Ten Thousand Fists lyrics

Politics and evil
All one and the same
Satan hides behind a different name

Take these chains away
Free my hands from bondage
Can't explain away
Avarice will kill you in time

Violent upheavel
Cities drenched in flame
Wickedness we know we can contain

Take the chains away
Free my hands from bondage
Can't explain away
Avarice will kill you in time

Who will we murder now

Say, yes they know that you hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy, is it?
Yes they know that you hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy

All my devotion's betrayed
I am no longer afraid
I was too blinded to see
How much you've stolen from me

You wanna know why
I feel so horrified
I let my innocence die
You wanna know why
I can't be pacified
You make me bury something
I wont be sleeping tonight

I only wanted a blessing made
Now I've been labeled a renegade
It seems so clear now what I must do

Forgiven to me, you're forgiven to me
you're just another dead man, livin to me
forgiven to me, you're forgiven to me
how can you let a dead man live

forgiven to me, you're forgiven to me
you're just another dead man, livin to me
forgiven to me, you're all given to me
how can you let a dead man live
forgiven to me, you're forgiven to me
you're just another nightmare, walkin to me

Guarding your self
From the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like
The devil is laughing
Leaving me haunted tonight

You did decide

Now I want you
When your gone and now
It's like your holding
Something just in front of me

Well then I can't allow
This to become another
One of those
Times when I'm left
In the cold, dead

Theres no compromise

Never again will I be dishonored
And never again will I be reminded
Of livin' within the world of the jaded
They kill inspiration
It's my obligation

To never again allow this to happen
Where do I begin the choices are endless
Denying sin, my art, my redemption
I carry the torch of my fathers before me

Chorus:
The thing I treasure most in life
Cannot be taken away

Just stop.
Enough of the venemous critical comments on my life.
Just drop the judgement, and all of your pseudo-involvement in my life.
Sit back a moment, and look at the miracle starting in the light.
Dont stop the moment, and let the incredible happen knowing that

All that you want is to criticize
something for nothing.
And all that I want is forgiveness one more time

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now did you read the news today
They say the danger's gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around

[spoken, with echoes]
Fate is so unkind
Now I should have known
Blind leading the blind
Reaping what I've sown
If it all amounts to nothing,
Why? Why am I standing in this line?

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
I may never know for certain when will be my time
How was I considered evil?
Vengeance taken in this life
Someone granted me reprieval

Fading, falling, lost in forever
Will I find a way to keep it together?
Am I strong enough to last through the weather in the hurricane of my life?
Can it be a conscious decision?
As I look for ways to alter my vision?
Am I speeding towards another collision in the alley ways of my life?

Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie

My conviction is stronger today
As I fight to uncover your sacred lie
And the fear isn't going away
As the soldiers still die
Let your followers know
That their lives have been sold
For the good of your sacred lie
For the truth to be told
And the plan to unfold
We must start asking why

Don't you know the war is far from over now
What a stumbling block we've fallen over now

AHH AHH
Tell me you like it
AHH AHH
Tell me you like it
You say you found yourself a new sound
The shit's loaded and they're ready to go
A bit too much just like the old sound
Already heard it for the 'hundredth time
One hundred more, another same sound
Running them off of the machine that you know
It sounds sublime, they're breaking new ground
They should have another hit this time

You walk on like a woman in suffering
Won't even bother now to tell me why
You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment
Leaving me broken another time
You come on like a bloodstained hurricane
Leave me alone, let me be this time
You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption
I don't want to mention, the reason I know

That I am stricken and can't let you go

Survivor
Survivor

One more goddamn day when I know what I want
And my want will be considered tonight, consider tonight
Just another day when all that I want
Will mark me as a sinner tonight, I'm a sinner tonight, yeah

[Chorus]
People can no longer cover their eyes
If this disturbs you then walk away
You will remember the night you were struck by the sight of

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street.

Now did you read the news today
They say the danger's gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
There burning into the night.

There's too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see

Take me away, yeah!

Thats enough of all your taunting
Seems like Id remove you from my mind
Dont you sometimes I wish theyd
Kill me for wanting you

I will sit alone in silence
Gather all the meaning I can find
Will you be defeated when they
Kill me for wanting you

I cant believe that my sanity lies
In abandoning you
I cant recall a more helpless time

End this suffering

You made a monster of me
Through all your wicked lies
Forever tortured by you
Abandoned at death's door
Until I said no more

Don't look away
You're just a former regret of mine
And when you want, just look away
You're just a former regret of mine
Erasing now

You made a rock star of me
Gave me this wicked life
Paid to be tortured by you
A life I now abhor

You're inside of me

afraid to discuss the mess I've made

If you take a look now you will find

Perfect insanity

I go away not right
Done away with paradise

See what's going on inside my mind

Please let me out

Please let me out

Please let me

(Chorus)

Branded like an animal

I can still feel them burning my mind

You believe that you made your message clear

Survival
Survival

One more goddamn day when I know what I want
And my want will be considered tonight, considered tonight
Just another day when all that I want
Will mark me as a sinner tonight, I'm a sinner tonight, yeah

[Chorus]
Evil can no longer cover their eyes
If this disturbs you then walk away
You will remember the night you were struck by the sight of