#183: Salvation - xDeathstarx

Salvation

Deathstar

Genre: Hardcore Punk

Note: I'm not sure if I'm supposed to call this band Deathstar or xDeathstarx. I learned of them as xDeathstarx, but on iTunes and Last.fm they are officially Deathstar. Kinda bizarre. I figured I'd use both, and the iTunes/Last.fm name for the tag.

Another modern life
just a crash course to oblivion
preview a battered soul's fall
drowning in the struggle to the surface fades away from
sight shifts to accord with
morals won't suspend the dead weight of the sinking

salvation wrench the soul
step back into the haze
or let new life unfold
eternity, every
the gravity of the unknown

darkness takes move again
so comes the power to oppose
all will prevail who are under
another modern life
a wretched life sad and unworthy
a doubting soul
who can stand in my way
I can not fall one life for all
steal and destroy
you know I've come for this
I'll rip his soul from him
and I'll take pride in it
observe the end it's just begun
I'll bruise my heel but crush your face
Alpha Omega
if this is real let me cease to be
if this is real then let me decrease

salvation wrench the soul
step back into the haze
or let new life unfold
eternity, every
the gravity of the unknown

Holy, so who am I to trample Him
when every moment is a lifetime
and only death is sure to come
Holy, so who am I to trample him
a beauty beyond our highest sight
and only death is sure to come
death that's sure to come

#182: Curses! Another Shape Shifting Wraith! - A Thousand Times Repent

Curses! Another Shape Shifting Wraith!

A Thousand Times Repent

Genre: Deathcore

Hail to an end, she has come, winter's come
A faint horse for a fainting summer, steady your heart
This will take your warmth.
This will turn your ghost.
Come quick my Lord, they altered shape, they've altered form
Marching to this song, singing to this song
Soldiers marching.
Armies running.
Squadrons... and swarming legions
Fearless we take them one ghost by one
Heaven approaching hail to the end.

Marching to this song, singing to this song
Fearless we will take them
one ghost by one

#181: The Iscariot Aspect - Sympathy

The Iscariot Aspect

Sympathy

Genre: Technical Death Metal

Note: I'm doing this early, since I don't know if I'll have time tomorrow to update.

No greater tyranny can there be
Than slave over slave
The acrid taste is bitter sweet
To cast off shackles
And gain liberty

To love one's enemy is easy
When the enemy is guised as a friend
I refuse to submit once again
To the whelming gaze
No more tyranny

Now I stand outside
Trackless and unburdened
Now I declare
The scales have fallen away

Once awakened you cannot return
The dancing shadows lose appeal
When passionate stupor becomes broken
The old ways can bring no peace

As knowledge quickens
The soul unto wisdom
It raises the slave
Out of the herd

No greater love has any man but this
That the machines of tyranny he will destroy
Those made to beat the soul to serve
Mechanisms that captive and blind in slavery

The eyes that once I blinded
Have been quickened with new sight
Empty sockets perceive not
Shadow play but noonday sun

Too long did I cower
I had become a slave
Now set free from control
Trackless and unburdened

#180: The Army of the Chosen One - Sleeping Giant

The Army of the Chosen One

Sleeping Giant

Genre: Hardcore Punk

Featuring guest vocals by Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter

Lord we are asking for a generation to arise, that will not fall, that will not fall, that they would not give themselves to drugs, they would not give themselves to sex, they would not give themselves to others. Lord, that they would give themselves to You. Lord, we are asking that you would release the apostolical generation, that they would go out into the nations and they call forth those to love You and to serve You all the days of their lives, and know that wherever they go that they take the gospel and the love of Jesus, that in all things they would love You, they love You unrelenting, not holding back, nothing but that they would love you Jesus.

An army composed of walking dead, of willing hearts, in this our day of struggle.
We speak with fire, we break all chains, the foolish bonds of carnal mind far beneath us.

We see the leader transfigured light, He calls us forward, in that moment receive.

Gives us a new name, on stones of white, and then we stand commissioned, searching for the valiant more to come.

Oh... Chosen ones! ...we’re rising, calling out your name.

Chosen ones! And you will hear our anthem raise.

Chosen ones! So answer us in truth.

Answer me!

I know their faces.

I hear their names, reveal their future, warriors of regeneration.

I’ve seen their journey. I’ve felt their pain.

I’ve reached into each shame-filled, dark and failed existence.

I see them rising my crest in heart, sealed to my vision anchored deep within each man.

The day approaches, each life will close.

The awesome day we see the Lion and the Lamb.

Oh... Chosen ones! ...we’re rising, calling out your name.

Chosen ones! And you will hear our anthem raise.

Chosen ones! So answer us in truth.

Answer me!

Father where is the army I’ve seen in my visions.

It’s the generation the dragon has feared in his dreams.

Father where is the army I’ve seen in my visions.

We are the generation the dragon has feared in his dreams, his nightmares!

GLORIA! Soon we will find out who are the real revolutionaries.

GLORIA! Someday we will see who’s in this thing for real!

GLORIA! Soon we will find out who are the real revolutionaries.

GLORIA! Someday we will see who’s in this thing for real!

