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TESTAMENT LYRICS
"First Strike Still Deadly" (2001 Best of/Compilation)
1. First Strike Is Deadly
2. Into the Pit
3. Trial by Fire
4. Disciples of the Watch
5. The Preacher
6. Burnt Offerings
7. Over the Wall
8. The New Order
9. The Haunting
10. Alone in the Dark
11. Reign of Terror
1. First Strike Is Deadly
Prisoners of the venom master
Guilty for what you've been charged
Sit in cells condemned to face
The deadly snap of their jaws
Terror stricken you lie and wait in the final hour
Knowing of your wretched fate and the serpent's power!
First strike is deadly!
The evil path that you must take
Is filled with the slither of snakes
Their hiding and waiting for the time to lunge
For your flesh and your fate
No one escapes or comes out alive
For the snakes, they'll never lose
For if they hit you just one time
You have just faced your doom
First strike is deadly!
~Deadly strike!~ Bred to kill
The venoms howling in your veins!
~Psychotic spell!~ A gift from hell
The sound of a deadly lead remains
2. Into the Pit
Deep in the pit and lying alone
Where death has reared itself a throne
We're all the good, the bad, the worst and the best
And where they land is their eternal rest
Foul plays of passion at twilight's dim
In joy of woe, of good and sin
Winds of storm and fates overcast
Darkly my presence is now your past
Join the insanity or die as you fall
~Into the pit!~
The mass production and the killing of all
~Into the pit!~
The future screams for help are fading away
~Into the pit!~
The world tomorrow - will it die for today?
Into the pit!
So in the sad silent watches of night
The lonely pathway envisions my sight
Echoes of laughter and boundless cries
So here I wander under infinite skies
Join the insanity or die as you fall
~Into the pit!~
The mass production and the killing of all
~Into the pit!~
The future screams for help are fading away
~Into the pit!~
The world tomorrow - will it die for today?
Into the pit!
3. Trial by Fire
Accuse you of a crime, sentenced to endless time
The price you have to pay won't get away!
Sworn in by the stand: your rights are gone, the system's banned
They think you are a liar
-- A trial by fire!
Hey! This is what the people say:
A new way! - A trial by fire!
Locked in an empty cell - your life becomes a living hell
The river of fire flows - time only knows!
Trapped by flames of fury, ordered unto by the jury
Death is their desire
-- Thrown in the fire!
Hey! This is what the people say:
A new way! - A trial by fire!
Quiver by the fiery light, Cringing as your soul ignites
The book of law's been thrown away starting today!
The system before the war is gone for now and evermore
There is no sentence higher
-- A trial by fire!
Hey! This is what the people say:
A new way! - A trial by fire!
4. Disciples of the Watch
Cast to the fire, banned by the light worship and listen to me
Condemned in his mind, in his evil place your fate is all that you'll see
I am the one to show you the path - salvation is in the fields
Listen up children and follow me or I'll let you pay the price of Malachi!
Disciples of the watch ~obey!~ or I'll burn you to that cross!
Holding the mass, the demon is cast to resurrect your soul
Calling to him is like an evil sin - a prophet is what they're told
Taking the land under command killing friend or foe
Feel the might of his evil wrath desecrate your soul!
Disciples of the watch ~obey!~ or I'll burn you to that cross!
Disciples of the watch, disciples of the watch... watch...
Obey.!.
Cast to the fire, banned by the light worship and listen to me
Condemned in his mind, in his evil place your fate is all that you'll see
I am the one to show you the path - salvation is in the fields
Listen up children and follow me or I'll let you pay the price of Malachi!
Disciples of the watch ~obey!~ or I'll burn you to that cross!
Disciples of the watch...
5. The Preacher
The Preacher!!!
In days of old when the books were untold
Speak of a world crushed by sin
"The people will mourn of a war to be born"
Nobody would listen to him
Think back in time when the future you find
Is so faint that it's too hard to see
Don't disavow his word for the truth must be heard
'Cause the preacher tells visions he sees
In 1906 like the future predicts
The city will crumble to the bay
Then what's in store when the worlds go to war?
Peace will have come another day
Then came the one in the year of '41
Warfare would light up the sky
He beckoned the call of the future for all
Blinded by what's in his eyes
In days of old when the books were untold
Speak of a world crushed by sin
"The people will mourn of a war to be born"
Nobody would listen to him
Think back in time when the future you find
Is so faint that it's too hard to see
Don't disavow his word for the truth must be heard
'Cause the preacher tells visions he sees
Listen to these words I preach
Catastrophic lessons they shall teach...
6. Burnt Offerings
Summoned to the house of seance to play the evil tarot cards
To find out what our fate will bring us before the war
Approaching now the hour of tiamat; evil feelings in the air
The chosen wait impatiently to find the...
Rituals of power come out of the fire
Making the legacy known
Takes its toll at last
Now knowing when it strikes
The endless feuding shows its fate, the people are all shocked with fright
They know the end is coming near - it's time to fight
The revolution holds on strong, the armies have all met their match
Entire world up in arms; destruction sees...
The spirits of anger come up from the gallows
Conjured my demons appear
Summoned to my cast, prey this deadly mass
Takin' by the fire you fail
The world became a vast wasteland, survivors turn to cannibals
Killing everything in sight: warfare tonight
The armies are all closing in, the populations getting small
The feelings are as cold as ice, survival names it's price
Starting to burn, the rape and violence grows high
A kingdom will rise to rule with contempt
They will surprise, kill and repent
The weakness in armies won't die! Won't die! Won't die!!!
