Iced Earth
Album • 2001
Innocence tainted by pure lunacy, cursed by the slash of a shape-shifting beast. Oh no, this can't be, demonic infection, a doomed changeling. His future concealed as he begs to be told, a kiss from the gypsy, he'll never grow old. Oh no, this can't be, demonic infection, a doomed changeling. Even a man who's pure and says his prayers by night, he won't hear your prayers. Man become a wolf! When the wolf bane blooms and the autumn moon is bright, there's a full moon tonight. Man become a wolf! He who is bitten by a wolf and lives possession soon follows, no use to resist. Oh no, this can't be, cursed by the moonlight, a doomed changeling. The madness a turmoil that swells up inside, to truly find peace is to truly die. Oh no, this can't be, demonic infection, a doomed changeling. Even a man who's pure and says his prayers by night, he won't hear your prayers. Man become a wolf! When the wolf bane blooms and the autumn moon is bright, there's a full moon tonight. Man become a wolf! Now comes the rampage, a killing spree, hunting his loved ones comes instinctively. Oh no, it's maddening, a shape-shifting demon of pure lunacy. A shot from the darkness tears through its flesh, a bullet of silver lays it to rest. Oh no, it's maddening, and an innocent victim finds his peace. Even a man who's pure and says his prayers by night, he won't hear your prayers. Man become a wolf! When the wolf bane blooms and the autumn moon is bright, there's a full moon tonight. Man become a wolf!
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 24, 2025
Mundi universitas flammescorri mi immigreavi. Mundi universitas flammescorri mi immigreavi... So a beast resides in me, deep down I always knew. I never really did fit in, so diverse from all of you . Let him who comprehends know the number of the beast. It’s a number of a man, a number just for me. As the boy becomes a man Father's minions pave the way. Set in motion now Armageddon, final conflict, end of days. I embrace the Hounds of Hell and the power they oblige, for the task that lies ahead the Nazarene I'll crucify. They'll see the raptures of our kingdom, they'll see the truth to mankind. I'll show what hell truly is, the monotony of their lives. When the Jews return to Zion and a comet fills the sky, the Holy Roman Empire rises and you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother until man exists no more. "Nazarene, what can you offer? Since the hour you vomited forth from the gaping womb of a woman, you have done nothing but drown men's soaring desires in a delusion of sick sanctimonious morality. I was conceived of a jackal, your pain on the cross was but a splinter compared to the agony of my father. I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass, you profaner of Isis. Cursed Nazarene, I will avenge thy torment!" Now Disciples of the Watch see your Prince of Darkness rise through famine and destruction, the Four Horsemen at my side. I demand a victory, I demand a sacrifice, or spend all eternity in the flaccid gut of Christ! When the Jews return to Zion and a comet fills the sky, the Holy Roman Empire rises and you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother until man exists no more. Mundi universitas flammescorri mi immigreavi. Mundi universitas flammescorri mi immigreavi...
Every time you think about it, it tears you up inside. You curse the day your mother told you your father died. Now you're always searching, searching for the reason why I've gone. But I will always be here by your side, through the darkest night. Here I'll stand on the firing line, here I'll walk through the field where I died. I will fight and let the voice ring true, I am the ghost standing next to you. Every night you go to sleep you pray the Lord my soul to keep. You don't know I've not gone away. You see I watch over fighting men so they can have peace again, and maybe someday you will all be free. Here I'll stand on the firing line, here I'll walk through the field where I died. I will fight and let the voice ring true, I am the ghost standing next to you. You speak to me and I feel your pride assuring me I'll never die, I write Mother: "He's here with me!" He's in our minds, he's in our souls. Of sacrifice his story's told, he holds the flame of freedom for all to see. Here we stand on the firing line, here I'll walk in the field where I fight. I will fight, or die for liberty with the ghost standing next to me. Don't tread on me, live free or die. Don't tread on me, live free or die... To our fallen brothers, you died to keep us free! To our fallen brothers who gave us liberty!
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025
Time is the bond of mortal life, Isis with the scroll of life raised her love Osiris from the dead. Live can transcend the mortal coil, with this script the high priest of the Pharaoh commits his sacrilege. Death is but a threshold to another life, you will arrive. With this power you shall live again, there is no end. You'll live again! Love was the curse upon my soul, for it I would risk salvation and utilize the scroll to save this one. Time is the sentence for my sin, three thousand years my angry soul is been trapped inside this tomb of my condemn. Death is but a threshold to another life, I will arrive. With this power I shall live again. There is no end, I'll live again! Dawn shines a light on pain untold! Scarred from the Millennia, the heart that beats inside my chest is cold. Rise, I'm rising from these sands of time! By the scarab's power I am given strength, with hate in hand this misery I drink. Death is but a threshold to another life, I will arrive. And with this power I shall live again. There is no end, this pain won't end!
