Truth
05 : 10
6
The Aftermath
06 : 20
7
Judgement of Heaven
05 : 12
8
Blood on the World’s Hands
05 : 57
9
The Edge of Darkness
06 : 39
10
2 A.M.
05 : 37
11
The Unbeliever
08 : 10
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Track Lyrics
Fortunes of War Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
After the war and now
That they've sent us homeward
I can't help but feel that I'm on my own
No one can see
Just what this conflict has done to
The minds of the men
Who are on their way home
[Verse 2]
I'm scarred for life
But it's not my flesh that's wounded
So how can I face the torment alone?
The vivid scenes
And all the recurring nightmares
I lay there and sweat until it gets light...
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 3]
People say, "Don't worry"
Say that time's a perfect healer
That the nightmares, they will come to pass
Can't hear what they're saying
I am living in my own world
And I'm feeling trancelike all the time
[Verse 4]
I hear voices in my head
Could I really be going crazy?
In the night, the visions seem so real
Do you care if you live or die?
When you laugh, are you really crying?
You're not sure what's real anymore
[Chorus]
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war, no pain anymore
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war, no pain anymore
Fortunes of war
[Instrumental Break: 4:40-5:38]
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war, no pain anymore
Fortunes of war
[Chorus]
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war, no pain anymore
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war
Fortunes of war, no pain anymore
Fortunes of war
[Outro]
Sometimes, I wake
I feel that my spirit's broken
I wonder if I've the strength... carry on
Carry on
The Aftermath Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Silently to silence fall
In the fields of futile war
Toys of death are spitting lead
Where boys that were our soldiers bled
Warhorse and war machine
Curse the name of liberty
Marching on as if they should
Mix in the dirt, our brothers' blood
[Chorus]
In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for?
Is it worth the pain?
Is it worth dying for?
Who will take the blame?
Why did they make a war?
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all?
[Verse 2]
Once, a ploughman hitched his team
Here, he sowed his little dream
Now bodies, arms, and legs are strewn
Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom
Each moment's like a year
I've nothing left inside for tears
Comrades, dead or dying, lie
I'm left alone asking, "Why?"
[Chorus]
In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for?
Is it worth the pain?
Is it worth dying for?
Who will take the blame?
Why did they make a war?
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all?
[Bridge 1]
After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become?
After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become?
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge 2]
Lord, is it over when the battles are done?
After the war and no one has won
I'm just a soldier
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become?
After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become?
Oh...
Blood on the World’s Hands Lyrics
[Bass Solo]
[Verse 1]
Sometimes, it makes me wonder
Sometimes, it makes me question
Sometimes, it makes me saddened
Always, it makes me angry...
But when you can see it happening
The madness that's all around you
Nobody seems to worry
The world seems so powerless to act...
[Bridge 1]
It's out of control
Blood on the world's hands
Each day, a new toll
[Verse 2]
Another assassination
The same day, a new creation
But what are they coming into?
Security of a world that brings...
One day, another killing
Somewhere, there's someone starving
Another, a savage raping
Meanwhile, there's someone laughing at us
[Bridge 2]
It's out of control
Blood on the world's hands
Each day, it goes on
[Chorus]
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
Blood on the world's hands
[Verse 3]
Brutality and aggression
Tomorrow, another lesson
Expecting another air raid
Praying for a ceasefire...
They say things are getting better
No need to be complacent
There's chaos across the border
And one day, it could be happening to us
[Outro]
It's out of control
Blood on the world's hands
It's our epitaph
It's out of control
Someone should know
Blood on the world's hands
Someone should...