Leaving now the house of seance, speculating destiny
Wonder if the cards were true, will wait to find out and will wait to see
7. Over the Wall
I've been a prisoner trapped in by fear
Ordered for the rest of my life
Condemned in a jail cell, ain't seen life in years
Escape is the only way out
Restart my life or self destruction
To climb this wall of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom that beckons me
My sanity is all but gone, my patience is growing very weak
I need to get a hold of myself
I stare at the wall for the right time has come
Escape must occur on this night
Restart my life or self destruction
To climb this wall of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom that beckons me
Stand in my way and I'll run you straight through
There's no one to stop me now
For I'm on the loose and I'm ready to start
Torture and hell an this town
Over the wall!!!
The search will not stop and hounds will not rest
Till I am back in my cell
For if I am caught, I'll try it again
Over the wall I will go, I will go.!. Go!
Restart my life or self destruction
To climb this wall of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom that beckons me
8. The New Order
Takers of humanity, elders paranoid
The time is now, give up this world you once destroyed
Society versus the underground, their battles fought and lost
The time has come to rule the world at any cost
For the past it's too late
'Cause the world can't control fate
Shadows cast loud and clear
Tell the world the new order's here
Cities turn to battlefields, a deadly spell is cast
Corpses falling one by one until the last
The preacher speaks of prophecy so many years before
No one escapes their punishment - The gods of war
For the past it's too late
'Cause the world can't control fate
Shadows cast loud and clear
Tell the world the new order's here
Death is like an empty space, fell no thoughts of fear
The future cries as mother nature sheds a tear
The world becomes a prisoner, a victim of its crime
The human race is now a race against time
For the past it's too late
'Cause the world can't control fate
Shadows cast loud and clear
Tell the world the new order's here
9. The Haunting
Hear the screams, screams of fright: shrieks of terror through the night
Souls of old band to hold; the meeting for the haunting night
Headless ghosts fill the halls, shadow plays of grief and pain
Phantom speaks his final note; tenants of the castle slain
Black cats will appear as the witching hour nears
Lost souls will all be told for a haunting we will... go!
See their dreams come to life under pressure holding tight
Feel the cold grabbing hold to feed you to the haunting night
Evil witch black as pitch starts a fire with a flinch
Burning fire rising higher making music like a choir
Children of the night - they're howling at black skies
The ruthless calls within for the haunting now begins!
~Stay away!~ from the shining light; can't seem to find the answers there
~Bring back!~ the terror in the night that we all share tonight!
Hear the screams, screams of fright: shrieks of terror through the night
Souls of old band to hold; the meeting for the haunting night
Headless ghosts fill the halls, shadow plays of grief and pain
Phantom speaks his final note; tenants of the castle slain
Black cats will appear as the witching hour nears
Lost souls will all be told for a haunting we will... go!!!
10. Alone in the Dark
When I was but very young
Sorcerers came to claim my mind
Leaving death and hatred to unmask
The master of the game had won
And let his final sin be known
Killing those who stand in his path
Alone in the dark where the demons are torturing me
The dark passages of revenge is all that I see
Armies of witches are called in from the north
Murders of elders occur
The high priest of evil has lowered his iron fist
Thousands of people will die
The slaughter of the innocent
The house is burning that lights the sky
My nightmare has begun to unfold
The hissing of the cobras tongue
Sound and feel of ripping flesh
Fall two thousand feet from the sky
My terror has controlled my life and
Let my only weakness known
I got to rid this hell from my head
I fight off evil sorcerers
Rid my mind of his torture and
Meet the falling angel in his realm
Alone in the dark where the demons are torturing me
The dark passages of revenge is all that I see
Faustus prepares the legions of the night
Diviners from the far north arrive
Aimlessly people there huddled in a pack
Wreaking deadly havoc on mankind
I fall in my deepest sleep
To meet the evil asteroth
His title is the grand duke of hell
I fight until the end is near
To rid my mind of hopes and fears
My destination lies in my dreams
-- Set me free!
When I was but very young
Sorcerers came to claim my mind
Leaving death and hatred to unmask
The master of the game had won
And let his final sin be known
Killing those who stand in his path
Alone in the dark where the demons are torturing me
The dark passages of revenge is all that I see
Armies of witches are called in from the north
Murders of elders occur
The high priest of evil has lowered his iron fist
Thousands of people will die
11. Reign of Terror
Marching our way through the crypts of the dead
Taking his land by command
Killing our victims and taking no slaves
Hitler's final Third Reich
Engines are roaring, the warheads ablast
The destroyer claims their fate
Hell's legions armies, they march to defy
Lucifer takes his wait
Obeying this task by our leaders will
Death camps have taken their toll
The cold winds of winter are present forever
Destroyers claim their fate
Fighting our way through the mist of the night
Taking the life from young souls
Marching our armies prepared to fight
The cities all laid destroyed
Machineguns are firing the tanks are ablast
Bombing our way through Hell
Generals smiling, destruction strikes
Our armies have done well
Obeying this task by our leaders will
Death camps have taken their toll
The cold winds of winter are present forever
Destoyers claim their fate... their fate.!.
Though the dead have trapped us in
We'll break the pact a deadly whim
Faisoned hammers wielded straight
Cursing us back to Hell's gates, ah!
Black magic force thats taken it's course
The world lives in fear, the death calls are near...
Awaiting this task battle at last
The worlds left to defy; now's the time for you to die...
Marching our way through the crypts of the dead
Taking his land by command
Killing our victims and taking no slaves
Hitler's final Third Reich
Engines are roaring the warheads ablast
The destroyer claims their fate
Hell's legions armies, they march to defy
Lucifer takes his wait
Obeying this task by our leaders will
Death camps have taken their toll
The cold winds of winter are present forever
Destoyers claim their fate
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