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 24, 2025
What's the reason for me to be this way? I'm lying on the floor, I've broken through some door. I don't know how I came to this! There is bloodlust in my eyes, and someone in my mind saying: "I have forced you here, I'm hiding, right here inside you. Trapped in here so long, you'll find me growing in every man!" Who is this that speaks to me, tearing down my mind, my reality? This must certainly be the one, what will I pay for this? This evil synthesis! "I have forced you here, I'm hiding, right here inside you. Trapped in here so long, you'll find me growing in every man!" I’m out of control, evil takes my soul! "I can feel you inside me..." "Of course, yes you can!" "You're not stronger than me!" "I am you!" "I won't let you!" "I will own you!" "No, you can't have me!" I won't let you destroy me, you took away my life with your wicked seed. If you're able to take control you'll bring damnation upon my soul! "I have forced you here, I'm hiding, right here inside you. Trapped in here so long, you'll find me growing in every man!"
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025
Oh beware, the creature comes this way. Oh beware, he'll take you away! Since the dawn of time he's been here, forgotten son testing all our fears. Nature's mistake, he sees no end, the dragon’s child walks among man. For centuries past many tribes know the tales of men not returning when they've gone there. And those who've returned can't describe what they've seen. Their hair has turned white, and they’ve gone insane. Oh beware the blackened water, the creature has come to take you away. Oh beware unholy water on this dying day!
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 24, 2025
This track is instrumental.
A mastermind in the old watchtower, prying eyes must never find, playing God in the final hour. Insanity, such a fine line! Overwhelmed by the mourning process and the loss of his dearly loved, the doctor's work is now obsession. What is life, what's beyond? He wants to know what it's like to be God, creating life with his own hands, to reanimate lifeless tissues. The Devil's work, the doctor's plan! A man of wealth and a genius mind, a slave to passion and his morbid side robbing graves of the newly dead. Erratic tendencies, a troubled mind! I will create in my own image, if God can then why can't I? No thought of the consequences, I've got to know the meaning of life. I will create in my own image, if God can then why can't I? No thought of the consequences, I've got to know the meaning of life. Lightning strikes, it's the witching hour, the monstrosity comes alive. A victim of man's vanity born in delirium, a deranged child. He turns his back on his own creation, chaos ensues, the innocent die. Who's the monster, who's the victim? Crucify, crucify! I will create in my own image, if God can then why can't I? No thought of the consequences, I've got to know the meaning of life.
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025
Do you believe in love, do you believe in destiny? True love may come only once in a thousand lifetimes. I too have loved, they took her from me. I prayed for her soul, I prayed for her peace. When I close my eyes I see her face, it comforts me. When I close my eyes memories cut like a knife. The blood is the life and Christ I defy. My sworn enemy, birth of a new creed! Is this my reward for serving God's own war, the blood I've spilled up for faith fulfilled? To damn her, a disgrace, you spit back in my face. I served you loyally and you spew blasphemy! I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life. The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life. There are far worse things awaiting man than death. Come taste what I have seen, I'm spreading my disease! I will feed upon His precious child! The human race will bleed, they will serve my need. I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life. The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life. I am the dragon of blood, the relentless prince of pain. Renouncing God off his throne, my blood is forever stained. For true love I shall avenge, I defy the creed that damned her! I am the dragon of blood, the relentless prince of pain. Renouncing God off his throne, my blood is forever stained. I am the dragon of blood, the relentless prince of pain. Renouncing God off his throne, my blood is forever stained. For true love I shall avenge, I defy the creed that damned her!
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 24, 2025
Christine: I feel you, from beyond the walls you speak to me. Phantom: Christine my love, Paris now will worship you. You will star soon, I'll kill to make it sure for you. Christine: Oh my love, won't you please show yourself to me? Phantom: Soon I'll take you, in my kingdom you're the queen. It's dark and peaceful but my face you'll never see, no! Oh Christine, on this eve I will come for you! Christine: Erik my love, I've waited all my life for you. Please just take me, I need to be with you. Phantom: Take my hand, through the catacombs my lair awaits. Christine: Caverns, mazes, the underworld and the blackest lake. Enticing danger! your passion feeds me, I'm your slave! Now I've bathed in fear, I will not leave here. Phantom: Breathe deep the darkness, breathe deep the madness. Christine: I'm so cold inside, mental suicide. Phantom: Breathe deep the darkness, breathe deep the sadness. Oh Christine, don't you know that it's all for you? Carlotta's head and the other deaths I planned. All for you to have your night in the spotlight, from now on forevermore you will only sing for me. Christine: So you are, you are the legend, the phantom opera ghost. Phantom: I am what man has made me with his hate and cruel ways. Christine: Why are you? Phantom: Why am I? Christine & Phantom: The phantom opera ghost! Christine: I have to see... Phantom: You'll never see... Christine & Phantom: ...what's behind the mask. Phantom: No! Christine: I'm so torn between love, death, life, and hate. Phantom: Don't you doubt me, what we have is just our fate. I now own you, from this day forth you'll be my slave. Christine: Oh dear God, for this life I've lost the will. Phantom: No this can't be, I'd rather you die than spoil my dream Myself I'll kill, if I can't have you no one will!
Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025
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