ANVIL LYRICS

1. This Is Thirteen

Tarot card and tealeaves
A crystal ball
The gypsy's kiss
The death cards call

Bad luck, misfortune
Superstitious belief
Good luck, a rebirth
And a sigh of relief

This is thirteen
This is thirteen

Cast a spell from the wave of a wand
The depths of hell, there's a voice from beyond

Palm reading, candlelight
Fortunes to tell
Fear the unknown
Under a spell

This is thirteen
This is thirteen

The fortuneteller's incantation
Rats in the cellar, abomination
Edge of your seat in anticipation

Reincarnation
Belief in a myth
Holding a séance
Is it the dead you're talking with?

This is thirteen
This is thirteen
This is thirteen
This is thirteen
This is thirteen
This is thirteen

2. Bombs Away

Jets lift off
Armed to go
Sights lock on
Targets below
Objects marked
Cue bomb bay
Pull the trigger
Bombs away
Say your last goodbyes
We're coming to your skies
A reckoning this day
You threatened our shores
So now we'll come to yours
And make you all pay

[Chorus:]
Bombs away
Bombs away
Bombs away

Shells explode
Flashing light
Burning fires
Turn day to night
Head on back
Reload bay
Armed again
Bombs away
You don't stand a chance
Air Force has advanced
To blow you all away
Soon you'll understand
That we will burn your land
On this judgement day

[Chorus]

Much is gone
Fight's not done
Third wave
Has just begun
One to go
Mustn't stall
Do it now
Fuck 'em all
Nothing you can do
We're coming after you
Today is the day
Pay for what you've done
We'll bomb you one by one
Until you all have paid

[Chorus x2]

3. Burning Bridges

When you bite the hand that feeds
Destructive forces out to get you
When you can't fulfill your needs
You can't achieve what you want to

[Chorus:]
Burning bridges, a fire attack
Burning bridges, you can't go back

Unnecessary choice
Victim of your own decisions
Listen to your inner voice
Product of your own condition

[Chorus]

Feeling the pressure bearing down on me
Garbage or treasure, what's it going to be?

Failure or success
Balanced on the dividing line
Sins to confess
Ain't no one's fault but mine

[Chorus x2]

Seeing the future through distorted eyes
Tainted by anger, stress and lies
Feeling the pressure bearing down on me
Garbage or treasure, what's it going to be?

[Chorus]

Controlling your actions
All for good or bad
Disposable transactions
For that, you should be glad

[Chorus x2]

4. Ready To Fight

My blood's a boil and I'm in a rage
On with the onslaught, ripping rampage
Life's ambition, it will never fade
Stainless steel, tempered blade
Clenched fists, ready to go
One for the money, two for the show
When you're ready, you're good to go

When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight

All comers, I will beat you all
I go all rounds, never going to fall
Strength to win can over take
Perseverance, make no mistake

When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight

Clenched fists, ready to go
One for the money, two for the show
When you're ready, you're good to go

Let's go!

My blood's a boil and I'm in a rage
On with the onslaught, ripping rampage
Strength to win and over take
Perseverance, make no mistake
Make no mistake
Clenched fists, ready to go
One for the money, two for the show
When you're ready, you're good to go

When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight
When you're ready
When you're ready to fight
When you're ready
When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight
When you're ready to fight

5. Flying Blind

When you are lost and you can't find your way
Look for a landmark, as an eagle looks for prey
See the horizon, watch the sun going down
Into the darkness, light fades all around

[Chorus:]
Flying blind
Flying blind

Look at the ground as you fly overhead
Not the same as the flight plan said
Into the darkness, light fades all around
See the horizon, watch the sun going down

[Chorus x2]

When you're flying and you just can't see
Just can't see where you're going to be
When you're flying and you just can't see
The forest from the trees

Travel in circles and going nowhere
Better or worse, you do what you dare
Take a chance and fly into the night
Blind as a bat, searching for the light

[Chorus x2]

Flying blind
When you're flying and you just can't see
Flying blind
Just can't see where you're going to be
Flying blind
When you're flying and you just can't see
Flying blind

6. Room #9

Dreaming up a nightmare and another sleepless night
Restless sedation with no end in sight
Fists clenched in anger, shivering in fear
Your blood begins to boil, dementia is near

[Chorus:]
Room number nine
Number nine

You're a rat in a maze and you're trying to find your way
You're climbing the wall and trying to get away
Running a race and going nowhere
Electroshock therapy, take all you can bear

[Chorus x2]

Only a dream
It's only a dream
(It's not what it seems)
It's not what it seems
It's only a dream
(Only a dream)

Only a dream
It's only a dream
(It's not what it seems)
It's not what it seems
It's only a dream
(It's only a dream)

[Chorus]

Rubber room walls keep me from the pain
Need a shot of lithium to make it right again
Dream another nightmare, another sleepless night
Subconscious psychosis, wake up or die of fright

Room number nine

[Chorus x3]

Room number nine

7. Axe To Grind

Resentment and anger gnaw at your mind
Just like disease that makes you go blind
Vengeance and hatred fill your soul
When getting even is your only goal

All the things that have been said and done
Never forgiven, the fight is won
Battle and conquest that will never end
In the land of business you have no friend

[Chorus:]
Axe to grind, axe to grind
Sparks will fly
Axe to grind, axe to grind

Vengeance that is blind
Plight on mankind
In blood, you have signed
After all you will find

