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Ironborn
04:16
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History, the only warning we need
To avoid the same mistakes
Repay the debt we've created
Father, teach me to hunt, teach me to fight
Teach me respect, show me life
Teach me to understand what I am inside
Fate will forge a sword of iron
Vow before this sword of iron
One false move and it's all over
For the fools who think they're sober
But if they make it through hell, slightly unscathed
Every scar will lock the cell of a demon slain
And have a story to tell, read it on a weathered face
Pain will forge a sword of iron
Vow before this sword of iron
Death will send plagues and hydra
To meet their end by blows of iron
Ironborn
This gift will not be taken away
Perpetual the blood we bleed
A violent venture
An eventual passage we face
A karmic conclusion
Soul revolution awaits
Revolution
Revolution awaits
This gift cannot be taken away
Reverence through the ages
Honor and respect the brave
Bound by sacrifice, our spirits will rest
Rest not in vain
Never succumb, never concede
There’ll be no reprieve
Revolution awaits
Revolution
Ironborn
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Wolves and Snakes
02:47
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Control, you covet control
There’s poison in your soul
You sharpen your knife
Pray that your aim is true this time
Will malice be your guide when you bury your blade in my side?
Greed and envy
So vast, as far as the eye can see
Wolves and snakes
This blood ain’t as thick as it seems
There’s poison in your soul
Peace, no peace
It’s just another flawed belief
I sharpen my knife
I’ve strengthened my aim with spite
Retribution will be mine as I bury my blade in your eye
Pathetic are the weak
Who fight for power and struggle for nothing
Proving their defeat
Let them lead the betrayal parade
Control, you covet control
There’s poison in your soul
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Goliath, Come Forth
04:18
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We’ve peeled back the next layer of hell
Look around, behold the filth
There is no turning back
There is nothing left
The great collapse has come in an ashen Goliath form
If this is annihilation, let the arms of judgement swing
This infallible parable falls on deaf ears
Only the sound of self-gratification can we hear
We’ve summoned the end, the merciless pendulum
The seven seas will rise and purge what the fires have cleansed
The final fragment of hope begins to bend
Oblivion
So eyeless and pitiful, begging for light
Only to vilify and divide, severed
Petty dying weeds, we stand our ground
Into oblivion, we’ve sentenced ourselves
By trying to be something
Something that should not be
Disputing the price we pay, but the price is the remedy
The price is the remedy
Goliath, come forth
Come forth, come forth with conviction
Come forth with the wrath of the defiled and tortured
Come forth with contempt
A chasm of hatred, unfathomable vengeance
Come forth
We’ve summoned the end, the merciless pendulum
The seven seas will rise and purge what the fires have cleansed
The final fragment of hope begins to bend
Oblivion
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4. |
Parallel Reveries
02:19
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5. |
Fit for Vultures
03:59
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We fight for our bloodlines
Confined to this kingdom fit for vultures
This is an illusion
This paradise is a prison
Exiled here, a test of will
Every year we fail
Harvest the weak, feast on the dead
Prey on the wounded
Roots upon roots
Entitled slaves fill this kingdom
Fit for vultures
Scavengers with blood-soaked wings
We crown ourselves unworthy
Bred and cursed with affliction
Our obsession, the myth of significance
Fit for vultures
What have we done?
Savagely consuming, devouring
What will become?
Ruin will reign
Harvest the weak, feast on the dead
Prey on the wounded
Kill, killing time until we fly from this kingdom
Fit for vultures
This is an illusion
This paradise is a prison
Exiled here, a test of will
Every year we fail
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Born in a golden age
Saw the fall of a golden age
Taking fire from all sides
Doomed, we repeat the suffering
No sign of honor left in sight
Battle for power but who is right?
We are
We are all on the verge of extinction
Lost in the lies that we’ve been sold
Nothing above, nothing below
Damned to eternal void
Judas hides on both sides of the coin
Squander our merit
Slaughter for Earth
May death be our discipline
Let the truth be told
We are all on the verge of extinction
Lost in the lies that we’ve been sold
The veil's been lifted
There’s nothing above, nothing below
In the tides of war
Pain is pleasure
Our own blood we crave
Take a bow in your glory
Vile and depraved
The innocent are targeted
No one will be saved
Choose your weapon
Die for nothing
March to your grave
Let the truth be told
We are all on the verge of extinction
Lost in the lies that we’ve been sold
The veil’s been lifted
There’s nothing above, nothing below
Nothing above
Nothing
Nothing below
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Hide behind all your hallowed shrines
On trails of blood, death will ride
We are but vessels sewn of disposable dying flesh and bone
Our consciousness so blindly bestowed
A labyrinth of purpose we've conjured
Deny all you want, it won’t change what we are
We seal our fate, we’ve sealed our own fate
Eternal failure
Horrid scum, oh the hell we’ve wrought
And for the claim to what?
This waste of a world
Pestilence, the burden we have brought
Abhorrence, the level we aim for
This parasitic plague deemed incurable
Time to own the legacy we chose
The face of death will be revealed
When the curtains close, our reflections show us what we fear
The face of death will be revealed
The ferryman who rules the coast will carry us to where we once belonged
Our fragile hearts never stood a chance against consequence
The ancient patient huntress
Death arrives
We seal our fate, we’ve sealed our own fate
Eternal failure
Horrid scum, oh the hell we’ve wrought
And for the claim to what?
This waste of a world
Hide behind all your hallowed shrines
On trails of blood, death will ride
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8. |
An Offering
04:35
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One day you won’t wake up
I hope that it was worth it
The lengths that you have gone
To remove yourself from life
Without you will still be life
Unkind, too drunk and hubristically blind
To begin to understand
And though I don’t owe you anything
Let this last deed remind you of what could have been
An offering to set you free
Here is the peace you couldn’t find in life
Don’t misinterpret my pain
Nothing has changed
Don’t misinterpret my pain
Looks like you made your point
Committed, you walked the fault line
To live your last day lost
A spoiled mind condemned to rot
Life without you will still be life
Divine, a soul without ego would shine
And fly high above the rest
And though I don’t owe you anything
Let this last deed remind you of what could have been
An offering to set you free
Here is the peace you couldn’t find in life
It was time to look truth in the eye
You were dead before you died
Here is
Here is the peace
Here is the peace you couldn't find
In life
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9. |
Solace and Surrender
02:12
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10. |
Gone to Waste
05:57
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We stand in the light of the last sunrise
A change within will shed the skin
Of this fucking world
We brought it on ourselves
Conflict, arrogance
Insecure, we war
Decay, desecrate the vision we uphold
It’s all gone to waste
Our time is spent, never regained
We brought it on ourselves
Patience, tolerance
Virtues we misplace
Passion, compassion
Grew cynical with age
We brought it on ourselves
We stand in the light of the last sunrise
This change within, shedding the skin of this world
The blood we spilled, the tears we shed
The lives we built, the dreams we had
It’s all gone to waste
Gone to waste
We mend in ecdysis
We stand in the light of the last sunrise
The change within, has shed the skin of this world
When life ends, new life begins
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Prosper or Perish Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Formed in 2007, Prosper or Perish is an unyielding metal quintet from Philadelphia, PA. The versatile writing pulls from a wide range of influences across many subgenres while remaining true to their focused vision. They hold firm in their roots of death and thrash laced with solid grooves, harmonies, and soulful elements. Each record has proved to be harder and faster than its predecessor. ... more
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