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INVICTA LYRICS
"We Live For Heavy Metal" (1992)
1. Black Shadows
2. Axeman's Altar
3. Death Ride
4. The Assassin
5. Land of Oppression
6. Old Irwin's Cemetary
7. Prophet Child
8. Quest of Avatar
1. Black Shadows
In the night the strong will survive
All the rest will be eaten alive
Tortured bodies, blood n' guts
I laugh while I fuck 'em up
I know the power of the darkness
My eyes are opening wide
I see through golden astral visions
From a point which was once held inside
Scanning victims in infra-red
I cannot stop until all are dead
Death is glory, life is a game
If you don't play, then your life is a shame
What a rush, pulling hard
Weins carry electric charge
Can't disolce reality
The sun may shine but you still can't see
All must answer in the end
Crystal palace, wounds will mend
Dark power, evil lord
In the music, power is stored
Black Shadows, friend or for
Wouldn't you like to know
Wasted bodies, some burnt and some broken
The spirits rise as the words are spoken
Why do I live the night?
Because I feel all right
Why do I like it loud?
Because I'm fuckin' proud, of who I am!
Skulls rising, from the depths
Feel the darkness, take your breath
Black Shadows, what can it mean?
You will know when you've seen what I've seen
I know the power of the darkness
My eyes are opening wide
I see through golden astral vision
From a point which was once held inside
The path is chosen, the deed is done
One for all, and all for one
Te moon is rising, the night will come
Getting louder as we all become one
Why do we love the night?
Because we feel all right
Why do we like it loud?
Because we're fuckin' proud of who we are!
Black Shadows, Black Shadows
Black Shadows, what can it mean?
You will know when you've seen what I've seen...
2. Axeman's Altar
There was a place where people could listen though wind and trees
This was a place where people could set their minds at ease
Feeling the fire of love and desire it burns your eyes
Cry as a part of life fades as we watch it die
Here we met our friends, burned there through the night
Here we laughed and cried, held our rites
In moonlight we played and sang out songs
In darkness we prayed that we'll be strong
Standing for honor, life for death
Sacrifice must take every breath
Don't you use ignorance as an excuse
Don't try to hide from your soul it's no use
Open your brain and accept what's inside
Don't fear your feelings, it's part of the ride
I look back on the days I have seen
I think of my world turning grey from green
I ponder things to come, seeing pain and fun
Something distant screams, were the ones
Axeman's Altar, now is dust in the wind
Axeman's Altar, no repentance for sin
Axeman's Altar just a memory now
No more Altar, an example of how
Man breaks and takes what he cannot enjoy
Men will waste anything for a new toy
Man steps on man when the going gets tough
Man looks to god when man isn't enough
Now they have taken the Altar away
I watched them destroy the stone day by day
No place is left for our children to play
Oh why have they taken my Altar away?
3. Death Ride
Road is spinning...
Stomachs turning...
Death is winning...
Blood is burning...
Jam or die! Jam or die! Ham or die! Jam on!
Jam or die! Jam or die! Ham or die! Jam long!
One false move could end it all!
One mistake could start you to fall!
One last chance to leave it behind!
But you see that all you will find is just a wall!
We live for heavy metal
We've got a score to settle
One life for heavy metal
One life means verry little
Death Ride! Death Ride! You are gonna Die!
Death Ride! Death Ride! You're gonna go to hell!
Death Ride! Death Ride! You are gonna Die!
Death Ride! Death Ride! You're all gonna go to hell!
4. The Assassin
It's raining again
Like it always does about this time
So cold
Like the beat of my heart
November always brings out the worst in me
Waiting in silence, I just feel black
There's a bullet for every man
And I'm calling the shots
Cold steel in my hands
So many ways to kill
I know of them all
So many graves to fill
Splitting the night with fire
I'm a hit man on the run
Beneath the streetlight sirens wail
And I holster a smoking gun
In the shadows of night fall
I'll be slipping away
I don't miss and I don't look back
It's raining again
Feels like ice upon my skin
Empty and hollow
The look in my eyes
Nighttime always brings out
The beast in me
Someone is coming
And I feel black
Call me a gun for hire
I get the job done
Put him in my sights
I'll fire
I am the killer elite
I'm one of a kind
I'm the deadliest man on the street
[CHORUS]
Blood spills
And mixes with rain
I just leave him
He didn't feel much pain
I just get to kill 'em
So that's all I do
I don't ask myself why
Would you?
