Ashes of the Wake
Lamb Of God
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Laid to Rest
03 : 50
2
Hourglass
04 : 00
3
Now You’ve Got Something to Die For
03 : 39
4
The Faded Line
04 : 37
5
Omerta
04 : 45
6
Blood of the Scribe
04 : 23
7
One Gun
03 : 59
8
Break You
03 : 35
9
What I’ve Become
03 : 28
10
Ashes of the Wake
05 : 45
11
Remorse Is for the Dead
05 : 39
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Track Lyrics
Hourglass Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Privileged, a chosen few
Blessed with our time in hell
Witness a divine vision
The day we all fell still
Rapture of the dying age
A shattered hourglass
Wrath of the warring gods
And so this, too, shall pass
[Verse 2]
It's only getting worse
Not worth a moment's regret
Each dawn, another curse
Every breath, a twisting blade
What will be left behind
In the ashes of the wake?
[Verse 3]
An ill wind blows this way
The edge of the envelope burns
Forbearance and my vengeance
Payment for your intent
Fear and death in the wings
In thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does
Witness the mass disgrace
[Bridge]
Fear and death in the wings
In thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does
Witness the mass disgrace
[Verse 4]
God forbid you read the signs
Watch for meanings between the lines
Gehenna has now arrived
No hindsight for the blind
Your trust has been misplaced
Believed the lies told to your face
Became another casualty
And now it's too late
[Verse 5]
You finally made it home
Draped in the flag that you fell for
And so it goes
The ashes of the wake
[Outro]
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse
Now You’ve Got Something to Die For Lyrics
[Chorus]
Now you've got something to die for
Now you've got something to die for
[Bridge]
Infidel
Imperial
Lust for blood
A blind crusade
Apocalyptic
We count the days
[Verse 1]
Bombs to set the people free
Blood to feed the dollar tree
Flags for coffins on the screen
Oil for the machine
Army of liberation
Gunpoint indoctrination
The fires of sedition
Fulfill the prophecy
[Chorus]
Now you've got something to die for
Now you've got something to die for
[Verse 2]
Send the children to the fire
Sons and daughters stack the pyre
Stoke the flame of the empire
Live to lie another day
Face of hypocrisy
Raping democracy
Apocalyptic
We count the days
[Bridge]
We'll never get out of this hole
Until we've dug our own grave
And drug the rest down with us
The burning home of the brave
Burn
[Chorus]
Now you've got something to die for
Now you've got something to die for
The Faded Line Lyrics
[Intro]
Witness shame's parade
The pain of blame repaid
It's fucking hopeless
Accusations and denial
[Verse 1]
Hopeless
Demon of another day
Colorless
Stoned, solid gray
Emptiness
Of promises I made
So faithless
The tenants long betrayed
[Chorus]
Walk the faded line
Cursed crawl of time
Silence
The only promise ever kept
[Verse 2]
Familiar touch
A ritual to numb the cut
Salvation in vice
Anguish is realizing
What could have been but never was
It's emptiness that fills the cup
Devotion in
The method of my fall
Pointless
Futility continuing
Endless
Flowing corrupted vein
[Chorus]
Walk the faded line
Cursed crawl of time
Walk the faded line
Cursed crawl of time
Silence
The only promise ever kept
[Outro]
It's fucking hopeless
Hopeless
Hopeless
It's fucking hopeless
Hopeless
Omerta Lyrics
[Intro]
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward
Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant
"If I live, I will kill you; if I die, you are forgiven"
Such is the rule of honor
[Verse 1]
Broken the paradigm, an example must be set
Invoke the siren's song and sign the death warrant
This is what has been wrought for thirty pieces of silver
The tongues of men and angels bought by a beloved betrayer
[Chorus]
I am the result
What's better left unspoken
Violence begins to mend
What was broken
You've been talking
I've been all ears
[Verse 2]
Words meant to dwell in darkness shall never see the light of day
Words can be broken, so can bones, execute the mandate
Mouth full of dirt, your name is removed from the registry
St. Peter greets with empty eyes then turns and locks the gate
[Chorus]
I am the result
What's better left unspoken
Violence begins to mend
What was broken
You've been talking
I've been all ears
Omerta
[Bridge]
Cheaply venal, stupidly verbose
A slip of the tongue, a slit of the throat
Six feet under with no marker
Keep my name from your mouth forever
Free speech for the living, dead men tell no tales
Your laughing finger will never point again
[Outro]
Omerta
Omerta
Sing for me now
One Gun Lyrics
[Intro]
The sins of deliverance
[Verse 1]
The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope
The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope
[Chorus]
It's when murder is justice that martyrs are made
A one-gun salute for the new Independence Day
They'll hallow your name
They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice
[Bridge]
The sins of deliverance
"So let the wicked perish
In the presence of God"
For your sacrifice
[Verse 2]
The sins of the father
Atoned by the son
Confessions of commitments broken
A nail driven for every one
[Chorus]
It's when murder is justice that martyrs are made
A one-gun salute for the new Independence Day
They'll hallow your name
They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
You are the cause, I am the effect
Created in hatred, a noose for your neck
[Verse 3]
The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope
The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope
[Outro]
They'll hallow your name
For your sacrifice
They'll hallow your name
Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice
They'll hallow your name
What I’ve Become Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Blank stares of broken men
So withered from the poisons
They can't remember when
There were once honest reasons
It's all a lie
It died a hundred thousand miles ago
[Refrain]
Pretending I'm still here
[Chorus]
Justify
What I've become
Sanctify
What I've become
[Verse 2]
Amazing disgrace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
Better lost if this is found
Best blinded, never to see
The race to save face
Nothing now is what we meant it to be
[Refrain]
Pretending I'm still here
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
It's a system now
Intertwined
Take your place in the line to be ground by the gears of the masterpiece
Betrayal
[Chorus]
Justify
What I've become
Sanctify
What I've become
[Bridge]
Suffered consequence
It's been so long since
Any piece of this
Made any kind of sense
You anoint the king
I'll burn everything
Down to ashes
You giveth, I taketh away
You giveth, I taketh away
[Outro]
It's a system now
Intertwined
Take your place in the line
To be ground
By the gears of the masterpiece
Betrayal
Remorse Is for the Dead Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The dirty lord of the manor
Surveys his filthy domain
Too many nights raising hell
Worked a little all too well
Constructed a monument to denial and excess
Sunk so low, crawled so far back
There's nowhere left to regress
[Verse 2]
If these walls could talk
They would tell a horror story
Never-ending winter
Violence and infidelity
Shadows fall through broken panes
Careless words that are filled with hate
Just enough to keep it together
Never enough to make it work
All the tongues here are forked
We are a hailstorm of broken glass
Follow the path of least expectance
[Pre-Chorus]
A huge stinking pile of sick
[Chorus]
Pile it higher and higher
Light the match, start the fire
Level this place until nothing's left
And take us with it
[Verse 3]
Surroundings are irate
Crack of dawn brings naught but pain
Resentment steadily grows
Laughing in the gallows
Full throttle, determined to fail
Pedal to the metal, asleep at the wheel
We are the lucky ones
Welcome home
[Chorus]
Pile it higher and higher
Light the match, start the fire
Level this place until nothing's left
And take us with it
[Bridge]
Poisoned nerves and a bloody antidote
Violence is not an aberration, it's a rule
Dying beyond the pale
Your beatings will continue until my morale improves
I don't hate you
I'm just removing an enemy
Remorse is for the dead
[Outro]
I'm just removing an enemy
Remorse is for the dead, my enemy
Remorse is for the dead