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"Spears of the Empire"
05:35
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"Spears of the Empire"
Dawn breaks in acrid fear. The suffering will resume.
Bodies scrape across the stone with sand in every wound.
Bred in chains and born of tears, the wretched beg may death come soon.
Far away in foreign lands, a cruel hand delivers doom.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
e spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of steel.
For all who would live will kneel.
Endless days in helpless rage. The whip across the skin.
Bow before the exalted sign; the crushing from within.
e cost of immortality. Ten million souls will share this fate.
e monumental vanity bestows a dire undying hate.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
[solo]
A fervent prayer from an arid throat.
bereft of all but a thread of hope.
The mortal choice by war's demand;
To live as slave or die as man.
[solo]
Bleed – for your king – for your god – for your life
Bleed – for your king – for your soul – for all time
Night surrounds with jackal's howls. The shadows hide the horde.
For those escaped, horrors await; the twisted beasts of ancient lore.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
• Ω •
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"The Word and the Will"
06:29
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"The Word and the Will"
Gold is the peak which pierces the sky.
Housing the blood of the chosen divine.
From cradle to throne, ordained to command.
Charged with the ordering of man.
Now comes the time foretold by the seers.
A god-vessel dies. The hour draws near.
Primed is the host to inherit the claim.
Preserving the line of the dynasty's reign.
by the sacred rites…
I am the order; the ruler of kings.
I am the word and the will.
Hero of warriors. Hope of the priests.
I am the promise fulfilled.
Borders defiled. Defining frontiers.
The wild shall be tamed – reclaimed by the spear.
Hierarchs and heathens all brought now to bay.
Unite with the Empire or fade.
Out from the gates, the legions will march
harvesting lives from the realms of the dark.
Brought under one hand. Power obscene.
Battery fuel for the deity machine.
on the wheel of time…
I am the order; the ruler of kings.
I am the word and the will.
Hero of warriors. Hope of the priests.
I am the promise fulfilled.
Ocean to ocean - everything under the sky
A birthright dominion - the kingdom of space and of time
Savior and sovereign - power beyond world's end
Transcend creation - to die and live again
[solo: Maselbas]
Fire
In flesh be joined and bound
By crown and throne be cursed.
Forever of the stars
returning from the earth.
Until the day foretold
unto the gates of dawn
upon infinite tongues
the tale lives on and on.
by the sacred rites…
on the wheel of time…
under the all-seeing eye...
I am the order; the ruler of kings.
I am the word and the will.
Hero of warriors. Hope of the priests.
I am the promise fulfilled.
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Glacier Portland, Oregon
glacier80smetal.bandcamp.com
Glacier, a traditional power metal band, exploded into the
Northwest Metal scene in the early 1980s.
Glacier is: Michael Podrybau on vocals, Michael Maselbas and Vincent Ippolito on guitars, Alex Barrios on bass, and Adam Kopecky on drums.
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