Chorus
Fleeing from the multitude of snapping jaws
Of misdirected pawns who hunt him down
Victim of a paranoid pack of wolves
Those who have smashed him to the ground
Back to the tomb of lies
Dead or Alive

Verse 1
The prisoner laughs at the guard in his cell
The power he had has gone, he knows it too well
He seizes his chance, snatches freedom from fate
Racing to the horizon before it's too late

His innocent conscience doesn't matter no more
They wrongly hunt after his breath
No trust from the people, no hiding from law
When caught there's no hiding from death

Verse 2
He runs in the dark leaving no evidence
Destroying his spirit is their means to advance
Pursuing the scent of an innocent man
They caught him before, now they'll catch him again

A life in a cell, he'd rather see hell
Free will comes before pain
Nothing stands in his path but for time
They've got nothing to gain

Verse 1
Greed ridden men counting money all their lives
Clawing their way into acceptance and pride
Their clouded reality polluting their minds
From the truth of the pain and the suffering around

Their wealth wont save them from their fate
The more that they grab
The further they sink
Into a pit of despairing decay

Chorus
Gripping so tightly to a pointless existence
So tightly to a meaningless end
No one to witness you turn great
No one to witness you crash and burn

Verse 2
Guilt ridden minds scowling at misfortune
Lining their pockets with failure and lies
Clutching your diamond mine fed by disaster
Trudging your way to a miserable grave

Their wealth wont save them from their fate
The more that they grab
The further they sink
Into a pit of despairing decay

Verse 1
Indoctrinated
to hate
You cast your weapon from flesh and blood
Corrupted,
diet of lies
Directed from the cradle to a pointless demise

You live your life with no purpose but to die
To slaughter the flock to feed the predator
A lifetime in expectation
Just to turn yourself to
Human shrapnel

Chorus
As flames erupt from your premature death
What have you gained?
Fragments slicing through swathes of innocent flesh
You cannot justify this pain!

Verse 2
Unstoppable
No chance
Nobody cares who will live or die
Prophecies
Broken in half
No paradise awaits those flying death from the sky!

Religion built upon the corpses of the slain
A smouldering hell of screams and disarray
A world in crimson turmoil
Ripped to shreds by shards of
Human shrapnel

Bridge
Calm shattered by screams
Bodies lashed by flames
Twisted words drive men to kill
Themselves, their kind, their world

Chorus
Political organized crime
Always shifting the blame
Bombs, bullets and friendly fire
A dangerous game

Drilling for oil
Under lethal pretence
Weaponry documents
Dramatic, yet falsified

Sibilant lies
Cause blackened skies
Bloodied arena of
Invasion

Verse 1
The circle of corruption spoils
The minds of those who stand in power
Conspiracy blinds us from the truth, the
Path we take has just turned sour
Incidents are conjured up to
Mask the underlying plan
Disaster cannot change its course,
The cries just echo in the sand

Verse 2
The shots fire back, no welcome mat
They know they're not here Just for peace
The flag of truce is the hangman's noose,
The invaders fire and do not cease
Air ripped by marauding blades
Sand whipped by metallic treads
Legions of thieves in rank and file
Can only create more hate and dread

Bridge
Insurgence needles from all sides
Death forever breathing down your neck
Cowering in shadows, boiling frustration
Ever-present killing spawns seething rage

Oil, greed
Just breed
War, pain
Lies, and gain

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