#179: Gang Signs - Sleeping Giant

Gang Signs

Sleeping Giant

Genre: Metalcore

I will bleed for the One who gave everything for me.

Watch and wait. Read up!

You’re gonna die for that Man whose blood is on my hands.

So fess up His name. And be bled dry.

As you can see the new generation of gang signs.

Beware of simple flattery.

They will hand you over in chains.

Those who serve and protect just protecting their own best interest.

As they serve you up to the flames.

But I’ve got one eye to the sky.

I see just One Man in the distance.

So step up and feel my resistance.

Even if we all die.

Time is on my side...

Time is on my side...

Time is on my side.

I laugh inside as they fight Him.

Prepare to run I can’t spell it out plainly.

Aww, you’re befriending the system.

And you’re gonna get paid.

And love grows cold as the sick ones hate you.

Never realizing they’re the ones getting played.

Read the signs of the end of this age.

As man makes plans.

The flood comes quickly.

Our history’s bathed in blood but let’s become a copycat culture war.

As this Sunday school mind takes the place of the Kingdom.

And I’m done with this abomination. Desolation.

The vultures, vultures circling.

And the world will mourn as we flee. I see it’s over.

Time is on my side.

#178: Overkill Exposure - Living Sacrifice

Overkill Exposure

Living Sacrifice

Genre: Metalcore

The first song brought into the open from Living Sacrifice's new album, The Infinite Order. Lyrics thanks to bandsonfire. The song can also be downloaded for free as part of the Fuel Sampler. (I'm probably not supposed to do this, but here's a direct link to the download.)

I watched a man murder and kill
Plot against the destroyed will
I watched a man ripped to shreds
Stench of rot does not offend
Create a theme, sell it how
Promiscuous, no consequence
Think of ways to shock us now
Good luck, I’ve seen it all

I will pay for this death and destruction
Just to know such things exist
I will pay for this death and destruction
Knowledge of evil, paralysis
Overkill exposure

Cannibalistic destruction
Fanatical debauchery
Glorified infidelity
Show me death, show me lies
Show me unthinkable darkness
Programmed perversion of the worst kind

Show me death, show me lies
Show me unthinkable darkness
Show me death, show me lies

I will pay for this death and destruction
Just to know such things exist
I will pay for this death and destruction
Knowledge of evil, paralysis
Overkill exposure

Guard my heart, guard my will
Think of ways to shock us now
Guard my heart, guard my will
Keep your death and lies

Guard my heart, guard my will
Think of ways to shock us now
Guard my heart, guard my will
Keep your death and lies

#177: A Love So Pure - Underoath

A Love So Pure

Underoath

Genre: Death Metal

Note: I'm almost unsure what genre to call this. All I know is that I think this entire album is pretty incredible, and apparently so is their second (which I do not currently have). I wish they had kept the style found in this album instead of turning into the band they are today, which I have a hard time bringing myself to listen to.

Always did it on my own then one day I realized
I was blind, nothing I could do on my own
Turn, we have found a way to see, look up... feel the Almighty
Take control as we gaze into your eyes
We're just the tool you use to bring this world to you
Oh, Lord, how we love you
With your grace, take away the hurt and the bruises inside,
reach down let your glory reside
The cross carried for all of us, paint the image in my mind
So I will never think I am something,
but nothing am I but you, you are something
Lord you keep me alive, you give me rest at night
When there seems no way to find calmness in the storm you come and
take me in your arms and then the waves drown me no more
With you I'll last this battle and many others
Through the ages your name will reigh forever... never to be replaced
In these trials I face, I pray you humble me
Humble me I want to be like you Jesus more and more like you
I was crucified on that day with Christ
Nailing you there with sin, accepting you
I nailed my soul to the cross and now my life begins
This world so cold but your love keeps me warm
My father holds me in his nailed scarred hands which I put there
But for some reason he still loves me with all his heart
Even through I betray him constantly
He always keeps his arms open waiting, till I give up my old was
God my father, you are the only one that can give me comfort
You touch my heart in such a way that all I can do is cry your name
Jesus Christ I love you
My heart aches for your love

#176: Hero - Skillet

Hero

Skillet

Genre: Rock

I'm just a step away
I'm a just a breath away
Losing my faith today
[Falling off the edge today]

I am just a man
Not superhuman
[I'm not superhuman]
Someone save me from the hate

It's just another war
Just another family torn
[Falling from my feet today]
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me
[Just in time]

I gotta fight today
To live another day
Speaking my mind today
[My voice will be heard today]

I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
[I'm not superhuman]
My voice will be heard today

It's just another war
Just another family torn
[My voice will be heard today]
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me
[Just in time]
I need a hero to save my life
I need a hero
Just in time
Save me just in time...
Save me just in time...

Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight of our lives
[And we're not ready to die]

Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe
I've got a hero
[I've got a hero]
Livin' in me

I'm gonna fight for whats right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
[I will be ready to die]

A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me
[Just in time]

(I need a hero!) Who's gonna fight for whats right?
Who's gonna help us survive?
(I need a hero!) Who's gonna fight for the weak?
Who's gonna make them believe?
I need a hero

I need a hero!

A hero's going to save me just in time!