Iced Earth - Dystopia Album Lyrics

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Dystopia

Enter the nightmare
This future does implode
A techno city-state
A prison, nothing more
Rounded up like cattle
You're forced into the trains
Nothing that you've ever known
Will bring you so much pain

[Pre-chorus]
If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

Micro-chipped like dogs
Their thoughts are not their own
All that's left of human kind
Is now in their control
Planned out through centuries
Patient and contrived
Played on man's naiveté
Gullible and blind

[Pre-chorus]
If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

[Chorus]
The nightmare unfolds before my eyes
I will resist 'til end of time
A spirit born free
Has to break these chains
We're lost, we must find our way
We'll find our way!

They say that you're a danger
To everything that's pure
There are too many of you
They're offering the cure
Swift extermination
If you refuse the game
Arrested development
Your vaccinated fate

[Pre-chorus]
If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

[Chorus]
The nightmare unfolds before my eyes
I will resist 'til end of time
A spirit born free
Has to break these chains
We're lost, we must find our way
We'll find our way!

 

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Anthem

In your eyes I see you're desperate and in hunger
Reclaim your future, your past uncertain
See this child is raised in hate and in anger
His eyes wide open, his rage so focused

[Chorus]
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life

A single mother she is strained and she suffers
She slaves away her life in turmoil
A homeless man had it all and now has nothing
His spirit broken, plagued from injustice

[Chorus]
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life

[Bridge]
We have the power make our lives what they are to be
Reconnect with our humanity
Transcend to a higher place, accepting reality
You are the key to the life you seek

[Chorus]
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life
Torn asunder, our destiny is in sight
This is the anthem to celebrate your life

 

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Boiling Point

I sit alone and watch hypocrisy
I will fight
My frustration ever building
Tensions rise
The air runs thick with hostility
My thought are boiling and I'm full rage

[Chorus]
I'm at the end
Patience run thin
I think I'll lose my mind
Taking no more
Your death I swore
They will not break my will

I'll make this your darkest hour
Hate will rise
My force will devastate your power
Hear them cry
I vowed to cure my aggravation
Your demise
I'm coming forth to bring a world of pain

[Chorus]
I'm at the end
Patience run thin
I think I'll lose my mind
Taking no more
Your death I swore
They will not break my will

Satisfied eradication
Deed is done
Your spirit's dead and finally mine
Now you're gone
My sanity a fixed condition
Not your pawn
Vindication written in your blood

[Chorus]
I'm at the end
Patience run thin
I think I'll lose my mind
Taking no more
Your death I swore
They will not break my will

Boiling Point
Boiling Point
Boiling Point

 

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Anguish Of Youth

The wind's crying softly
Tears stream down her precious cheeks
The last goodbye to those she loves
Before the final sleep
The pain is just too much
She can't even face another day
Oh, the past, it haunts her
The scars won't fade away

[Chorus:]
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to smile
She wants to live
Free from a life of despair
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to laugh
She wants to love
Free from a life of despair

A life of pain and anguish
An empty shell yearns to be free
To break out from this prison
Of flesh and blood, she lives
Just one more shot of whiskey
To chase the pills that help her sleep
Now she's one step closer
To quest for inner peace

[Chorus:]
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to smile
She wants to live
Free from a life of despair
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to laugh
She wants to love
Free from a life of despair

The figure stands above her
Upon her lifeless chest she breathes
He thrusts the soul back to her
She now begins to breathe
Awaken from this nightmare
Her body shivers and it shakes
She's forged a new perspective
The scars begin to fade

[Chorus:]
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to smile
She wants to live
Free from a life of despair
The tragedy still haunts her
The pain she cannot bear
She wants to laugh
She wants to love
Free from a life of despair

 

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V

His mind is worn and so tortured
Suffering was part of the plan
Blades flying swift with justice
Remember the idea not the man

Rising up from the fire
Unified to be free
Stoking our fears with their lies
You are the key

Sedated they kept us all dormant
Unknowing, our lives lived in vain
Like mindless drones we're devoted
We’ve welcomed our fate as their slaves

[Chorus]
Prepare for victory
Our minds have been awakened
Rid your life of tyranny
We are the resistance

No fear, stand tall
Resist
Tyranny falls
No lives, no war
Resist
Victory calls

Rising up from the fire
Unified to be free
Stoking our fears with their lies
You are the key

In the end we were coiled with the serpent
It took all we had to break free
Our victory, it came without violence
We vanquished, they fell to their knees

[Chorus]
Prepare for victory
Our minds have been awakened
Rid your life of tyranny
We are the resistance

No fear, stand tall
Resist
Tyranny falls
No lives, no war
Resist
Victory calls

 

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Dark City

This place is dark and grey
Uneasy, I feel torn apart
My mind is clouded and blurred
This cry is interchanging

Sacrifice memories past
Unaware of what I've become

Constant changes are imploring me
Search my mind, look for the answers
Finding nothing but this fear in me
Immersing myself in his feeling
Realizing I am not alone
They are watching people changing
Unconsciously twisting memory
Gathering our human feeling

[Chorus]
Experimenting, to understand the human soul
Endangered they'll fade away
The wont deceive me
They'll never take my soul away
Their life form fades

Fill our heads with false identity
Synchronizing our confusion
Using the dead for their own need
Parasitic infestation
Imprisonment in celestial space
Unlocking the human life force
Escaping their grasp now we are free
Their objective failed unknowing

[Chorus]
Experimenting, to understand the human soul
Endangered they'll fade away
The wont deceive me
They'll never take my soul away
Their life form fades

 

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Equilibrium

Inject and suppress the human feeling
Love, hate, and sorrow leads us to eradication
Mankind survives, to see another lifetime
What is the final price our people will be paying'

