Gods Of War

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Gods Of War Released:
Worldwide – 11/04/15

Purchase the album at the Reverence Official Store

Tracklist:
1. Gods Of War
2. Heart Of Gold
3. Until My Dying Breath
4. Angel In Black
5. Tear Down The Mountain
6. Blood Of Heroes
7. Battle Cry
8. Choices Made
9. Splinter
10. Cleansed By Fire
11. Race To Obscene

Lyrics for “Gods Of War”


‘Gods Of War’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
So confident and unsuspecting/Safely hidden from the fray/Then all at once, without warning/Your world gets blown away/From up above, a rain of fire/The piercing sound is deafening/Try to run, but there’s nowhere to hide/From the endless battering/The eye of wrath is upon you/You better watch your back/On your knees begging for mercy/Might as well just spit in the wind/Forever crushing you down again/And again and again/Welcome to annihilation/Do you want some more/Rulers over every nation/Bow down to the gods of war/We have the right, we have the power/To respond to valid threats/Tracking you to the ends of the world/Kill for country with no regrets/The eye of wrath is upon you/You better watch your back/On your knees begging for mercy/Might as well just spit in the wind/Forever crushing you down again
And again and again/Welcome to annihilation/Do you want some more/Rulers over every nation/Bow down to the gods of war/Power is not universal/We know what it’s for/Judging all things good or evil/Bow down to the gods of war

‘Heart Of Gold’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Bryan, Pete)
It’s there in a sideways glance/So sly you should not know/But it hurts you just the same/Even if the scars don’t show/You wonder what it’s like/To be on the other side/But you cannot live that way/Even if you try/Tow the line, take the time/Compassion for them all/Never lose your heart of gold/In the end there is a gift/For those who heed the call/Never lose your heart of gold/The path of righteousness/Is such a narrow road/And the burden of maltreatment/Is a quite cumbersome load/Oppression and wrongdoing/Add up to wear you down/Forgiveness is arduous/When you feel like a clown

‘Until My Dying Breath’
(Music: Rossi/Holland; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
Heads up/I’m a man on a mission/No time for naysayers/Get the hell out of my way/Look out/I’ll bend the world/To my vision/I know where I am heading/I will be damned if I stray/Can you hear me?/There is strength in my resolve/Conviction in my step/I will fight for what is mine/Until my dying breath/Hesitate if you so choose/I’ll take a chance instead/I will fight for what is mine/Until my dying breath/Go ahead/You can be indecisive/Wasting all your/Treasured time/While debating/Our next move/I won’t/Spend my life being passive/Not looking for permission/I don’t care if you approve

‘Angel In Black’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
I always wondered just what it would be like/I would not go willingly, I’d fight it tooth and nail/But here in this moment, clinging to life/I realize all my struggling is to no avail/I am cowered before you/Your presence is so frightening/I can sense your power/Is my life over?/Covered by your wings/I know my fate is yours/Are you the cherub that has come to/Take me home?/Angel, angel in black/I know you’ve come to take me/But I can’t go back/Angel, angel in black/Please show me some mercy/And let me go back/It is clear that I am powerless before you/And all my pleading is falling on deaf ears/But my short time on earth has not been enough/And I am begging you for just a few more years

‘Tear Down The Mountain’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Bryan)
So you wanna tear down that mountain/Do you think you are strong enough?/The jagged rocks will grind your frail bones/And send you straight back where you’re from/The shear mass is overwhelming/You’re falling back just to view the peak/While inner voices keep on saying/You’re a loser, worthless and weak/Confusion veils the path ahead/Blinded by consuming dread/Don’t be afraid of what’s to come/Just focus on the next step/Though you feel you’re at the end/And your strength is running out/Don’t give up on yourself/Tear that mountain down/When all the signs are pointing to failure/Preceding plans have gone awry/Hard to believe you can accomplish/What no one else even dares to try/You’re paralyzed by fear and self doubt/But you don’t have to give in to fright/There’s only one way to move a mountain/Bit by bit, one block at a time/When you feel you’re at the end/And your strength is running out/You must find the will to believe/You can tear that mountain down/Take but one step at a time/You’ll make up lost ground/Don’t give up on yourself/Tear that mountain down

‘Blood Of Heroes’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
It’s so easy to complain/About every little thing/The traffic was hell today/And now you have to work late/Thoughts of the world outside/Never enter your mind/While others selflessly pay the price/When you’re whining about/How tough life is/Don’t forget who takes the blows/This land that you call home/Is paid for by the blood/The precious blood of heroes/Conveniently oblivious/To the sacrifices made/The biggest challenge you’ll find/Is paying your bills on time/The skirmish abroad/Is just a blip on TV/Getting in the way of your reality

‘Battle Cry’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Harmony, Bryan, Pete, Bryan, Pete, Harmony, Pete)
Racing and roaring/Engine about to burst/Pushing the throttle to the floor/Running so raged/The screws are coming loose/Yet still we keep begging for more/Gathered together/Excitement fills the air/Ready to make that metal sound/Louder and faster/We will keep pushing on/Until we bring the whole roof down/Come on/I want to hear you scream/Let me see you/Let me feel you/Let me hear your battle cry

‘Choices Made’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Bryan, Pete)
There are a million things to do in life/And I’m tempted to try them all/There’s a million paths to bitterness/If you go at it like a wrecking ball/Look around/At all of those I affect/Can I learn to live with/The lingering impact?/We get one life/And we all must decide/Which master rules the day/Through laughter and tears/I pray that in my later years/I won’t regret the choices made/Conflicting passions pulling me apart/Can’t do it all, I must decide/If feelings get hurt along the way/Hope it’s enough to apologize

‘Splinter’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
I remember busy mornings/Work, wife and kids in school/It could be so hectic/And yet so wonderful/So much effort was spent/Going through the motions of life/Buried in such focus/It’s hard to enjoy the ride/All too soon you realize/You’ll never get it back/We were building a castle/On the shore, in the sand/Always knowing that lapping waves/Would never let it stand/So much effort was spent/Going through the motions of life/Buried in such focus/It’s hard to enjoy the ride/All too soon you realize/You’ll never ever never get it back/I have few regrets/Despite the tears in my eyes/I’ll learn to live with it/It’s just part of life

‘Cleansed By Fire’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete)
Living with heartache/and disappointment/tears at the fabric of a soul/All the best plans/quickly laid to waste/by unforeseen things beyond control/Broken down, cursing, face to the sky/Demanding answers with no reply/It’s not a matter of who or where or why/only a matter of time/Misfortune comes our way/There are only two choices, quit or try/and you must decide/Outlast the pain and you’ll be/cleansed by fire once again/Within the dire throws/of agonizing loss/it’s hard to believe it will ever end/Struggling to accept/this painful new normal/and wishing your old life was back again/But there’s a strength that’s from inside/An inner voice screams do or die

‘Race To Obscene’
(Music: Holland/Rossi; Lyrics: Hall)
(Guitar Solo: Pete, Harmony)
Who cares if you have talent?/Take off your clothes to be a superstar/Friends and family ride your coattails/Who’s there to say you have gone too far?/Do you have more than flesh to sell?/Victim or a culprit/Or somewhere in between/Either way you’re running/In the race to obscene/Simulated copulation/With lyrics calculated to inflame/Adored by your teenage fans/It’s obvious that you have no shame/Do you have more than flesh to sell?/Victim or a culprit/Or somewhere in between/Either way you’re running/In the race to obscene/Experienced or naive/You hunger to be seen/Another willing player/In the race to obscene