Through the Ashes of Empires
Machine Head
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Imperium
06 : 41
2
Bite the Bullet
03 : 21
3
Left Unfinished
05 : 34
4
Elegy
03 : 55
5
In the Presence of My Enemies
07 : 07
6
Days Turn Blue to Gray
05 : 29
7
Vim
05 : 12
8
All Falls Down
04 : 29
9
Wipe the Tears
03 : 54
10
Descend the Shades of Night
07 : 46
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Track Lyrics
Imperium Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Bearing down upon a path we choose
Chosen from the start living different rules
Existence something to cherish true
Will not succumb to doubts that I hold onto
Release the fear of my pain
In so much pain
Give me the will to fight
Every obstacle that I have inside
Release my fear and
[Chorus]
Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets
Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different, I'll
Stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice
[Verse 2]
All my life
Always I've felt alone
Conditioned to believe that I'm always wrong
Only truth
Will help to set me free
My every weakness I must turn into strength
Every rage, every tear, hate
In so much hate
Never that pain will bind me
Ask of myself if I've the will to unwind
Every rage and tear
[Chorus]
Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets
Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different, I'll
Stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice
Carved upon my stone
I will go on
Patience, belief
Love will ascend
Just listen to it
Voice so true, inside calling
To pick you up and march you on
Keep from falling
Let go your sorrow
Sun will shine, this I promise
Rising tomorrow
Rising
Hear me now
I'm taking back the control
Of my
Life from society's hold
I vow
No more will I be a slave
Rise to
Challenge the whole human race
My spirit you cannot break
When we won't lose
Bite the Bullet Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I understand your every fear
Your every pain, your every tear
With every struggle you conquer
Turn heart to steel
And will to iron
[Chorus]
You want more?
You'll get it
Determined, ferocious
Grit down and bite the bullet
Dare to unbind
Smash and redefine
[Verse 2]
The hate you feel is nothing more
Than love you feel to win this war
This battle that rages inside you
With bloodlust you must unchain your shackles
[Chorus]
You want more?
You'll get it
Determined, ferocious
Grit down and bite the bullet
Dare to unbind
Smash and redefine
Lion heart
Never give in
Unsatisfy every weakness
My lion heart
Will never give in
Unsatisfy my every weakness
[Chorus]
You want more?
You'll get it
Determined, ferocious
Grit down and bite the bullet
Dare to unbind
Smash and redefine
Elegy Lyrics
5 ContributorsElegy LyricsElegies are to be sung
Winds of armaggedon come
Ignorance within your bliss
Soon you will atone for this
In your carcinogenic haze
Baneful of a newer age
Flowers of a different scent
Poisons of the earth's lament
A requiem
Earth belong not to you
Belong all we to her
Take another deeper breath
Inhale invisible death
Pollution fills the land and sky
Forever you justify
Take a deeper look and see
Nothing's left to future seeds
Icicles melt into blood
Ashes where there once was wood
A requiem
Earth belong not to you
Belong all we to her
Pain of life has pulled you under
Left you there to bleed and wonder
Open heart is torn asunder
Wrong the wrongs that
You've been suffered
"Kill" we scream in roaring thunder
Destroy all, leave all things plundered
Acid rain cries her pain
Full bloom, a world gone insane
Her anger the flower
Plays god with all of our lives
A requiem
Earth belong not to you
Belong all we to her
In the Presence of My Enemies Lyrics
[x6]
On
Your
Grave
Vim Lyrics
4 ContributorsVim LyricsWords of the righteous
We will not bend
The odds keep stacking up against
Strengthen our perseverance
Break down the cycle
Of errors past
We have to face up to the truth
Relinquish every grudge or bruise
Every ounce of strength grasps
One solid dream
Violent soul
Will be whole
We have to face up to it
For every second we're alive
Let our light shine
To our grave we must pave
A path for us to rise from
Power surge kills the urge
Life and death collide
Smash all the boundaries
That hold us down
Hold on to everything that loves
Let go of anything that starves
People with envy will hold us down
Freedom is just a cut away
Nothing can pass our life away
Every ounce of strength grasps
One solid dream
Violent soul
Will be whole
We have to face up to it
For every second we're alive
Let our light shine bright
To our grave we must pave
A path for us to rise from
Power surge kills the urge
Life and death collide
We take life's ebb and flow
Testament to the things we know
With the fight we must roll
Strength will follow
Tooth and nail for the ground that we hold
Failures from the start, but we still grow
Heads held high, rally for throne
Holding our own
Not just words; we'll show you so
I can't remember
These doubts I must dismember
And trust in whole
What we all know
Block out all the hatred
That the world spews
Heads put to the grindstone
Trust in the truth
All Falls Down Lyrics
4 ContributorsAll Falls Down LyricsAnticipating
Salivating
Intoxicating
How I've been waiting
To gently soak in
Your dream that's broken
Caress my hands around your throat when
I choke the last gasp of air out of you
I'll mesmerize you
Hypnotize you
Paralyze you
My snake-eyes blind you
My gentlest tickle
My tenderest prickle
The back of your neck
I stab icicles
My sweetest grin
Will pull you in
Behind that grin, a razor-teeth smile
Under your bed
Inside your head
I am the monster in wait
Walk, run, I'm the fear you've become
Pray, hope before it's your
Downfall
And all falls
Down!
I patronize you
Victimize you
My false pretenses
Endear me to you
I'm psychopathic
Psychosomatic
Believe everything
You've heard about me
Ate you alive
Since you were a child
That's when the monster first appeared to you
So know my name
What is my name?
My name is fear, and I'm you
Walk, run, I'm the fear you've become
Pray, hope, before it's your
Downfall
And all falls
Down
Down
With faith I crawl
In sadness I fear what I've become
'Cause after all
I'm acting pretend my smile on
Before the fall
The pain washes over
Hold on
Hold on
Survive
Survive
This
Whoa!
Whoa!
(Walk!) Walk (run!) run, I'm the fear you've become
(Fight!) Fight (back!) now before it's your
Downfall
And all falls
Downfall
And all falls
Down!
Ooh!
Wipe the Tears Lyrics
5 ContributorsWipe the Tears LyricsAsk me how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
When everything that's real
Burns the flame in anger
I've heard it all before
I've felt some pain and more
More than you could ever dream
More than it probably seems
I've sat with head in hand
Stressed by my demands
Stomach tied in knots
Alone I've sat and rot
'Cause the pain from all these fears
Has built up all these years
I'll wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears
Don't give in, don't give up
Walk the streets dejected
Alone and left rejected
Time does not care
And sometimes life ain't fair
My head begins to pound
Smashing bottles on the ground
I have lived amongst the garbage
With those who rape and carnage
Had many a promise broken
And broken some myself
The promise I have kept alive
Is keep my inner wealth
With my heart aimed at the world
Destiny I watch unfurl
As I wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears
Don't give in, don't give up
Opportunities
Wasting life away
Choked upon its dust
Puked out in disgust
Let me tell you how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
Been climbing out this gutter
For what seems like it's forever
But one thing I must make clear
The struggle of these years
Has made every scar the stronger
My lust for life the longer
I will fight for what I love
And I will fight for those I care
I will fight at anytime
And I will fight anywhere
With my heart aimed at this world
Destiny I watch unfurl
I'll wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears
Don't give in, don't give up
Voice so true inside
Follow your own light
Fortune