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Arch Enemy

War eternal
War eternal
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Tempore nihil sanat (prelude in F minor)
Never forgive, never forget
War eternal
As the pages burn
No more regrets
You will know my name
Graveyard of dreams
Stolen life
Time is black
On and on
Avalanche
Down to nothing
Not long for this world
Tempore nihil sanat (prelude in F minor)
[Instrumental]
				
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Never forgive, never forget
YOU!!!
See the wolf in sheep's skin,
waiting in the shadows, watching learning,
too bad I did not recognize,
the timed under toe, pulling you away,
we're been infiltrated,
in fact by a lion, can't believe orchestrated.

Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine,
time heals nothing, I'll never forgive.
Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine,
time heals nothing, I'll never forgive.

You summoned the lies,
in a search for earth peace,
with open ears and eyes,
could you not feel?
The timed under toe,
pulling you down, you've been infiltrated,
in fact by a lion,
hold to the already desecrated.

Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine,
time heals nothing, I'll never forgive.
Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine,
time heals nothing,
I'll never forgive, never forget,
never ever.
The dust has settled,
I'll watch you drown, drown,
drown in your regret!

YOU!!!
The timed under toe, pulling you away,
we're been infiltrated, in fact by a lion,
can't believe orchestrated.

Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine, time heals nothing,
I'll never forgive.
Hate spreads internal,
in this black heart of mine, time heals nothing,
I'll never forgive,
never forget, never ever.
				
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War eternal
Friend or foe there's no way to know
In the battlefield of life its kill or be killed.
So many times its a matter of degrees
From being up on your luck to down on your knees.

Its a hellish inferno
This is war eternal.

They try to change you, crush and break you.

Try to tell you what to do
They love to have control of you
Back against the wall
In danger of losing it all
Search deep inside
Remember who you are.

It's time like these when lines are drawn
Which side of the fence you are standing on?
There will come a day not so far away
When the hunter becomes the prey (and you will pay).

Its a hellish inferno
This is war eternal.

They try to change you, crush and break you.

Try to tell you what to do
They love to have control of you
Back against the wall
In danger of losing it all
Search deep inside
Remember who you are.

This is fucking war!

They try to change you, crush and break you.

Try to tell you what to do
They love to have control of you
Back against the wall
In danger of losing it all
Search deep inside
Remember who you are.
				
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As the pages burn
As the pages burn
secrets can't be unlearned
Silence can't be unheard... Knowledge is burden
power is onus as the pages burn

Rejecting cognition as the pages turn
sinking in a pool of either
the past is washed clean

Rip apart the world
word by word
inch by inch

Sever your timeline
silence your conscience

[Chorus:]
Sweet amnesia here to free you
as the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
as the pages burn

As smoke fills the room soon to pass... heavy gloom
The wind will whisk away the past
a blank page stares at you
Nothing left
where to start?

A second chance carries expectation!
The books you'd written no longer exist
The future is in your pen
ink to paper now begin

Rip apart the world
word by word
inch by inch

Sever your timeline
silence your conscience!

[Chorus:]
Sweet amnesia here to free you
as the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
as the pages... burn!

Rewriting history
starting now!
Erase the misery
Let the flames eat your doubts

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus:]
Sweet amnesia here to free you
as the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
as the pages... burn!

[Solo Guitar]
				
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No more regrets
You choose your path.
Don't shift the blame.
You ran your course.
You lost sight of your aim.
Wrong choices linger,
Like scars remain
Long after the bleeding stops.
There's nowhere left to hide from the shame.

Never again.

No! No more regrets.
What's done is done - can't be erased.
Know your regrets...savour the bitter aftertaste.

The crippling guilt, how heavy it can be
When searching for the right words
Hoping the truth will bring you peace.
A lesson learned is good company
For the lonely road you walk
Each step forward - agony.

It's hard to breathe!
Thought process crushing me.
Purge mistakes! Strip the mind of its dignity
Liar
Liar
All I know is but regret.
I can't shake this bitter aftertaste. 
				
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You will know my name
The judging eyes watching me
It's all I've ever known.
When I tried to open up my heart
I am ridiculed and torn apart.
You tell jokes I'll never get to hear
Behind my back at my expense.

There's something inside me
And I know it's good.
I'm not evil, just misunderstood.

