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Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth lyrics



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01. Rise Up

When I say rise up
When I say war
That means the time is now
To even up the score

The leader speaks
His plan has failed before
Enlisted soldiers
Awaiting orders

It's time for justice
Just like before
Our troops protect and serve
Are they ever coming home

So much regret
Another killed by war
Such a tragedy
Enlisted soldiers
Obey their orders

When I say rise up
You say war
When I say rise up
You say War!

Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!

The smell of death
Reeks through the air
The stench of burning bodies
Bloodshed everywhere
Scattered remains
And bullet shells
Send in the dogs of war
Unleash the hounds of hell

It's time to rise up!
It's time to rise for war!
It's time to rise up!
Black is death!
And red is war!

Yeah I said rise up
And you said war...
All for one and one for all
The perfect world war

All of the rest
Will fail just like before
Such a tragedy
The fallen soldiers
They followed orders

When I say rise up
You say war
When I say rise up
You say War!

Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!
Rise Up... War!

02. Native Blood

Whenever I stumble, whenever I fall
Whenever I'm pushed against the wall
This white man's world won't tell me what to do

Nowhere to run my native blood
I wanna reach and touch the Sun
Blistering my soul but I can't feel
You make me say, get out of my way
I'll do it my own way
Cross my path and get what you deserve

Oh I'm running this world
Just stay out of my way
My voice ain't hurt, my beloved
Oh I won't be afraid
I got something to say
My voice ain't hurt
So long, native blood

Forever proud, so God damn loud
It's me alone, against the crowd
Rock'n'roll this road is what I chose
There's no excuse, autotune
Got something here that I must prove
Lift you and it's teleport or lose

Oh I'm running this world
Just stay out of my way
My voice ain't hurt, soul storm
Oh I won't be afraid
I got something to say
My voice ain't hurt
So long, native blood

I don't need to walk
It's more like a crawl
We never push, well I push back
Not afraid to throw the first ṗunch
I'm never wrong cause I'm always right
When I'm wrong, I won't admit it
Like a prison when the words come out
They broke the law and the law came out
But his mistreats is my beliefs
Whenever I stumble, whenever I fall
I won't be pushed against the wall
This white man's world won't tell me what to do

Nowhere to run, native blood
I wanna reach and touch the Sun
Blistering my soul but I can't feel

Oh I'm running this world
Just stay out of my way
My voice ain't hurt, so strong
Oh I won't be afraid
I got something to say
My voice ain't hurt
So long, native blood

I'm running this world
Just stay out of my way
My voice ain't hurt, soul strong
Oh I won't be afraid
I got something to say
My voice ain't hurt
So long, native blood

My native blood
My native blood
My native blood

03. Dark Roots Of Earth

Now that the sun won't shine
Slow down and take your time
Don't lose your mind it's all
Soul destroying lies

I've walked for miles
Past the sacred halls
SACRED HALLS!
My fists have bled
As I smashed the walls
SMASH THE WALLS!
Through this assault,
A voice says halt,
You're not supposed to be here

I saw my grave
I see no future
Am I insane
Woven by the fabrics of the...

Dark roots of the Earth
Echoes an eternity
Dark roots of the earthy
Will see us home eventually

Now that the sun won't shine
My world was left behind
All mankind was left behind
All mankind will rise and fall
Will anyone survive

Will we be saved
Is there a future left
What will it take
Woven by the fabrics of the...

Dark roots of the Earth
Echoes an eternity
Dark roots of the earth
Will see us home eventually
That's right!

Now that the sun won't shine
Slow down and take some time
The sands of time will fall
Left to our demise

You hear the cries
Through the sacred halls
SACRED HALLS!
The people pray
To their God they call
GOD THEY CALL!
To save the Earth for its rebirth
Are we supposed to be here...

I saw my grave
I see no future here
Am I insane
Woven by the fabrics of the...

Dark roots of the Earth
Echoes an eternity
Dark roots of the Earth
Will see us home eventually

04. True American Hate

Fear nothing, say nothing
Pledge allegiance to what's right
The future in question
Revolution overnight

For all the disservice
Into peril we fell
My instinct ticking like a time bomb
The human race implodes

Some choose to celebrate
Some choose to hate
Some choose to live their life
Through someone else's pain

All those who follow
All those with faith
Show us your colors, American hate

True American Hate (Hate!) [x3]

Stand up and be counted
Stand up for what's right
Fall to resurgence
Intuition overnight

The final plot in question
Evil mind overturned
So many flags of hate
So many nations scorned

Stand tall and be proud
Is there an end in sight?
Ever since conception
Always fighting for you life

Underneath the surface
There toils your hell
I'm ticking like a time bomb
Watch the world explode

05. A Day In The Death

Reanimate!
Opinions of the masses
Revolutions calling
Wreaking havoc in the streets
Aggravated aggression
Is sold for all our own freedoms
Occupy the system
And release the grip on us

Military forces
Are called in for reinforcements
Blue and gold failures
Denied to keep control and order
Not another hostage
Will be taken under
March to defy!
Stand up and be counted...