Our lives so colorless and ruled with false devotion
Destroying anything that triggers our emotion
The enemy is one who feels the world around them
Interrogated, now they're facing their own judgment

[Chorus]
Destroying our stimuli
Force us too defy all that is human
The serum keeps us pacified
Stand to feel alive
Our instinct will take over

Annihilation of our feeling
Emancipation our minds healing
Determination defines existence
Eradicate with our resistance

If people awake they'll be free from this daydream
Human instinct will break through and keep us feeling
We will not medicate, their grasp will surely crumble
Take back humanity and devastate their power

[Chorus]
Destroying our stimuli
Force us too defy all that is human
The serum keeps us pacified
Stand to feel alive
Our instinct will take over

 

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Days Of Rage

They beat you black and blue
You're fleeced, your anger's seething
They turned their backs on you, betrayed!
Fight or die, kill or be killed
Society's collapsing
You watch your world die and decay

Days of rage
Days of rage
Days of rage

Unhinged and full of hate
A time bomb clearly ticking
No more, nothing left to lose
Your money can't be found
Anger, pain, starvation
Betrayed! Domesticated fool

Days of rage
Days of rage
Days of rage

Lies destroy life
Days of rage
Lies destroy life
Days of rage
Lies destroy life
Days of rage
Lies destroy life

Decadence and ignorance
Led you to this suffering
Prison camps created just for you
Will you survive' What will you do'
When the rug's pulled from under you
Hell is what you future's coming to

Days of rage
Days of rage
Days of rage
Days of rage

 

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End Of Innocence

Through the essence of your smile
Makes this fight all worth while
Oh' the perseverance of your life

There you were by my side
Giving me strength through your love and pride
She says carry on, carry on

Oh the stars they shine so bright
Are they there for you and I'
I know you'll see the light

[Chorus]
Carry on, be strong my son
This is the end of innocence
Carry on, when I'm gone
This is the end of innocence
This is the end my friend

Sacrifice is all we have
Finding solace in your laugh
The freedom will ease your pain

Washing tides and seasons change
Things will never be the same
Oh' she says carry on, carry on

[Chorus]
Carry on, be strong my son
This is the end of innocence
Carry on, when I'm gone
This is the end of innocence
This is the end

 

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Soylent Green

The earth has suffered over population
All our rations have been dominated
We look to them for answers to our hunger
Food made from you and i
Increasing their supply

The land is stripped and so barren
Our people must take a stand
Luxuries passed are now savored
We can't even live off the land

Corruption eating us alive
Our guts are filled with their lies

Humans controlled and in turmoil
Defy and you're taken away
The secret is kept from the people
Their lives are left to decay

In line, denied, they've had enough
No food, no work, they must rise up

Their greed has left us all for dead
We are so unaware
They encourage suicide
The truth we must unveil

One man will come to expose them
He'll be a thorn in their side
Danger around every corner
The order must defied

Descend upon their wickedrule
People need to know they're fooled

Nourishment made in a compound
Sustenance from you and i
Taken and processed tgo feed them
Death will increase their supply

Swallow their lies you satisfy
Accept your fate before you die

Their greed has left us all for dead
We are so unaware
They encourage suicide
The truth we must unveil

We need to stop them some way, somehow
The truth was hidden
From the people until know
Your final moments are so serene
It's humans that they're eating,
It's Soylent Green

 

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Iron Will

Alone... Oh I know your lost and trying to find your way
You have been betrayed... led astray
Anger... Stirs inside and is tearing you apart
Beating from this cold and broken heart

You are stoned
You will stand and fight this emptiness and pain
Cast away your suffering, seize the day
Fire... Extinguish the flames that haunt your mind
Take control of your life

[Chorus:]
You are strong, in your soul
Overcome the trials and tribulations
Live your life, take control
You have broken through the threshold

[Guitar solo]

You have won, oh the battle deep within your soul is done
Troubles washed away, a brand new day
Focused... you have overcome challenges of life
You are the life you will survive

[Chorus]

 

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Tragedy & Triumph

Here we stand,
I know it's always been our home
We're awakened from our prison
A new day, it's finally here,
We walk the streets without fear
Our humanity has risen
Digging out those microchips
That kept us dormant to resist
Singing sings of our triumph
To maintain our current state
We must try to innovate
Our minds and our future

[Bridge]
We lived through their lies
No we'll always keep
A conscious mind
And we hold our heads up high
We will never let our spirit die

The brave new world,
You know it's always been a lie
Pushed with their manipulation
Cast away the unseen chains
They shackle you a slave
Take control of your existence
Flushing out their poison ways
Live to fight another day
The time is now to start living
We've taken back our dignity
We are alive and we are free
A revolution of our spirit

[Bridge]
We lived through their lies
No we'll always keep
A conscious mind
And we hold our heads up high
We will never let our spirit die

[Chorus]
Time is on our side
We have prevailed
Humanity's ultimate struggle
Hearts and minds
Are joined in victory
We are triumphant end eternal
Time is on our side
We have prevailed
Humanity's ultimate struggle
Hearts and minds
Are joined in victory
We are triumphant end eternal

Here we stand
I know it's always been our home
We can build a brand new future
A new day, it's finally here
We live our lives without fear
Our humanity has risen
The task at hand to educate
So we don't make the same mistake
Never take the road to serfdom
We are aware, we are awake
Dystopia we did escape
Never to repeat the nightmare

[Bridge]
We lived through their lies
No we'll always keep
A conscious mind
And we hold our heads up high
We will never let our spirit die

[Chorus]
Time is on our side
We have prevailed
Humanity's ultimate struggle
Hearts and minds
Are joined in victory
We are triumphant end eternal
Time is on our side
We have prevailed
Humanity's ultimate struggle
Hearts and minds
Are joined in victory
We are triumphant end eternal