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Sacred Oath

by Sacred Oath

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1.
PARADISE LOST Two Powers Have brought us to Our final hours A day in the desert Devours Hundreds of lives Millions of Dollars We’re a nation Unable to pass up The temptation Of universal domination Heaven and Hell Subjugated You can tell us that the world is going to end You can tell us that the atmosphere is broken The truth is always more than man can bear Just tell me when, that’s all I really care about One leader Leading us into A disaster Falling from grace Faster and faster Still wondering Who could be his master? Good and evil Brought to the flesh For a battle Spiritual power Carnal struggle Millions of bodies Become chattel You can tell us that the world is going to end You can tell us that the atmosphere is broken The truth is always more than man can bear Just tell me when, that’s all I really care about How long until sand turns to soil? How long until blood turns to oil? When will another son rise? Enter in the anti-antichrist How long until Hell becomes a paradise lost? We’re a nation Unable to pass up The temptation Of universal domination Heaven and Hell Subjugated Good and evil Brought to the flesh For a battle Spiritual power Carnal struggle Millions of bodies Become chattel
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Blood Storm 05:01
Blood Storm Roll in like a thunder cloud Take you down, you look too proud No one is spared In the wake I create A killer on the loose Pop your head into my noose Everything is laid waste I devastate Hear me – I’m rolling thunder Feel me – as I pull you under My spell can’t be broken Now you see me, now you don’t Wrap your mind around a stone Drop you in an ocean of grief But it feels good Like you know it should An hour of Heaven Eternity in Hell My stainless steel fangs Will give you a bang For your buck, Give a fuck anymore? Hear me – I’m rolling thunder Feel me – as I pull you under My spell can’t be broken Now you see me, now you don’t Wrap your mind around a stone Drop you in an ocean of grief
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Voodoo Dolls 03:23
Voodoo Dolls I’m broken Words spoken Ring in my ears You let me down Though we made a deal You were never for real Shadows in My mind are All I have left Blinded by my greed I thought that you were All I’d ever need Voodoo Dolls I gave Myself as a slave God knows you bled me dry I thirsted for more And you led me on How you fed me on Whispers Tremors That shook me like a doll Now the pins are in too deep I’m burning, I’m burning Burning in my sleep Voodoo dolls.
4.
COUNTING ZEROS The days have grown long And the nights have grown cold We once were young and strong Now we’re weakened and old We came to this land In search of freedom And put in its place A new breed of kingdom Alive, but we’re dying We’re silent, but we’re crying out in pain Been waiting for a savior to rise again Once this was a place for heroes Now they’re all just counting zeros, and my life Is nothing more than a line in the sand They put out our eyes With visions of grandeur And cut out our tongues With the bitter taste of failure They covered our ears With the promise of freedom And we ransomed our souls For Gods we believed in Alive, but we’re dying We’re silent, but we’re crying out in pain Been waiting for a savior to rise again Once this was a place for heroes Now they’re all just counting zeros, and my life Is nothing more than a line in the sand Now I ask you, can we stand up as one And go after our freedom Rectify the façade Of a free nation Destroy the golden shackles Awaiting our children Alive, but we’re dying We’re silent, but we’re crying out in pain Been waiting for a savior to rise again Once this was a place for heroes Now they’re all just counting zeros, and my life Is nothing more than a line in the sand
5.
HIGH AND MIGHTY High and mighty Separate From the guidelines of Government Better than the Weaker flesh Tapping power In Holiness Put a man In charge of that Recipe for any Zealot Leading millions In a trance That I call The Denial Dance Lie after lie Another soldier dies And still you’re so high And mighty What does it take To get the trance to break? I want to be high And mighty. High and mighty On your throne Can’t leave other Folks alone Got to prosletize The Word Jesus saves Haven’t you heard? Get yourself back In the womb Leave behind that Darkened tomb Born again Go get in line Your momma messed it up The first time Lie after lie Another soldier dies And still you’re so high And mighty What does it take To get the trance to break? I want to be high And mighty.
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Sacred Oath 04:41
