1. |
The Culling
02:43
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2. |
The Dead Beside Us
04:30
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Verse 1
Humanity has crumbled
By its own hand
The stench of plague besets the earth
Legions of dead beside us
In festering ranks
Feel the warmth of life is gone
Chorus
Witness the days of wrath
All nations fall
Onward unto our doom
Until the last
Verse 2
Ever towards extinction
We are led
We are the fodder, we are enslaved
Ignorance our prison
Arrogance their throne
All of humanity is slain
Chorus
Witness the days of wrath
All nations fall
Onward unto our doom
Until the last
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3. |
Dominion Enthroned
04:26
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Verse 1
A creed of disorder
A beacon is raised
Order by chaos
Till all are enslaved
Like lambs to the slaughter,
We grovel on our knees
They mold our minds
We are servile and weak
Chorus
For this life that I've led
Is my freedom denied?
For all that I've bled
Is all this a lie?
The will of the few
Imposed on the horde
Disarmed, we submit
And resist no more
Verse 2
Our doctrine usurped
Dominion enthroned
They scavenge our wealth
Like carrion from bone
A poisoned nectar
Discharged from their lips
They reject our values
And profane our flesh
Chorus
And for this life that I've led
Is my freedom denied?
For all that I've bled
Is all this a lie?
The will of the few
Imposed on the horde
Disarmed, they submit
And resist no more
Heed, obey, comply
Heed, obey, submit
Extermination through complete devastation
Til our species is wiped from the earth
Purification through obliteration
Cleansed by the spring which we thirst
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4. |
The High Order
02:44
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Good evening, people of Free America. This is former Secretary of Defense, Frank Knight. Though it is at great personal risk, I feel it my duty to share the information I have in hopes that your resolve may one day restore the republic. In the days following the grid collapse, I was removed from my position and held captive so that I would not talk; however, I managed to escape when my location was attacked by those loyal to The Resistance.
As you know, a permanent, military state exists across the country. What you have not been told is that this measure was achieved by way of the secret deployment of the M9 bio-weapon disguised as an act of God. As our country rapidly deteriorated, the public called for increased Government intervention for containment purposes. With meticulous and secretive planning, prominent politicians expanded the intervention; using major cities as massive detention centers and sealing their outer perimeters. Any of those that resisted, attempted escape, or spoke in opposition were labeled a threat and quickly eliminated.
Dubbing themselves the High Order, these powerful politicians dissolved the authorities of Congress and the president then joined what was the United States of America to a tyrannical global order. In a perfectly executed scheme, these individuals leveraged the crisis to form an imperial body of rulers that has eliminated your Constitutional freedoms; a maneuver that it enforces with a persistent, domestic military presence. The High Order fears only the unity of the people, so it seeks to detain and indoctrinate you while stripping you of your humanity.
The Resistance movement is growing in the mountainous northwest regions of the country. Seek out this movement, and bind yourselves to its cause. I offer you no other solutions; only the hope that a victory is rooted in the bonds of your unity. Technology will not be at your disposal, and you are facing an enemy with superior numbers and weaponry. You must be unmerciful and unyielding in your struggle, for only together can we dethrone this tyranny.
Frank Knight, over and out.
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5. |
Anthem of Defiance
05:09
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Verse 1
Who am I who dares to tread
Beyond where all have dared before?
I refuse to die in these chains
And I will bow to them no more
Chorus
Along the way I pass those who’ve fallen
The few who’ve bled in defiance
On and on this road is paved with sorrow
On and on still I will not stray
Verse 2
Who am I to scream aloud
When all the voices here are still?
