|
TESTAMENT LYRICS
"Live in Osaka Japan 1999" (2004 DVD)
1. D.N.R.
2. Down for Life
3. Low
4. Burnt Offerings
5. Into the Pit
6. [bass solo]
7. Souls of Black
8. Three Days in Darkness
9. Eyes of Wrath
10. True Believer
11. The Legacy
12. Riding the Snake
13. Legions of the Dead
14. Practice What You Preach
15. Over the Wall
16. Dog Faced Gods
17. The New Order
18. Disciples of the Watch
19. [backstage footage before show]
1. D.N.R.
Lies... broken dreams
Dismal past
is there more in life...should I... know
Ending wars... ending pain
Ending of mankind is insane
and there's all the possibilities
some will fail and some will achieve
Even though in my youth
I didn't know but what can I do
and I may not ever see
In my pain, my suffering
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me...
Life... lost unseen
behind the mask
and with the open arms will I grasp
Open doors... open minds...
Ending all the madness I hate
And I may not ever see
In my pain, my misery
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me...
DNR...
Wing of sadness... will
hold my prayers
all this madness... will
end my fears
contempt in life
Conceptualize, wrong or right
The ending of life...
God save me now...
Time... end it now
No going back
Can you see the light as you pass
Ending wars, ending pain...
Waited all my life to be saved
And I will not ever see
All the hate and suffering
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me... DNR
2. Down for Life
When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
bad relation ripped appart
When we're youngand disaranged
We didn't know itany other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I am not about to run away
Turn my back to himIn his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart
All the friends
We feel the same the way it was back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again
I... feel that...I can't protect myfriend from himself
All I've gotare these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remaininside me thoughts
Even as we speakas troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it wasand always will be
When we're youngand disaranged
We didn't know itany other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I... feel...I cannot help my friend help himself
You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...still friends down for life...
can you still fight...
All I've gotare these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain inside me thoughts
Even as we speakas troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it wasand always will be
Now in the endit plain to seewhat kind of friend
He has been for me all along he could never see
Who he wasand always beI... feel...
I cannot help my friend help himself
3. Low
Fuel the fire for war
It's man against mankind
Bruises that they bear
Been beaten down with time
Innocent people suffer the loss
Your broken hope so close to the cross
Sometimes, you just don't know
How low... how low you can go...
So low it's sickening
Low... Low... show some mercy...
Hey you piece of shit
Just leave the kids alone
Why can't you bear
The things that we endure
Innocent people suffer the loss
Lost hope with faith to the cross
Sometimes, you just don't know
How low... how low you can go...
Show some sympathy
Low... Low... show some mercy...
[Solo: James]
I don't like you for your warped demented ways
I hope the lock you down, so you never get away
Low... Low... show some sympathy
Low... Low... show some mercy...
4. 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 nearIt'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
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"
Leaving now the house of seance
Speculating destiny
Wonder if the cards were true
Will wait to find out and will wait to see
5. 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!
