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A Will To Kill

by Shard

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1.
How do you feel after losing your battles? Trying to escape me, yet here you are in shackles. I told you many times to play by the rules, But no, you decided to become one of the fools. The many fools who thought that they were above it all Until being brought down, no longer standing tall You're in my house now, to pay for your sins. So welcome one and all, let the mayhem begin! Today is the day The day the trial begins The day that you're convicted For all your wicked sins Today is the day You're branded to our nation The day you'll never leave With no chance of salvation Welcome to the great parade Of harlequins, banshees and thralls All of you sinners, liars and freaks Will pay your eternal toll No-one has fun in this circus of horrors, But horrors you all were in life! Now you will suffer your victims' pain, Sorrow, trouble and strife. Do you still feel tough, powerful and great? We'll find out soon after I eat you off my plate. You say you're strong, but I know you're weak, So be very afraid, for your future is bleak! I won't go easy on you during this trial, Fair treatment is too good for a man so vile, Only misery, torture, fear without end, Where you will be driven too far round the bend! Today is the day The day the trial begins The day that you're convicted For all your wicked sins Today is the day You're branded to our nation The day you'll never leave With no chance of salvation Welcome to the great parade Of harlequins, banshees and thralls All of you sinners, liars and freaks Will pay your eternal toll No-one has fun in this circus of horrors, But horrors you all were in life! Now you will suffer your victims' pain, Sorrow, trouble and strife. [Guitar Solo: Joshua Jones] Here in the courtroom, you stand accused. The case is now open, you can't be excused. Your family watches and cries in shame Feeling as if they are the ones to blame They never brought you up to become a criminal You've disgraced their name, that is unforgivable Murderers, rapists, you heeded the call To complete ruination, your spiritual fall! Today is the day The day the trial begins The day that you're convicted For all your wicked sins Today is the day You're branded to our nation The day you'll never leave With no chance of salvation Welcome to the great parade Of harlequins, banshees and thralls All of you sinners, liars and freaks Will pay your eternal toll No-one has fun in this circus of horrors, But horrors you all were in life! Now you will suffer your victims' pain, Sorrow, trouble and strife.
2.
Hatred towards the secular realm, Wanting to start a war. Bringing pain and ignorance, 'Cause "It's what God asked for!" Using their belief as a weapon No remorse for who they oppress Not aware they're desecrating Their own faith in the process As the cities crumble around us, Taking their victims with it We fear for our lives and huddle together, Waiting for the next hit We're wide awake With our lives at stake While they still Have a will to kill! Traitors to their own religion A disgrace to society Every time they kill someone It angers their deity In denial, they carry on Hunting for more heads They won't ever stop Until their creed is spread! As the cities crumble around us, Taking their victims with it We fear for our lives and huddle together, Waiting for the next hit We're wide awake With our lives at stake While they still Have a will to kill! For the honour and the glory! We are the just ones! Hethen! Heretic! Burn in Hell!! [Guitar Solo: Charlie Szymanski] [Guitar Solo: Joshua Jones] Coercing us with these three words "Surrender or die!" No matter what they do to us, We never shall comply. They can try their damndest To enslave all humankind But they'll never control Our free, unshackled minds As the cities crumble around us, Taking their victims with it We fear for our lives and huddle together, Waiting for the next hit We're wide awake With our lives at stake While they still Have a will to kill!
3.
Armed and ready to conquer, To carry out the genocide The officers begin the slaughter Civilians cower and hide Loathing and hunting the game No matter if lines have been crossed Communities feeling betrayed A spike in the human cost So it begins, the Civil War Between the people and the fascist law Ruling with their iron fist To crush all those who would resist Side with the racist militia Make us blind to their misdeeds Now the streets are on lockdown Force the oppressed to concede Brutality is their new leisure Their way of reigning supreme Casting aside half-measures No atrocity's too extreme! So it begins, the Civil War Between the people and the fascist law Ruling with their iron fist To crush all those who would resist [Guitar Solo: Joshua Jones] Punished for crimes never committed Orders to shoot them on sight. No escape for the ones who resisted, And the world seems deaf to their plight. The paragon forces stay silent Impossible to end this scheme. Morals give way to violence, All bow down to the new regime! So it begins, the Civil War Between the people and the fascist law Ruling with their iron fist To crush all those who would resist [Guitar Solo: Charlie Szymanski]
4.
TV screen explodes in action Shows us worldly fears. News reels gauging our reaction, Mother's floods of tears! Father's rage at government Lethargy toward this mess. Little does he realize, He acts just like the rest. Some people simply like to Watch the world burn To fuel the fire inside their souls Spark their inactive fury, While on the monitors The war takes its toll Are we truly human anymore? Papers stirring up suspicion On whom can we depend? Charities move to new positions "They we shall defend!" All-consuming apathy And indecision kills "We must never act rashly" Our grist for the mill Some people simply like to Watch the world burn To fuel the fire inside their souls Spark their inactive fury, While in the photographs The war takes its toll Are we truly human anymore? Their lives now lie in cinders And they have nowhere else to go They cross the world to see us But we have no sympathy to show The seeds of paranoia Begin to blossom in our minds "We can and will not help you, Don't have the space, don't got the time!" The fear of not knowing If hostility will rise "There's no place for you here" Say the men in pinstripe ties Our conscience dictated By leaders, press and peers Our attention fixated On one unfounded fear [Guitar Solo: Joshua Jones] [Guitar Solo: Charlie Szymanski] Some people simply like to Watch the world burn To fuel the fire inside their souls Spark their inactive fury, While half the world away The war takes its toll Some people shirk their duties Convince the masses To not care who lives or dies We've all been grossly lied to, Now is the time To see the fear within them rise Are we truly human anymore?
5.
As his fame begins to rise The American Dream slowly died Everyone loses their sanity As they worship greed and vanity Treats the law like a joke You know what he's like when he's provoked Unashamed of his own deceit Commanding millions at his feet. Fall into line, ye denizens! Fall into line, ye citizens! Greet your esteemed dictator Lest ye be judged a traitor! Surrounded by his yes-men In the country he sought to amend Now the dead the poorest must bury In his giant walled cemetery All he wanted was to wage war Against the lonely and the poor Blind, unbridled, destructive rage Destroyed what he tried to save Fall into line, ye denizens! Fall into line, ye citizens! Greet your esteemed dictator Lest ye be judged a traitor! U! S! A! [Guitar Solo: Charlie Szymanski] Now begins the final downfall Of a nation once loved by all Help for the people has come too late, Now it's his turn to choose their fate. After buying himself into power They cower as he starts to devour A proud nation now lies demolished Democracy has been abolished Fall into line, ye denizens! Fall into line, ye citizens! Greet your esteemed dictator Lest ye be judged a traitor! Greet your esteemed dictator Lest ye be judged a traitor! Human WMD!!

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released August 31, 2018

George O'Connor: Lead Vocals & Bass
Joshua Jones: Guitar & Backing Vocals
Charlie Szymanski: Guitar
Flynn Everard: Drums & Backing Vocals

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Our main motive is to play the music we love, loud and proud, and without a care in the world. Fast, technical and catchy metal riffs, aggressive vocals and lyrics with powerful themes and messages; that's what we're all about.

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