Without fear into the fray
Alone, I’ll raze the tower walls
Chorus
Along the way I pass those who’ve fallen
The few who’ve bled in defiance
On and on this road is paved with sorrow
On and on still I will not stray
Bridge
I defy
I arise
Chorus
Along the way I pass those who’ve fallen
The few who’ve bled in defiance
On and on this road is paved with sorrow
On and on still I will not stray
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6. |
From Ashes Unto Stone
08:23
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We are all brethren here
Though hope is shattered and we are broken
We are all brethren here
Though our banner is torn
A parasitic state
Dividing us by race and culture
A parasitic state
With our blood on its hands
Take this oath, take this stand
Our will as one can’t be undone
From bended knees arise
One voice united in this fight
We are silenced no more
And if we fall this day
Our lives shall not have been in vain
Rise from ashes unto stone
We are still alive
Though we are shunned and our world in ruins
We are still alive
And we shall weep no more
Descending to the fray
The rage within has been awakened
Descending to the fray
Just to live one more day
By our oaths, by our blood
Our will as one can’t be undone
From bended knees arise
One voice united in this fight
We are silenced no more
And if we fall this day
Our lives shall not have been in vain
Rise from ashes unto stone
And with the rising sun
We conquer our fear as one
Dethrone the monolith
Our banner aloft of the ash
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7. |
The Fray
04:50
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8. |
The Resistance
05:16
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Verse 1
Complete compliance, our thoughts are silenced
Shunned are those who question why
Incarceration or eradication
With abdication, we defy
Chorus 1
Thus unto tyrants
We are no longer silenced
This is the nexus
We are the resistance
Verse 2
Dehumanization through capitulation
In ignorance, we obey
We are awakened to these provocations
Dissention and scorn in our voice
Chorus 2
Thus unto tyrants
We are no longer silenced
This is the nexus
We are the resistance
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9. |
A Veil of Black
05:21
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Intro
I speak your name to the stars
I hear your voice from afar
I taste your sweet amber lips
And I’d die for one last kiss
Verse 1
Life withers in the earth ore your grave
Winter is here again
Memories are all of you I could save
And I’m broken from these hopeless days
Chorus
Though you’re gone
I still feel your grace
But my eyes
Cannot see your face
Wounded and I can’t stop the bleeding
There is refuge within your embrace
Verse 2
Spring blossoms are upon the branch
There is hope among the ash
When the fire within me has dimmed
Veil me in black and hold me again
Chorus
Though you’re gone
I still feel your grace
But my eyes
Cannot see your face
Drowning and I can’t reach the surface
You lift me above relentless tides
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10. |
All That Withers
04:36
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Verse 1
Unbridled, Unbonded
Unshackled hands
With two fists held skyward
In defiance we stand
Chorus
Fragments of ash and cinder
Bitten by blight, disfigured
Scarred, but unbroken by the strain
Kissed by all that withers
Scourged, atrophied and splintered
We are bloodied but unbowed
Verse 2
Undaunted, Unbeaten
Unyielding will
Our anthem sent skyward
The wrath within can’t be quelled
Chorus
Fragments of ash and cinder
Bitten by blight, disfigured
Scarred, but unbroken by the strain
Kissed by all that withers
Scourged, atrophied and splintered
We are bloodied but unbowed
Outro
We are servants to no one
And their final days have come
With two fists held unto the sky
Unbroken
We have stripped their flesh from bone
Their dominion is dethroned
With two fists held unto the sky
Unbroken
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11. |
Memento Mori
05:44
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Intro
Take me down
To where I’ll lie
Unbind my wounds
I’m resigned to die
Yon the kingdom burns
Before me
Before me
Verse 1
Though victory is ours at last
I despair for future days
All men are doomed to forget
All roads are bound to stray
Pre-chorus 1
The flames of greed
Once again will rise
Our children will weep
Where their fathers die
Chorus
So, take me down
To where I’ll lie
Unbind my wounds
I’m resigned to die
Yon the kingdom burns
Before me
Solo
Verse 2
Justice defiled, ruled by the lash
We drank of a long parched well
Our ideals inhumed in ash
The republic finally fell
Pre-Chorus 2
Our flesh is marred
Our youth bereft
The pain of these scars
We must not forget
Chorus
So, take me down
To where I’ll lie
Unbind my wounds
I’m resigned to die
Yon the Kingdom burns
Before me
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12. |
Without Wings
08:07
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Verse I
With darkness I plead
Lay your veil on me
Hand in hand our shadows dance
A barren world before my eyes
It wanes beneath these blackened skies
Like stone against the wind
Battered by the sands
Now I’ve weathered all I can
Chorus
On bleeding knees
I reach for the sky
Though without wings
My spirit cannot fly
A dying sparrow
In my hands
With all these wounds
There’s nothing left for me to mend
Verse II
A shade cast over me
And none are left to weep
As I lay my head down
Like the bird without flight
Come winter I am left behind
Like frost unto a flower
I crumble o’re my bower
My brittle pedals swept away
Chorus
On bleeding knees
I reach for the sky
Though Without wings
My spirit cannot fly
A dying sparrow
In my hands
With all these wounds
There’s nothing left for me to mend
A mortal shroud
Adorns me now
Though I bleed
I am still unbowed
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13. |
Epitaph
01:56
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Among These Ashes Detroit, Michigan
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