1. Light The Stage

Conceived in the masses
we vowed to play like hell
Let's set the stage today
to escape from this cell
with madness around me
the sky comes down crushing
it's time to ignite

lead us now
where the good is gone
and leave us to carry on
we'll do what we know
and start the show
the day starts at dusk, not dawn

now it's time
to blow you away
and sentence you as our prey
we'll start tonight
we have you in our sight
and we'll take your breath away

light the stage

wake up you all
we'll kick your ass
I tell you we'll make it fast
assuring your brain
'cause you're insane
I tell you we'll make it last

the deadly sound
will cut to the bone
nothing the good could condone
we're living a dare
but what do we care
we're making it all that we've known

2. Workhorse

the powers that be
controlling the free
the reason they be
must honor the fee

we try to find out own escapes
and hide from the truth
yet we know we are all in chains
all our lives...

we're all just slaves
do what they say
the workhorse
must obey

the rules they make
are the rules they break
there's never mistake
when giving they take

3. The Witches Hammer

Do not ever betray
if you do I'll take your life away
innocent thoughts within your head
you better stop them
before you're dead

evil has lost it's mind
millions I've shed to shine
a church bestowed with vengeance
follow or fall in line

corruption ripping though
yet I'll still label you
intimidating acts will help you learn
if not I'll make you burn
welcome to reality
I'll let you know what's true
aiming for humanity
the devil's right on cue

master of tie helpless world
will surely have its say
so give me all your money now
or I will make you pay

so do not every betray
if you do I'll take your life away
malieus maleficarum
the world's under my righteous thumb

4. Return To Terror

day breaks they attack
mercy just turns its back

hiding in a cave
god knows they are so brave

you know they are asking for a fight
when they put those buildings in their sight
yet some say the troops should retreat
ending the war with our defeat

oh night falls on the scene
war their deadly fiend

never ending state
chaos they're only fate

return to terror
welcome the devil's due
return to terror
or they'll come for you

return to terror
or terror returns

5. Selective Amnesia

whisperings of a life that calls
distant dreams your mind has blocked with walls

when a way was paved
you took a chance
yet your mind strips that away
with all your silent rants

zoning out from negativity
you're falling down
and you're blaming gravity

no such thing as common trust
but trust we're not afraid to leave you in the dust

won't remember...
you're in your own world
won't remember...
selective amnesia

a world of conspiracy
blind eyes are turned to me
everyone's using you
never mind you misconstrue

alone afraid to be
the truth is what you want to see oh "humble" "selfless" teacher
tell us what to do
reverse preacher

6. Eye For An Eye

war makes peace
and peace won't last
crumbling siege
world's life in the past
hammer down the hooves of greed
a deaf ear
the iron steed
death is imminent

disease of war
the wick of time
is burned to the core
the frozen flames of hell will thaw
the nukes will rain
and they'll never withdraw

ending life the warheads fly
twisting down, eye for an eye
nuclear war, population goodbye
hot winds of plague
it's time to die

proliferate hysteria
decimate with your discursive tongue
inhaled revenge until the bitter end
deep into the lungs

the chain reaction
sets the world on fire
revenge will rule
like we're slaves for hire

a massacre
with an endless sorrow
end today so there's no tomorrow

7. Quietus

so now the time comes
when we say our last good byes
even though we will never die

oh how we wander
through this place we call our lives
and it will never be the same

day after day
year after year
one day we'll dream for evermore
living quite a dream
bow she finds it's time to wake
I realize we're all asleep

yes tie has aged her
and it took her
oh and I'll never be the same

8. The Illusion

my mind has left the building
fear has took my sanity away
we are who we become
the world has turned upside-down

time is never ending
death is stalking us
but you'll see our time is bending
because out fate is still out own choice

yeah

I say my last good byes
cause they say there's no reprise
madness becomes my demise
cause this day a thought defies

I've seen for myself
death's dark toll
is there a method to the madness?
we're caged in time
with no parole
and I think we're trapped

9. Metal Mayhem

I decided to end it all
yes just the other day
cause my life's of self-destruction
seems it's just the only way
no life and no friends
thought I'd be better off dead
I took a fully loaded pistol
aimed is straight at my head

the crowd is electric
and acting insane
crashing and bashing
and feeling no pain
once you have seen it
now you'll never leave the show
everybody screaming
now the bomb's about to blow

metal mayhem
metal...
the kind that makes your head bang
metal mayhem
oh no...
you're gonna lose your fucking mind

well what do you know I lived
and I woke up in chains
they gave me a sedative
going straight into my veins
so now I feel calm
and all I want to do
is fill up my head
with another shell of lead

I don't understand
when they say I need a soul
they say that I'm insane
at least I have a fucking goal

I stood before the judge
and stated my plea
I said "I really don't want life
I'd like the execution please."

10. Successor To The Throne

blood and sweat
this is what we get
to live another day
I don't care what the people say
I'm living life my way

dire and ice
we'll pay the price
remember nothing's free
the future of life soon will be
time will let you see

feel the pain
of a rotting brain
with nothing left to know
r'n'r six feet below
enjoy the endless show

hid away
your body fray
rotting in the dark
death doesn't care about your bullshit bark
he will hit his mark

all alone
the grave is your throne
successor to the throne

there's not where to hide
your life will subside
it's a matter of time
the dirt will be your bride

successor to
of what you had to do
dying's part of life
makes not difference what the knife
the dirt will be your wife

your living chimes
a thousand times
death is not forever
even if you don't remember
death is not forever