13. Hold At All Costs
[July 2nd, 1863]
Just a mile or so awayIs my dearest friend in this world.He wears the Blue and I the GreyAnd god it hurts me soThe last time we were togetherI grabbed his hand and I pledgedIf I ever draw my sword on you May the good lord strike me dead.
The union flank's in troubleTo the round top on the doubleA bad decision, insubordinationExposed our lie in a dangerous way
The burden lies upon usSurrender is not an optionWe are the flank and if we breakThe union crumbles, We could lose the war!
Down below's the carnageThe rebel's charging onwardPush the slaughter forward, the peach orchard.Through the wheat field and devils den
The valour of the TexansAnd Alabama's best menTheir Unrelenting and DevastatingThe last full measure of devotion's clear.
[Chorus:]We know what we're made of.When up against all odds we hold our lineFor the cause that we so loveWe must hold at all costWe know what we're made ofwhen our nation needs us we'll stay the causefor the union we so loveWe must hold at all costs!
Wave after wave they're comingTheir power must be waning!We're out of ammo, we can't fall back, no!One desperate measure, a means to end
On their next wave we charge themThere is no other optionDisconcert them, force submissionOn my command, fix bayonets!
[Chorus:]We know what we're made of.When up against all odds we hold our lineFor the cause that we so loveWe must hold at all costWe know what we're made ofwhen our nation needs us we'll stay the causefor the union we so loveWe must hold at all costs!
[Chorus:]We know what we're made of.When up against all odds we hold our lineFor the cause that we so loveWe must hold at all costWe know what we're made ofwhen our nation needs us we'll stay the causefor the union we so loveWe must hold at all costs!

14. High Water Mark
[July 3rd, 1863]

1. Cannonade/Intro]
[Instrumental]

[2. The Burden of Command]
[Lee:]"It Was Very Close YesterdayI Thought For Sure They Would BreakBut This Attack That I Have PlannedA Massive Strike Across Open LandIn The Center They Will Break (Will They Break?)But Plan It Well, Everything's At StakeWe'll Hit 'Em Hard, Not A Silent GunBefore The Infantry's Begun"
"Execute It Well, We Risk Everything""It's In God's Hands Now
[Longstreet:]"General Lee I Must Tell You StraightI Believe This Attack Will FailNo 15,000 Men Ever MadeWill Overtake That Ridge TodayA Mile Charge Over Open GroundWith Yankee Cannon Gunnin' Us Down"
[Lee:]"We Do Our Duty, We Do What We MustAnd In My Plan You Will Trust"
(Thousands Die, On This Day)"Execute It Well, We Risk Everything""It's In God's Hands Now"

[3. The Last Full Measure]
The Rebel Cannon Break The Silence150 Guns Make Up Their Cannonade
They Must Destroy The Union CenterBefore The Infantry Can Launch Their Grand Assault
The Yankees Are Returning Fire(The Earth Shakes Violently)In Washington D.C. Lincoln Feels The Earth Shake
What Happens Here This DayThe Fate Of This NationIn The Balance It Will HangConsumed With The PainThe Courage Of The BlueThe Valor Of The GreySo Very Sad But TrueConsumed With The Pain
The Virginians Are The ChosenIn Wait Behind The Trees On Seminary Ridge
Longstreet's Slow To Give The OrderThe Lines Emerge, A Mile, 15,000 Men
The Charge Begins In All It's Grandeur(To The Copse Of Trees)For Many Of These Men They Know It Is Their Last
The Slaughter Now EnsuesBodies Fall Like RainThey Valiantly PursueYet Doomed To RemainAt The Double Quick They ChargeThe Canister Rips Through ThemTo The Mouth Of hell They MarchGlory, The Only Gain

[4. Charge!!]
[Armistead:]"We're Almost There My BoysI've Never Served With FinerWe Must Push Forward BoysAnd Bayonet The Yankee TyrantsTo The Copse Of Trees We ChargeTo Crush The Union CenterAnd When They Turn And RunAn Open Road Leads Us To Freedom"

[5. The Melee]
[Lee:]"It's Over Now We Are RetreatingI Never Thought That We'd Be BeatenAll This Blood Is On My HandsThe Thousands Dead Due To My PlanI Am Responsible, All Of It Is My FaultI Thought Us InvincibleIs This God's Will After All?I Look Across This Blood Soaked LandAll This Blood Is On My HandsGod Forgive Me, Please Forgive MeIt's All My Fault, The Blood Is On My Hands"

Ten Thousand Strong
(Shaffer)

A gathering summoned by the Elder
The consequence of what's immenant
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face human intent

The Chosen seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly their loved ones recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life

Like a martyr sacrificed

Await the days of clouding
Earth Mother's sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten Thousand Strong Will seize the day

What we possess mankind is after
Direct descendants of the Architect
Children of God, seeds of creation
The stakes so high, we must never relent

We lie in wait 'til human minds are clouded
Initiation of the Master Plan
Assimilate, build a life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win

We are the bane of man

Await the days of clouding
Earth Mother's sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten Thousand Strong will seize the day

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

Await the days of clouding
(Earth Mother's crying out in pain)
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
(We have to wipe the tears away)
They know not of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
(Our hearts are broken)
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
(Ten thousand seize the day)
Ten thousand strong will seize the day






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The Crucible Of Man (2008)



In Sacred Flames

Convocare, Caelestis
Bestia, Excidium
Hominum Mortalis
Dies Natalis, Nefarius, Detestari

Dies Natalis, Odisse, Mortalis
Dies Natalis, Odisse, Mortalis, Dies

Excidium, Hominum, Excidium
Convocare, Caelestis, Bestia

Excidium, Hominum, Excidium, Excidium
Hominum, Excidium, Hominum

Hominum Mortalis, Dies Natalis
Nefarius, Detestari
Convocare, Caelestis, Bestia, Excidium
Hominum Mortalis, Dies Natalis
Dies Nefarius, Natalis Bestia
Excidium, Convocare, Caelestis
Bestia, Excidium

[English translation:]

Summoning, [the] Astral
Beast, Destruction
[of] Mortal Men
Birth, [of a] Wicked Curse

Birth, Hatred, Mortal [men]
Birth, Hatred, Mortal [men]

Destruction, [of] Humanity, Destruction
Summoning, [of the] Astral, Beast

Mortal Men, The Birth
Wicked, Curse
Summoning, [of the] Astral, Beast, Destruction [of]
Mortal Men, The Birth
Wicked Day, Birth of the Beast
Destruction, Summoning, Astral
Beast, Destruction

Behold The Wicked Child

Rise up with fervid zeal
Salvation's at hand
Forged in flames as stars collide
Recite the sacred rites
Evoke the astral beast
Black magic, astrology

In sacred flames it congregates
The ancient rage and priest
Fusing the fetus and beast
The Setian redeemer
Man's blood must infect
The weapon, the grand architect

Behold the wicked, the child is born
Coalesced of the celestial beast
Divine equation, the prophecy
Rejoice in the birth, born is he

Disciples and minions
Spread the word, born is he
Thrust hell upon humanity
Baptize the wicked child
The math upon his crown
On this date we consecrate

Behold the wicked, the child is born
Coalesced of the celestial beast
Divine equation, the prophecy
Rejoice in the birth, born is he

Behold the wicked, the child is born
Coalesced of the celestial beast
Divine equation, the prophecy
Rejoice in the birth, born is he
Embrace the power of this sixth hour
On the sixth day of the sixth month
Behold the child, our path to light
We'll guide him with our undying love