Sure I think about it
But there's no remorse
So why do I do it?
For the money of course
Sometimes I just laugh out loud
But the hear
There're already dead by then
I pack up my gear
It's raining again
By now you thin I just don't care
So cold
Feel my stare
November always brings out the killer in me
My hand on the trigger
I only see black
5. Land of Oppression
You think you're free but it's a lie
Take a look into my eyes
You might be shocked by what you see
You may never be set free
Promises that never come
We learn to live behind the gun
That is what they like to see
Oppression of society
In my mind it's getting clear
The tolling bell is all I hear
Action now is what we need
Band together plant the seed
Once there was freedom
In though and in deed
For rejoicing and laughter
Fulfilled all our needs
But the day came when
Fortresses spread 'crossed our lands
And replacing our freedom
With chains in their hands
Time to break the chain
The power we have gained
There's no stopping now
The forces gather round
We'll never take this lying down
Burn their kingdom to the ground
Unleash the power from within
Freedom will be ours again
6. Old Irwin's Cemetary
Once you have been there at night
You will never forget
Now the trees hide the light
From the place where we met
I can still see the smoke
Rising up from the ground
As the rain starts to soak
Final resting place for the fifty buried there
Roxamands cast a spell upon the tree they held so dear
Once known as ruby camp where Mervin Wheeler left his stamp
But the looters stole his plaque
And now his ghost waist till they come back
Mary died age 17, she left a message, or so it seems
Moonlit mountaintop holds the story of her screams...
My good people as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now you soon shall be
Prepare yourselves to follow me
7. Prophet Child
Most people think that the earth cannot last
We've gone too far, we've lost touch with the past
Forward we led to a future of dreams
Long way to go to a more tranquil scene
Into the darkness my shadow it fades into black
Inside I knew there was no turning back
Something surrounded me making it harder to see
Suddenly I realized I was surrounded by trees
Each has a face as I slowed up my pace to a crawl
Barely I could hear voices from all
Trapped by the wind in a circle of light I stood still
Then came a vision of life so incredibly real
Nothing was spoken but I could feel thoughts being shared
Chill still inside me but I was not scared
My curiosity bubbled inside of me
Faster I followed and stronger the forces seemed to be
A force I could feel
A light I could see
Oh what could it be?
I was told in the circle that only one saw the way
Only one way to reverse the decay
But many were needed all with open minds
People who know what they need, they will find
Witness the coming at last of the Prophet Child
A hero, a savior so strong and so bold
Witness the coming at last of the Prophet Child
Freedom and honor and greatness till now unfolded
The freedom you sold
Was always more precious than gold
Know deep in your heart
That we can make a new start
Prophet Child! X4
The freedom you sold
Was always more precious than gold
Know deep in your heart
That we can make a new start
Prophet Child! X4
8. Quest of Avatar
When one is on a quest
Life seems worthwhile
Driven by force others cannot see
When one completes the quest
Life is fulfilled
Some will become what they were
Meant to be
One life, here on earth
One chance to do
All of the things that you need to do
Each man must realize
In his own way
You are the master of all you survey
Join us on the quest
Oh Avatar!
Join us on the quest
Everywhere you look these days
You can find them there
People living out there lives
As if they do not care
Can't they see it's wrong?
Don't they hear the song?
Chorus
Sources, courses, forces a choice
Visions, religions, decisions to make
One life to live only one life to give only
One chance to save only one world I say to you
Chorus
One life here on earth
One chance to be
All of the things that you need to be
If life seems too hard, Listen I say
Some will find love, truth and courage
Become all that matter in life to the Father, the Brother, the Son
Once I'm alive
I'll be set free
Once I'm alive
We'll be set free
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