'The IVth Crusade'
Mortified by the lack of conscience
Our sanctity bears no relevance
Insignificance is our existence
Hear the litany of life's persistence
Our pleas for mercy fall upon unhearing ears
Take my life, my soul wipe away these bitter tears
Vanquished in the name of your god
One of the same to whom we all pray
[To whom we all pray]
Vanquished in the name of your god
One of the same to whom we once prayed
Try to close my mind - From the screams I hear
Repentance is denied the conformation of my fear
'Dying Creed'
Fallen are the people of a decaying race
Now proclaim the legacy inherited too late - Too late
Mankind - The dying creed, reared on ignorance and greed
On suffering we feed, devouring all beyond our needs
A path of self-destruction they cannot see
Regarding their only interest in profitability - They cannot see
Open up your mind before it's too late
Unlock the chains of confinement that we create
Grasping all you can - Overloaded capacity
Nothing can conceal instinctive rapacity
A movement to disaster could this be the final plan
Blinded by our avarice the closing chapter, extinction of man
Mankind - The dying creed, reared on ignorance and greed
On suffering we feed devouring all beyond our needs
'Spearhead'
[Spearheads]
Spearhead marching onward
Take my soul sacrificial offering
Your initial strike taken by surprise
Now left alone, condemned by my pride
Drained of all emotion - Body now an empty shell
There's nothing left - You've taken all away
(Chorus)
Adrenaline flows
Now filled with anger
Just what will be the outcome
Mass confusion tears my mind
Spearhead - No victory sublime
Another fallen victim - I will not beg to you
Spearhead - To which I cannot hold
With clear perceptions my destiny unfolds
I look to the reflection, fail to recognise what's seen
A figure clothed in hatred, I pray that this cannot be
Faced by this total stranger - Aware of your creation
No vision of your former self - Controlled by your instructions
Onward you advance, left in a mindless trance
Hypnotised by your will, desire is now instilled
Now staring face to face, your eyes filled with hate
Held by your contempt, both by weakness and by strength
(repeat chorus)
[Adrenaline flows
Now filled with anger
Just what will be the outcome
Mass confusion tears my mind]
'Unleashed'
You watch in terror, in fear of your life
Their execration revealed, only your death will suffice
You cannot conceal, this reality from your mind
As unknown powers, are unleashed upon mankind
Unleashed upon mankind
Running - In search of safety
No escape - From the deadly wrath
Screaming - You beg for mercy
Silenced - By the searing blast
You are forced to believe, this is for real
Mind frozen with horror, as your body trembles in fear
No prayers for deliverance, your gods you now forsake
Summon courage from within, face you unperceived fate
Unleashed upon mankind
Awaiting - With expectation
Impending - Life's annihilation
Annihilation
Mass genocide - The resolution
Now verified - Our termination
Now the stench of death, obides throughout the world
As infesting plagues, cause agonies untold
Unleashed upon mankind
You are the final victim, no one else has survived
Alone you now suffer, eagerly waiting to die
The ending draws nearer, our extinction is justly deserved
Through thoughtless intentions, this holocaust incurred
The closing chapter finished, now face the torment and pain
Through death it becomes clearer, mankind alone is to blame
Unleashed upon mankind
'Ritual'
Remembering promises
Once made but now unspoken
Born of childlike minds
These shadows of the past are now forsaken
From the dawn of your first day
To this death bed in which you lay
To survive we must comply
With the ritual of your life
Can you remember things you said
The dreams our expectations
Like ashes scattered in the wind
There is no recollection
Throughout the passing years
Faith will allay your years [sings: fears]
Follow the holy rites
In the ritual of your life
Life and endless ritual
Continuation perpetual
Throughout the passing years
Faith will allay your years [sings: fears]
Follow the holy rites
In the ritual of your life
Try to remember if you can
The pacts we made most solemn
Hands of time have brought decay
Those memories are forgotten
Now as you reach the end
All pain you must transcend
When you die you can't deny
The ritual of your life
'Where Next To Conquer'
Lost on a voyage with no destiny
Forgotten original ideology
Generations born and died
Their intentions misplaced through time
Another world falls to its knees
With vast contempt your hatred breads [sings: breeds]
[There's] nothing left for us to slaughter
Annihilation achieved
Where next to conquer?
Civilisations of the past
Faced attrition now ripped apart
Moving onwards to another war
Into battle to die once more
An endless spiral of depravity
Mankind's journey throughout infinity
Where next to conquer?
'War Master'
Throughout all time
Within the past, present and future
Man has sought to destroy
All that stood in our way
As man fights man
In the epic struggle for survival
The warmaster shall reign
With oppression fed by a burning hate
Hatred of mankind, twisted within your mind
Corrupted by powers unknown, the downfall of this world
The end of your life, beginning of human strife
Destruction of this crippled planet
Warmaster an inhuman prophet
WARMASTER
You shall obey all that he commands
Hatred of mankind, twisted within your mind
Corrupted by powers unknown, the downfall of this world
Now once more... we rise to fall
Man's destruction... in the final war
Nothing's left... of the human race
The planet's end... our destiny oblivion
'As The World Burns'
Turn around and shield your eyes
Don't look back as the earth dies
No tomorrow for eternity
The apocalyptic prophecy
Few shall survive the final war
Our futile lives shall be no more
Innocent victims of the nuclear glare
Are torn apart as they stand unaware
The whole world is radioactive
What's left of man now unproductive
None shall escape the fall-out rain
Our future life shall be steeped in pain
Feel the chill of the nuclear winds
Our planets downfall shall now begin
No excuses for the vast destruction
Caused by man with no comprehension
Life expectancy now decreases
As atomic warfare rapidly increases
Our foolish games, what have we learnt?
No time for sorrow as the world burns
'Cenotaph'
[Cenotaph]
Alone you stand - The final parody
Destined to silence - A memorial to mortality
Carved in stone - A tribute to the dead
For nameless victims - Whose litany is unread
Never forgotten - Wars memory lingers on
A dark reminder - To mankind's oblivion
This solemn image - Constructed with resolution
A monument - To wars terminal conclusion
Cenotaph
All lyrics typed by Gavin