1. |
Shock and Awe
06:22
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Silence echoing
Through the city’s streets
The noose is tightening
The tyrant’s end is near
Weapons of mass destruction must
Be dismantled now
Promise of freedom and prosperous life
Starts with a preemptive strike
Starts with... War
Engulfed in flames
Of raging inferno
The place I call home
Burns in shock and awe
Truth has become
The first causality
Of bombardment that never stops
In days of reckoning
It’s all right she said just hold my hand
Not us not our my family
Don’t you cry my little one
a mother calms her child
they perished in... war
after the storm comes a haze
of destruction and decay
through it all we carry on looking for a better day
aspiring to achieve our dreams in a life without fear
the darkest night
has turned so bright
in my eyes as I vow
to heal the wounds
and reconstruct
the place where I've been born and raised
From underneath T
his despair
A ray of hope shines through me
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2. |
Indoctrinated Youth
06:13
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A new beginning in
an ancient land
A story to be told
The lives and struggle of
Three new souls
Into this world
We are born
With decisions to make
Shaping our path
Thrown into uncertainty
What choice do we have?
What determines our lives?
We grow as the years pass but we knew
who we are
Creating a safe shelter
Best friends, for all time
Life has just begun
‘’ recite his divine words, we follow our supreme leader and our signal party state, you must Stand in line, He will save us, those who betray him will be severely punished, you must listen, you must abide and you will surrender your thoughts!’’
‘’ reach into the depths of your mind, you were born free, break the shackles, see through your lies, see through your faulty logic, be free’’
Cradle of civilization
Has fallen prey to a tyrant
Bear witness to the indoctrination
Beware! don’t stray from the herd, raised in fear
Controlled masses live in fear
Of torture and mass graves
Yet oppression could not steal
Our childhood’s innocence
Indoctrinate
Pass your fear
I’ll carry it
With me
The saga unfolds
Of innocence and war
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3. |
Holy Hypocrites
05:41
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4. |
Beneath Baghdad
08:33
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The days of pure
Innocence
Are long gone
now I feel
the weight of the world
is on my shoulders
To forgive
and reconcile
is to start to heal
but mistrust
and malice fill
these barren streets
Bodies pulled
From piles of rubble and ash
frozen eyes
Witness horrors of the aftermath
the light within
that was shining through
has gotten so dim
frustration mounts
plagued by doubts
yet I won't give in
No one cares
Trapped by their own greed
false pretense
In the land of make believe
Terror reigns
the city's streets has tuned into
A battleground
For occupation and insurgency
let me be
rise above the pain
come my way
I'm waiting for my life
To begin
Violence erupts in these streets
Barrage of bullets
is so deafening
Soldiers
Got Under attack
as I was walking by
now I'm caught in the crossfire
there's nowhere to hide, bullets fly
This can’t be the end
as I lay and bleed
waiting for a life
that never came
The days of pure innocence
Are gone
I close my eyes
I’m sinking in
the noise fades
loss of life
I cannot take that this time it is me
is this my last breath?
I can feel a cold embrace
is this the end of me?
Is it all over?
Departure
From this world
Here comes sweet death
Beneath Baghdad
Forever I shall lay
in eternal oblivion
As if he was born to die, the dreamer is sent to an early grave,
faith disappears, and doubt becomes obsessive, How can I believe in a merciful God, when I’m surrounded by suffering?
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5. |
Diaspora
05:47
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into exile
bloodshed will
Never end
Till there's nothing left
So I leave this burning town
The city of the dead
Into
Into exile
I must go
In my Diaspora
I walk alone
There is no home for me
I buried him
My best friend
With my own hands
His Memories
And my Survivals guilt
is what I take with me, I take with me
Oppression from
From my past
Will grow but never fade
Now I leave them all behind
My friends and family
forgive me
Never to be
Heard of again
The traveler is gone
He’s out of this place
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6. |
Spew Vitriol
05:19
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Intolerance
Ignorance
Spread like the plague
Live in a world
Infected by hate
Massacre
Crimes against
Humanity
And Torture chambers
the headlines today
Dehumanization
And fear of the other
Vilification
To justify their slaughter
Conditioned to be
Indifferent to suffering
A world epidemic
Is lack of empathy.
So take up your arms
No time for grief
Spew Vitriol
Until you choke
On your lies
Locking up
Innocents
Years of abuse will create
Viscous enemies
Unbreakable
Cycle of
Retributions
Repeats itself
Injustice it breeds
Left alone in a dying land
My future looks so bleak
No end in sight to violence
In decades of darkness
As they fight their civil war
I fight my fears and anxiety
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7. |
King of the Ruins
05:03
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What have I become?
And where have all the years gone?
I am losing all control
Defeated and left alone
No longer trying to make sense
of this madness
Drifting into nothing
king
of the ruins
a passing silhouette
Devoid
of life
wearing
my crown of emptiness
as I haunt
this barren land
Holy hypocrites
Rule the failed state, an abandoned place
In these ruins I reign
The Stench of death that I breathe
Destruction that surrounds me
It begins to comfort me
It’s all familiar to me
In darkness I can trust
In chaos I will find
The only Stability
It will always be here
I pass by an old place
Where childhood memories
Of long gone friends
Come rushing back
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8. |
The Gates of Ivory
02:52
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9. |
Abandon Reason
08:07
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Shadow being
Someone’s there
Lurking
Breathing down my neck
Heavy feeling
in my chest
Breaking out
in a cold sweat
I can hear
Your silent screams
I’m your only friend
In a conspiracy
I’ll take you to realm
Where the traveler is
Out of the ruins
Where the dreamer lives
Enter the realm
Rejecting the illusion of reality
enter the realm
beyond the fringe of sanity
noise inside my head
won't let me rest
Panic attack
Clouds my consciousness
Thought disorder
What a blinding mess
Into dementia
I Spiral down
My lucid nightmare
occurs every single night
they lie, they murder
In their sane world
Then they point and laugh at me
Like I’m the psychopath
I’ll build my wall
they'll never get to me
I’ll wipe that smirk
Right off your fucking face
There is no turning back now
The shadows are real
I dwell
Where my demons hide
They crawl inside my head
We are the lost
But we’re not the only ones
As we depart, we welcome newborn souls
Of innocence and war
Retreated within my shell of self-doubt, I watch the world burn
And I ask myself, What is it worth to be sane in a world of madness?
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Rapid Dominance Denmark
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Rapid Dominance was formed in the small town of Silkeborg,
Denmark in 2010 when Iraqi
guitarist/vocalist Adel Haley met drummer Asmus Høyrup. RD released 2 critically acclaimed EP's, played festivals & a tour in Denmark and was nominated for best ''metal band award'' in 2012, LP release & concerts are planned for 2015.
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