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BETRAYER LYRICS
"Rusted Icons" (2001)
1. Descendents of Death
2. Fire to the Coals
3. Tribulation
4. Waiting
5. Wretched Ways
6. Captive State of Mind
7. Sands of Time
8. Rusted Icons
1. Descendents of Death
Listen to this warning
Better listen good they said
Prepared you for a mission
Fed all their thoughts in your head
Without me, you're going nowhere
Did they forget who they serve?
Leading sheep to the slaughter
They're gonna get what they deserve
Seeking out the powerless
Son, Step right up to my booth
Amazed at first is what you'll be
Until you hear the real truth
Pre-Chorus
Convert them all I command
Just Satan's helping hand
Pleasing the wrong side
and now they run and hide
Chorus
Descendants of death,
False prophets arise
Every word from their breath
Brings closer their demise
Descendants of death,
False prophets arise
Every word from their breath
Will bring forth people's cries
They'll sink their teeth into your soul
Filling up on selfish gain
Oh God, I didn't know
Man, it's driving me insane
Didn't learn things for myself
I guess I really didn't care
Only did what I was told
My mind contains only air
A question raised to be answered
Why do the so called wise,
Disregard common sense?
Be set free, no more lies!
Pre-Chorus/Chorus
Solo/Chorus/Solo
2. Fire to the Coals
Walk the streets alone to find
Something that will please my mind
Searching for the perfect high
Please someone help me, answer why
Is this life I live my own.
Or am I some created clone?
Mimicking the thoughtless breeds
Can't see where the future leads
All my years have come and gone
With hopes and dreams still to be done
As the past, it slips away
We all must face another day
Chorus
Pressures upon me grow and grow
I cannot seem to let them go
If destiny is calling me
Then why am I too blind to see?
The inner vision prodigy,
Which instills virtuosity
Dedicated to short term goals
Will ignite fire to the coals
Solo
Getting used to this abuse
Makes it hard to be set loose
The freedom I now possess
Sometimes makes me want it less
Tempted to go the first time
Now I'm spending my last dime
Crushed by the reality
Of paying this huge worthless fee
Chorus
Solo
3. Tribulation
Fire lights the stage
Chaotic life engaged
To feel this energy
Is to fuel this hidden rage
This rage (3x)
We cannot stop this rage
We will not fight this rage
We won't suppress this rage
We will unleash this rage
Struggle and pain
Play the game again
Sacrifice for these dreams
Hope never seems in vain
In vain (3x)
They question us in vain
They look at us in vain
They persecute in vain
They execute
Chorus
Life
A price we pay
It goes on, and on, and on
Desire stands strong
Play the symphony of life
Blood, sweat and tears
Release all these fears
Achieving our destiny
This calling that we hear
These fears (3x)
You can't obey these fears
You can destroy these fears
You bottle up these fears
You must release
Chorus
Solo
Verse 3
4. Waiting
I'll be your only
I'm bleeding for you
I'm in the shadows
I'm waiting for you
Pre-chorus
I know your secrets
I'll be your nightmare
You make me stronger
Come feed my hunger
Chorus
You'll always be mine
Take your last breath
Forever in time
You'll always be mine
Take your last breath
Together in death
I will consume you
I will become you
Dare not betray me
I'm waiting for you
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo
You're my possession
I'm your misery
My sweet obsession
I'm your fantasy
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
5. Wretched Ways
In a world of pain
There's always a way to die
People not caring
For what's all inside
Blood and guts lie
Across the fields of war
But we're still standing
The smoke clears
We see it now
All your wretched ways
But I won't take your pain
As the years grow longer
We all feel the rage
Of a wide world
Caving in with hate
Many keep falling
In this world of pain
But we keep holding on
The smoke clears
We see it now
All your wretched ways
But I won't take your pain
Pre-Chorus
You stole a piece of me
Yet I see you in myself
This twisted road of life
Ends in utter hell
Mirrored face to face
Shadows in the mind
Living your disgrace
Broken fate I find
Now we're face to face
And I draw the line
Fear clouding your eyes
As I watch you die
Finally the whole world
Has come to an end
Many hearts broken
Awaiting another chance
Not understanding
That their time has come
But we still stand here, alive
The smoke clears
We see it now
All your wretched ways
But I won't take your pain
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo
6. Captive State of Mind
My body lies lifeless, my mind still awake
A shell of a man, a comatose state
Eyes, glazed as ice, search for what is real
Awakened to find I still sleep, all numbness I feel
Pre-chorus
Oh, what can release me
From the walls in my head?
There's no escape from me
A prisoner to my body instead
Silent terror rises, tortured by this fate
This surely is a dream, or God's mistake
Fully aware that this hell is real
Trapped in my body, waiting for the freedom of death
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
No voice to speak with
No movement made
This horrible sleep I cannot break
No words from my mouth
No sight at all
Restricted to this captive state of mind
My body lied lifeless, my mind was awake
A shell of a man, in a comatose state
Eyes, glazed as ice, closed forever by sleep
In passing I can't lose this destiny I keep
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
7. Sands of Time
Changes last with you forever
Things you've done for me remembered
Prayers I made, have finally come true
Gratefulness I give to you
I never knew, never trusted
Never believed, until you
Oh, if I didn't have you in my life
I would be lost, so empty inside
Learning to trust we have come together
I will be with you forever
Post-Chorus
As the sands of time fade away
We'll share the final moments of our days
Solo
Words that I have left unsaid
Promises of years ahead
I never tried, never had faith
Never dreamed, without you
Chorus
Post-Chorus
8. Rusted Icons
Times of revolution
Ends to commercial greed
The winds of change have come
Kill the source the monster needs
Thunder builds underground
Swelling, twisted metal sounds
We will fight against trends
Our crusade never ends
Liberate empty minds
Go against common grind
Meaningless
Selfishness
No heart
Chorus
Ride upon the plastic airwaves
Sell your soul once more
Hide behind their polished icons
Like cowards before
We hold strong that we will survive
No more fear
Strength in sound
No more hiding
Cause we won't back down
Destined rebellion
Music made for the fans
The tides are shifting now
Dismiss corporate demands
Renaissance, gaining force
Momentum from the truest source
Brutal truth lies ahead
See the lies they feed
Heroes, rusted. Idols, fake
Bonds of trust, theirs to break
Treachery
Shamelessly
No soul
Chorus/Solo/Chorus
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