Do you see me now?
Do you hear me now?
You will know my name!
Do you see me now?
Do you fear me now?
You will know my name!

To try to break my silence
Strip you of your dignity.
Tear down your perfect world
Your perfect lies!

No more jokes I'll never get to hear
Behind my back at my expense.

There's something inside me
And I know it's good.
I'm not evil, just misunderstood.

Do you see me now?
Do you hear me now?
You will know my name!
Do you see me now?
Do you fear me now?
You will know my name!

You will know my name!

Do you see me now?
Do you hear me now?
You will know my name!
Do you see me now?
Do you fear me now?
You will know my name!

You will know my name!
				
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Graveyard of dreams
[Instrumental]
				
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Stolen life
Everything so clear now
It's written on your face
In a world within a world
I can smell the bridges burn
Sharks ever circling
They never go away
In these dark, murky waters
So hard to navigate and so easy to hate

Paint me black, demonize me, this is how you pay me back?
Do you ever really know someone until you look away?
Misplaced my trust, only to learn...honesty is just a word

This is a stolen life
Before you walk away
Don't forget to turn the knife

What's next, more betrayal?
Have I not suffered enough?
You made me feel so alive
Now you're just killing me killing me

Carve away the rotten flesh
It's time to burn
Strip away the dirty lies
Expose the ugly truth... 
				
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Time is black
From a distance, the truth is so obvious,
Answers are all so clear.
Logic stays at arm's length
When engulfed in the present, here.
Desperation draws near...

If I could pull the fabric of time
And bring the future near,
The answers wouldn't be so far
The truth would be so clear.

Time is black
And nothing will escape.
Nothing will remain.
Nothing.

From a distance time is black,
Tangible and dense.
With each rotation a new day passed
And past, at last, makes sense.
There where past obstacles seem
Just pebbles on your path
Always just a step ahead
The peace I hope to catch...
				
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On and on
We walk through war in the halls
Of dead protocols
We came so close, demands were met
That's when the rug was ripped out from under our feet
A vicious crime...cold betrayal and deceit.

Then reality hits you like a stab in the back
Like a slap in the face, a premeditated attack.

On and on...
The battle knows no victory...
On and on...
Weapons high - Reject defeat.

Decrepit smiles shine like fire
Lying through their teeth.
It's a memory you want to forget...
From one second to another the whole world went under.
The future cuts so deep tangibility bleeds.

On and on! Until the victory is dead and gone.
On and on! Kill the history, the wrong side won!

Don't let the history repeat...
				
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Avalanche
A fistful of fear in my hands
A bullet of betrayal in my brain
No progress comes from pleasure
We smile in ignorance and learn in pain

Willful deceit was your plan
Desperately avoid the blame
Who will you answer to now?
Sharpened your shovels
Just to dig your grave

Stand up because the ground is in your way
I won't give you any piece
Yet still you talk
Try to fight but I will watch you fall
Fall

This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?

Sick, sick, sick
I'm sick of being your martyr
Your inglated ego is just dead weight
Bask in all the eyes upon you
Before you know it
The'll have turned away

Stand up as the whole world turns away
I won't give you any peace
Yet still you talk
Try to fight but I will watch you fall
Fall

This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?

Wait and see
Cry yourself a lonesome creek

Your decaying corpse
Can feed the roots
Of my towering free

Just wait and see
You're dead to me

Yet still you speak
Trying to justify what you're doing to me

I will watch you fall
Fall

This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you
What did you expect? 
				
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Down to nothing


The light dwindles down to nothing
As the candle sputters out
Just beyond the abb and flow
Of a dark and restless heart

Alone again
Facing the demons
In this hell
Of my own making

I will not let this moment
Define who I am
Now you see me
Now you don't
I am strong, eternal
Now you see me
Now you don't

Licking the wounds now
I shelter in the melody
My ink runs from black to red
Screaming into the void

Alone again
Facing the demons
In this hell
Of my own making

I will not let this moment
Define who I am
Now you see me
Now you don't
I am strong, eternal
Now you see me
Now you don't

Seemingly endless
Like the wind, the stormy seas
I held the poison, I had the power
I will return

Seemingly endless
Like the wind, the stormy seas
I held the poison, I had the power
I will return

				
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Not long for this world
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