6. [bass solo]
7. Souls of Black
Can't you see
That in the world we live in
Political lies
Are just corporate decisions
They'll take away
All the hopes, not their promises
They'll put an end to this
Land of the livin
Look at the lost souls
They seem so black
Look at the lost souls
Souls of black
They got control
Of the heart of a nation
Their social tribes
Seem so graciously
As time goes by
'Cause time as you came see
Will slowly die for you and me
Look at the lost souls
They seem so black
Look at the lost souls
Souls of black
So put an end
To this idolization
Antagonizing so commonly
Open your eyes
'Cause the lie's there so plain to see
Life goes on
There's no guarantees
Look at the lost souls
They seem so black
Look at the lost souls
Souls of black
They're bleeding so black
8. Three Days in Darkness
In a world polluted inside
let's pretend the nightmare is done
from the earth the magma will rise
From the sea comes cancerous tides
The meaning of life ends in prophecy
Premonitions bring tragedy
is the hope for humanity
Molten fire.. flies thru the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012
Mother earth's been withered by time
Already dead and we didn't even know it
Watch the stars to give us a sign
From above, all the angels descend
The meaning of life ends in agony
Raped by impurites
Not chance for humanity
Molten fire.. flies thru the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012
Magma splits the earth and shifts below
Molten lava bursts and overflow
Rise as we wait, annihilate
Burning earth pulls to the sun
Rise as we wait, obliterate
Burning earth pulls to the sun
Three days of dakness in 2012
Mega cities still blaze in the night
Burning the ashes they choke
From the earth the magma will rise
Enveloped in poisonus smoke
so the meaning of life ends in prophecy
Premonitions of tragedy
still no hope for humanity
Molten fire.. flies thru the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012
9. Eyes of Wrath
Eyes of wrath
The beast is on your back
Razorblade slice your neck
Slowly tear you down
Takes another life
To feed his bloody lust
Random crime spree attack
There's no random at all
Dead city nights
Another daughter's done
Another victim of circumstance
Took the wrong way home
Can you hear the screams
The music of the dead
A ritual of broken flesh
Annoints the silver blade
No one lives forever
There is no forever
And I'll tell you why
Rage, Rage soothes the pain
Pain, Pain soothes the rage
Lash out in angerthat never will chance
I can never escape
Rage, Rage Soothes the pain
Pain, Pain Soothes the rage
Rage, Pain
10. True Believer
Do you believe in the darkness below
Well I can summon them up
If you really want to know
As I tow the line between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer
Born in sin where I pledge my evil oath
Violence is golden now
Did you really want to go
As I draw the line between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer
True believer...nothing can stop me now and nothing can touch me now
True believer...
No use in praying forever shall I roam
Smoke dusted angels now
It's the only way I know
As I cross the line between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer
Ash to ashes, Dust to dust
all I ever wanted was power of the blood
Pause, Now look what I have done
What I have become
I'm the choosen one
Never gonna take me
Never gonna change me
Never gonna escape me now...
Do you believe there is evil in my soul
One final high is the way
That I really want to go
As I cross the line between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer
11. The Legacy
We're gonna take you back
Through the pages of the past
Just another lonely boy
I could laugh and play
And live in any other way
Then the devil took my soul
The fortune and the fame
I knew I was not the same
And I know I'd never return
Looking at the sky
I knew I would never die
And forever shining through
Wish the sky would say
That blue would turn to grey
And I know I'd be there
Like was like a fantasy
Taken by reality
Does anyone remember me
You once knew me
Flashes of the day
I knew I was here to stay
But no one stays the same
Turn the pages back in time
Through the chapters in my mind
Life's too short to leave behind
It's too late
Like was like a fantasy
Taken by reality
Does anyone remember me
You once knew me
Flashes of the day
I knew I was here to stay
But no one
Knows my name
12. Riding the Snake
Caged... and riding the snake
Straight down from the night
True love for the fix
and she never been able
one minute
to kick back the feelings enticed
and you know it's never the same
Venomous poison constricting your life
Life... enough of the taste
Sweet demonic night
Raised up on her legs
Everytime you encounter the demon
Your future forever forever is lost
While riding the snake
who suffers the loss
Is there no shame
Is life so bad without you...
So far away
and I still can't fight you!!!
Climb... straight into the veins
Ran into the cell
Straight up to the snake
and it never will ever be
Hidding from futures
of innocence lost
Will we ever escape
the clinch of the jaws
Drowning in pools filled with lies
Filled inwith pain
Watch how the serpent survives...
Simmering hate!!!
Caged... and riding the snake
Love loss for the fix
bit down on the snake
Fates sending her back
No place to go
She will never change her ways
Spent to many nights
and can not take
raw emotions from others
Drowning in pools filled with lies
Condemned in pain
Watch how the serpent survives...
Simmering hate!!!
13. Legions of the Dead
Chant incantate
See his legions march in trace
Destroy desecrate
Church of lies
The priest await to be
Right in this world
By fate the host of hate
Arose from a whirl
Sealed the earth from all it's sins
From fire that he spreads
Where's your God to save you know
from the hordes of the undead
Hear the locust roar...