[Chorus]

Burdened with truth, guilt will steal your soul
A fight to the death, the final toll
Red faced anger that will never be resolved
Only a friendship that's been dissolved

Axe to grind, axe to grind

Give me no heartache, bring me no pain
Eradicated like a nasty stain
Take away anger, you'll find hate
Take away hatred to change your fate

[Chorus]

Vengeance that is blind
Plight on mankind
In blood, you have signed
An axe you will grind

8. Feed The Greed

Feed
Feed

Count your pennies and don't spend a dime
Ripping yourself off is a crime
It's a crime
The lust for money, an obsession of life
Cheap son of a bitch, it cuts like a knife
Cuts like a knife
Steal a share
Do and dare
Don't steal from me

[Chorus:]
Feed, feed the greed
Feed, feed the greed

Another day, another dollar, another scam
Actions speak louder than the man
Than the man
Take you for a ride
Integrity's died
Don't lie to me

Feed
Feed

[Chorus]

When you're old you are sure to be alone
King among paupers, sitting on a throne
On a throne
Take your dough
You can go
Straight to hell

[Chorus x2]

9. Big Business

Big business, it's all around
Big business, let's bring it down
Big business, the FDA
Big business, the placebo way

Big business, Nike shoes
Big business, sweathouse blues
Big business, Tobacco Company
Big business for the mortuary

Nothing's free
Pay for it all
Can't you see?
Nations will fall

[Chorus:]
Big business
Big business
Big business
Big business

War for peace
The Middle East

Big business, the Church always wins
Big business, paying for sins
Big business, oil prices
Big business, war devices

Nothing's free
Pay for it all
Rising fee
Nations will fall

[Chorus x2]

10. Should'a Would'a Could'a

In the lottery of life you need a ticket to win
Gotta know where you come from, gotta know where you've been
Throw the dice, take a chance, got to let it roll
Crap game of life, trying to reach your goal

Should' a would' a could' a
Should' a would' a could' a

Never say you're sorry for things you should have done
The power and the glory, when you've finally won

Hey

[Chorus:]
Should' a would' a could' a
When you want to right a wrong
Should' a would' a could' a
Take a chance before it's gone
Should' a would' a could' a
Fight before you fall
Should' a would' a could' a
When your back's to the wall

You must be brave and fearless, strength to survive
Determined and relentless, a love that never dies
That never dies
That never dies

Life is like a card game, a good hand makes you win
Gotta know your enemies before the war begins
Stock and bond markets, ringing the bell
Is there money in your pocket? Have you something to sell?

[Chorus:]
Should' a would' a could' a
Decisions on the fly
Should' a would' a could' a
A case of do or die

Hey
Should' a would' a could' a
Should' a would' a could' a
Should' a would' a could' a
Should' a would' a could' a

11. Worry

[Chorus:]
Worry
Worry
Worry

From the morning until the night
Anticipation, on my nails I bite
Another problem to resolve
Another problem to evolve
Everyday it's something new
In everyway it gets to you
I tell myself it will be OK
I can't wait another day

[Chorus]

Sweaty palms and twitching brow
To make it stop, I don't know how
There's no end to feel this way
Another worry, another day
My nerves are shattered like broken glass
My mind is scattered, I just can't last
Feeling tension, my head it aches
All my attention, for goodness sake

[Chorus:]
All day long

[Chorus]

Sky is falling on my head
It won't stop until I'm dead
Teeth are gritted and locked in stress
On a Bible, I must confess

[Chorus]

12. Game Over

Life can be just like a Game Boy
Filled with frustration and joy
Pressing A or B, make a choice
Now responding to the computer's voice
You've started and there's no turning back
Over and over, you'll soon have the knack
The chances are you will lose
The challenge never seizes to amuse

[Chorus:]
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Back to start

One step forward and two steps back
Falling victim to the enemies attack
Evasive manoeuvres, try to score
When it all ends, you'll still want more

[Chorus:]
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Learning the art

Honing your skills in hours of play
Taking your time and wasting your day

Patients and practice, all it takes
Beating the game, records to break
Life can be just like a Game Boy
All filled with frustration and joy

[Chorus:]
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Learning the art
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over
Game over, game over

13. American Refugee

Searching for a place to hide
Running from those you've defied
Forsaking the land of the free
Leaving American policy

Trying to make a change
Hoping to rearrange
Planning a strategy
Going to be a refugee

Status of a free man
U.S. government banned
Anywhere is a place to be
You've just got to be free

[Chorus:]
American refugee
American refugee
American refugee
American refugee

[Verse 1]

Got to be free

[Chorus x2]

14. Thumb Hang

[2009 Re-Release Bonus Track]

Thumbs will twist, can you resist?
Beware the names on the inquisitor's list

Trial by fire, the holy desire
Religion and rule can be so cruel

[Chorus:]
All in the name of the cross
Thumbhang
Thumbhang

Word of the Pope, the loss of all hope
Maniplulation is here, governed by fear

[Chorus]

Mounted on horses, inquisitors ride
At the end of their spears the heathens died
Forced to confess they prayed as the lied
Prayed as they lied

Tortured and prisoned and sentenced to die
When it's the Church you weren't meant, meant to defy

Faith and soul, state of control
Money to steal, government's deal
Tortured and shamed, who could be blamed?
Using the cross, the lives that were lost

All in the name of God

Thumbhang [x5]







ANVIL LYRICS