All the innocent and free
All those who can see
My back is against the wall
Freedom for nothing, freedom for speech
Freedom to believe
My back is against the wall
All of the hypocrisy
Damn your government
My back is against the wall
All of the corruption now
It doesn't make any sense
My back is against the wall

A day in the death
A broken creed
Your so called life in which we lead
Forgotten dreams left behind
Is all I'll find
Just a day in the death
A day in the death
A day in the death of mankind

Something inside of me says
The balance of life is at hand
Thousands of protesting mothers
Come here to rally in hordes
Together, forever
Together, for ever and ever
Just a day in the death of mankind!

Reanimate!
Opinions of the masses
Revolutions calling
Wreaking havoc in the streets
Aggravated aggression
Is sold for all our own freedoms
Occupy the system
And release the grip on us

All the innocent and free
All those who can see
My back is against the wall
Freedom for nothing, freedom for speech
Freedom to believe
My back is against the wall
All of the hypocrisy
Damn your government
My back is against the wall
All of the corruption now
It doesn't make any sense
My back is against the wall

A day in the death
A broken creed
Your so called life in which we lead
Forgotten dreams left behind
Is all I'll find
Just a day in the death
A day in the death
A day in the death of mankind

06. Cold Embrace

There was a sign on an ancient veil,
A dream that never really was
She only ever seemed to hope for a world
So surreal to the touch
She doesn't want to wake
She only wants to sleep
Afraid of what they seek and where she's been
When she awakes, she bends to her knees to pray
Praying for the secret to be safe

Come take my hand
Follow the path to infinity
Come take my hand
Trapped in the dark for eternity
Come take my hand...

After all when the kingdom falls
Her walls are shattered from within
She tries to flee but she's trapped in this curse
Waiting for the cycle to begin
She doesn't want to wake from her eternal sleep
Afraid of what they know and where she is
She doesn't follow faith she's stuck in her belief
Sorrow is the color of her dream...

Long ago...
When she first opened her eyes
there's no tomorrow
The sun will never shine, no...
The sun will never shine
Yeah!

The sun will never shine on you
Daylight blinds your way The sun will never shine through you
Now accept this cold embrace

Come take my hand
Follow the path to infinity
Come take my hand
See everything that you want to see
Come take my hand
Find everything that you sought to seek
Come take my hand
Trading your life for immortality
Come take my hand...

Long ago...
When she first opened her eyes
There's no tomorrow
The sun will never shine, no...
The sun will never shine
Yeah!

The sun will never shine on you
Daylight blinds your way
There sun will never shine on you
No the sun will never shine...

07. Man Kills Mankind

Long before the curtain call
The dregs they had been cast
Many screams and twisted dreams
Flames lead to the throne

Winds of change, keeps you searching for the truth
Sea of rage, slowly drowning wasted youth

Some people live to lie
Some people don´t
Some people turn there Cheek, while others hate!

Don´t ask why....

The broken world spins too slow, bitterness tastes sweet
Many paths, invoking wrath
The wolfs have stole the crown

Winds of change, keeps you searching for the truth
Sea of rage, slowly drowning wasted youth

Man kills mankind
Feeding the greed of the overfed swine
Man kills mankind
Again and again you choke on the vine
Man kills mankind
Feeding the greed of the overfed swine
Man kills mankind
Again and again you choke on the vine
Overfed swine you keep choking and choking...

[Alex solo]

Some people live to lie
Some people don´t
Some people are born to die
Some people won´t
Some people are well-to-do
Some people ain´t
Some people turn there Cheek, while others hate!

Don´t ask why....

Man kills mankind
Feeding the greed of the overfed swine
Man kills mankind
Again and again you choke on the vine
Man kills mankind
Feeding the greed of the overfed swine
Man kills mankind
Again and again you choke on the vine
Man kills mankind

Again and again you choke on the vine, overfed swine,
You keep choking and choking...

[Eric outro harmony theme]

10. Dragon Attack

Take me to the room where the red's all red
Take me out of my head-'s what I said yeah
Hey take me to the room where the green's all green
And from what I've seen it's hot it's mean

-Gonna use my stack
-It's gotta be Mack
-Gonna get me on the track
-Got a dragon on my back

Take me to the room where the beat's all round
Gonna eat that sound - (yeah yeah yeah!)
Take me to the room where the black's all white
And the white's all black take me back to the shack

-She don't take no prisoners
-Gonna give me the business
-Got a dragon on my back
-It's a dragon attack

Get down - Nice and slow
Hey hey - All right

She's low down
-She don't take no prisoners
Go down
-Gonna give me the business
No time
-Yeah chained to the rack!
Show time
-Got a dragon on my back
Show down
-Go find another customer
Slow down
-I gotta make my way

11. Animal Magnetism

Music by Rudolf Schenker
Lyrics by Klaus Meine
You get me loose
I want ya, that's all I do
You leave me loose
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

You make me groove
I want ya, that's all I do
You let me groove
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

Who are you?
Your magic is strange and new
Who are you?
I want ya, that's all I do

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

Make love to me right now
Love me till I'm down

12. Powerslave

Into the abyss I'll fall-the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night-watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows-in this temple
Enter the risen Osiris-risen again.

Tell me why I had to be a powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a god, why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste.
And in my last hour,
I'm a slave to the power of death.

When I was living this lie-fear was my game
People would worship and fall-drop to their knees
So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me
For he is a man and a god-and he will die too.

Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned-marbled in stone
Shell of a man God preserved-a thousand ages
But open the gates of my hell-I will strike from the grave.