The legions of the dead
Envoked in this world
The legions of the dead
Envoked all hell on earth
Choked this world dead
Paralyzed by what they believe
to be... unholy, all evil
Immortal, unholy, infernal...
Unholy, all evil
Immortal, unholy unfernal one...
The legions of the dead...
envoked all hell on earth
14. Practice What You Preach
You think your life's so grad
You don't believe a word you say
Your feet aren't on the ground
You let your life just slip away
Just so uncertain of your body and your soul
The promises you make, your mind so blank
And then you lose control, then you lose control!
I never was the one, the one to say the things you say
Never seem to wonder what you say
You think you've got your life completely in control
Yopu've got a lot to learn, the bridge you burned
It's gonna take its toll!!! Pay the burnt bridge toll!!!
So practice what you preach!
Practice what you preach!
Preach!
Practice what you preach!
Practice what you preach!
Preach!
Practice what you preach!
You think your life's so grad
You don't believe a word you say
Your feet aren't on the ground
You let your life just slip away
Just so uncertain of your body and your soul
The promises you make, your mind so blank
And then you lose control, then you lose control!
Pay the burnt bridge toll, then you lose control
Pay the burnt bridge toll, so practice what you preach
So practice what you preach!
Preach!
Practice what you preach!
Practice what you preach!
Preach!
15. 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
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
16. Dog Faced Gods
Of dog faced gods
Through the Nile sands whisper
Of ancient times, mayfly names
Flickered and gone
The blood and honey
Dripping from their jaws
Through the Nile sands whisper
Ancient times, fade into the dawn
Of dog faced gods
Manifest in the night
The sacred rights
Handed down through tiems of old
Dark words of power
Blood upon their tombs
Through incantations
Locusts fly, signaling doom
Confirm who I am
Confort all I can
Conceive sorcery
Corrodes disbelief
[Solo: James]
Of dog faced gods
Dead civilzation
Through priests of power
Invoking life of the ancient one
The blood and honey
Dripping from their jaws
Through the Nile sands whisper
Travel through time to the land unkown
Confirm who I am
Confort all I can
Conceive sorcery
Corrodes disbelief
17. The New Order
Takers of humanity, elders paranoidThe time is nowGive up this world you once destroyedSociety versus the undergroundTheir battles fought and lostThe time has comeTo rule the world at any costFor the past it's too lateCause the world can't control fateShadows cast loud and clearTell the world the new order's hereCities turn to battlefieldsA deadly spell is castCorpses falling one by oneUntil the lastThe preacher speaks of prophecySo many years beforeNo one escapes their punishmentThe gods of warFor the past it's too lateCause the world can't control fateShadows cast loud and clearTell the world the new order's hereDeath is like an empty spaceFell no thoughts of fearThe future criesAs mother nature sheds a tearThe world becomes a prisonerA victim of its crimeThe human race is now a raceAgainst timeFor the past it's too lateCause the world can't control fateShadows cast loud and clearTell the world the new order's here
18. Disciples of the Watch
Cast to the fireBanned by the lightWorship and listen to meCondemned in his mindIn his evil placeYour fate is all that you'll seeI am the oneTo show you the pathSalvation is in the fieldsListen up children and follow meOr I'll let you pay the priceOf malachi!Disciples of the watchObey!Or I'll burn you to that cross!Holding the massThe demon is castTo resurrect your soulCalling to himIs like an evil sinA prophet is what they're toldTaking the land under commandKilling friend or foeFeel the might of his evil wrathDesecrate your soul!Disciples of the watchObey!Or I'll burn you to that cross!Cast to the fireBanned by the lightWorship and listen to meCondemned in his mindIn his evil placeYour fate is all that you'll seeI am the oneTo show you the pathSalvation is in the fieldsListen up children and follow meOr I'll let you pay the priceOf malachi!Disciples of the watchObey!Or I'll burn you to that cross!
19. [backstage footage before show]
|
|