Sacred Oath Where you gonna go? Where you gonna hide? Where you gonna run to? Where you want to die? Call your God Call your demons Call your mama Whomever you believe in Don’t give up Put up a fight Don’t back down Use all your might I’ll tear your heart Burn your brain An innocent thought Becomes insane You’ve been dying since the day you were born It’s an oath I know you’ve been sworn I’m fighting for your soul One of us will get it when you lose control Now you’re dead In your grave And your soul Couldn’t be saved Called your God Called your demons Called your Father Whom you believed in A Sacred Oath Is what you’ve taken A Sacred Oath Is what you’re breaking
7.
CAUGHT IN THE ARC In the dark there is a flame Give it life or let it dim, yeah Death may come to those who wait But death is here For those that hate Flip the switch Turn it on. Light the fire inside your head I’ll give you wisdom Light the fire inside your brain Open your mind Light the fire under your soul I’ll make you holy Caught in the arc of the flame In the light There is a shadow The blackened seeds Of your tomorrows, yeah You may choose To shut your eyes In the end you lose Don’t you realize Life is short? Death is eternal. Light the fire inside your head I’ll give you wisdom Light the fire inside your brain Open your mind Light the fire under your soul I’ll make you holy Caught in the arc of the flame The seed is sown The bird has flown The pain’s your own Now you’re all alone Come with me I’ll set you free If you’re caught In the arc of the flame
8.
Buried Alive 04:28
Buried Alive Death grip Around my throat Heart pounding At the end of my rope Ten tons Laying on my chest How can it be That I’ve imagined this? Night falls But I can’t go down Endless thoughts Spinning around and around In my head Raise the dead It’s like I’m buried alive Dirt walls Closing in on me Preacher Giving a eulogy In my head Raise the dead I’m buried alive every night. Eyes wide Staring into a pine box Heart racing through time On a death clock No air Can’t catch any breath Face to face With the moment of death Kick, shout Let me out Too young to die Yet, here I lie Is it a rebirth? Taste the damp earth In a cold dark womb Night falls But I can’t go down Endless thoughts Spinning around and around In my head Raise the dead It’s like I’m buried alive Dirt walls Closing in on me Preacher Giving a eulogy In my head Raise the dead I’m buried alive every night.
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WHAT THE DARK WILL UNDO When the fire has gone down And there’s no one around Then I’m left to discover how lonely I am without you What the dark will undo To reveal the emptiness In my heart One sacred kiss Fell from her lips In the moonlight I see A reflection of me In the dark loving grip Of sorrow I can’t break away From her drowning embrace But there must be some hope In tomorrow One sweet embrace One fall from grace One chance To discover this place What the dark will undo . . . Cold winds circle around me A red sky sets on a black sea Dark wings fanning below me A force rises up in the east Blood runs cold in an icy vein Disconnect my body from my brain Dear God, take away the pain Now I’m in the jaws of the Beast Now I see What it means to be Alone in the world No one can know What’s below My soul In the moonlight I see A reflection of me In the dark loving grip Of sorrow I can’t break away From her drowning embrace But there must be some hope In tomorrow One sweet embrace One fall from grace One chance To discover this place What the dark will undo . . .
10.
Hunt For the Fallen Angel A blackened sky And the rising tide Meet in the desert Of the Fallen Ones The hunt begins For the banished king Led by disciples Of the chosen Son The fall from grace Into this lonely place Has made him bitter And elusive An angel scorned He is reborn And his reign Will be divisive A holy war will unfold A prophetic end was foretold Still the ride will bring us To the Gates of Hell In the hunt for The fallen angel The storm grows fiercer As the sleet pierces Through the fog Like poison arrows We’re on the scent Of the heaven-sent And the howls Are getting nearer Death on the wing The hellions sing As they pick us apart One by one The path is littered With the lifeless flesh Of those that came Before us. A holy war will unfold A prophetic end was foretold Still the ride will bring us To the Gates of Hell In the hunt for The fallen angel

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Third studio album from Sacred Oath featuring the breakthrough "Counting Zeros."

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released August 25, 2009

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Sacred Oath Bethel, Connecticut

Sacred Oath has been crafting Grade A power thrash since 1985. Their debut album A Crystal Vision is widely regarded as a cult-classic piece of seminal US power metal, and they’ve followed up with remarkable catalog of studio and live albums, including Darkness Visible, Sacred Oath, Ravensong, and World On Fire. A brand new album "Return Of The Dragon" is expected April 2, 2021. ... more

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