FORGE LYRICS

1. The Fold

The Fold it keeps us in line
A method passed down through time
We learn the way from the start
And every drone does their part

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IT'S TIME
IT'S TIME

JUST ONE MORE CHANCE TO TAKE IT BACK
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE TO TAKE IT BACK
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE

The puppets blind to the strings
Are the easiest to control
A gluttony of choices
All leading to a single goal

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This peace is a dull facade
We're pacified
But only for so long
The key to our salvation
The end of this endless Occupation

So what happens next?
The thrill of revolt wears off
Just remember it's never too late
To become what you hate

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2. One Swift Motion

You checked the right side
Forgot about the left
You checked behind you
Forgot about in front

You didn't see it coming
You were already dead
There was no way
You could have prepared

Spinning its web it lies in wait
In the blink of an eye it's too late
And the ones who thought they could handle it all
They're the first to fall

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR ENEMY
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR HEAD
IN ONE SWIFT MOTION IT COULD HAPPEN SO FAST
YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD

You checked the right side
Forgot about the left
You checked behind you
Forgot about in front

You didn't see it coming
You were already dead
There was no way
You could have prepared

The dragons stir deep in their hive
Sniffing the air they come alive
Each step you take could be your last
Just pray that it happens fast

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Don't go down that hall
You may not like what you find
Don't open that door
You may not like what's inside

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And everything you've done
And every fight you've won
And everything you've seen: it won't mean a thing
Because you can't track it
Can't stop it
Can't escape it
Can't outgun it
Can't fathom where it is:
But look behind you
Cause there it is

3. The Torch

Before we start this
We've got a moment
Let's go over this
One more time

You take the left side
I've got the right
Keep your head low
And sights in line

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THE TIME HAS COME FOR A FIRST STEP
WE'VE COVERED MILES
BUT OUR JOURNEY'S JUST BEGUN
REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU'VE LEARNED
PICK UP THE TORCH AND RUN
INTO THE NIGHT IT BURNS

If we survive this
Don't relax yet
We've won the battle
Not the war

Keep your guns ready
And stay on guard
Your greatest moments
Are in store

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4. Bring on the Apocalypse

How will the world end?
In the final war?
The cards are on the table
Each player hiding more

Who's going to move first?
Who wants it bad enough?
When the risk is greatest
Who's going to call the bluff?

How will the world end?
The base of power grows
It only takes one missile
To start the dominoes

We've always wondered
I'm sick of wondering
I want to live to see
What Armageddon brings

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COME ON!
COME ON!
BRING ON THE APOCALYPSE

How will the world end?
In a chemical cloud?
A slow choking death
As the sun fades out

Maybe a new plague
Will sweep over us all
With no discrimination
The weak and mighty fall

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The paradox
Of human achievement
The further we advance
The closer we come to our extinction

I say we do it
Let's stop waving swords
Let's get them bloody
Let's satisfy the hordes

In every language
There is a word for this
In my lifetime
May I ride into the Apocalypse

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5. Mastermind

You take me in I'll take you down
With the smile of a clown
Arrange the pieces all in line
I'm closing in on what is mine

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I PUT THE PLANS INTO MOTION
I AM THE WORST OF MY KIND
I'M STAYING ONE STEP AHEAD
I AM THE MASTERMIND

No one can know my obsession
I strike again, and again, and again
I've found the answers over time
Life's one big joke and I'm the punch line

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This pale skin holds a million scars
Who decides when the joke has gone too far?

And so they put me here to sleep
Where I am just another freak
They say to change my "evil" ways
But I'll get out again some day

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6. Days of Destruction

Some had no choice but to fight
Our lives were over
The moment we saw our number on the screen

While others signed their lives away
For their fathers and their country
And fear of how they would be seen

So gather all your strength
Summon up the blood
Now we will find out
What we're really made of

Right now

Took us apart piece by piece
Put us back together
With cold steel in our hands and in our hearts

Dropped us down in a pit of hell
A million shades of green
And on all sides the killing starts

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IN THESE DAYS OF DESTRUCTION
WE ALL BECOME THE MONSTERS
THAT WE FEARED IN CHILDHOOD DREAMS
IN THESE DAYS OF DESTRUCTION
THE FIRST LESSON WE LEARN
IS THAT NO ONE'S HANDS ARE CLEAN

And the letters you wrote
I had to burn them all
The boy you knew
Couldn't read them at all

I lost him along the line
Between here and there
I've searched all over
And can't find him anywhere

We can't be blamed for what we've done
Politics and morals
As foreign now as any luxury

And what's left can never come home
Forever searching
To find our lost humanity

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7. 6.6.44

The last moments of peace
Of calm: of clear vision
The fear is with us all
And death is coming closer

The barrier removes itself
And there we stand exposed to view
And then it all becomes too real
As the death comes ripping through

I hear the voices all around
I hear the screams of dying men
Voices fall silent now
Never to speak again

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ONCE MORE
UNTO THE BREACH
DEAR FRIENDS
ONCE MORE

I climb out of the red
Engulfed by a constant roar
I see no enemy
A seemingly invisible force

Tears through all that surrounds me
Cuts us down one by one
I pull myself together
I force myself to run

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Silent now: time slows down:
Only for a moment: I look around
Nothing makes sense: only for a moment
Frozen with fear: only for a moment

Now moving towards the source
I've got to kill the source
Reaching for the ultimate goal
Just trying to stay alive

Once more unto the breach dear friends
This is not the beginning or the end
And the battle rages on
Even with so many gone

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8. Secret Mines

Venture down to the Secret Mines
Where the forgotten children toil
Just under the surface of freedom
Underneath the frozen soil
Become one of us
Become one of us
Become one of us
Become one of us

My brothers and I were born here
And this is where we shall die
Having never known the Sun's warmth
Having never seen the sky

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VENTURE DOWN TO THE SECRET MINES
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE SECRET MINES?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SECRET MINES?
YOU BELONG IN THE SECRET MINES

Time means nothing here
Light means nothing here
All that matters is the Grand Work
Nothing escapes for long

You've lived the life of a free man
With many years to roam
But just like every drifter
You must return to home

Become one of us
Become one of us
Become one of us
You are one of us

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9. Parade of the Forgotten

The old man stared at me
A worn look in his eyes
He'd seen and done it all before

He said "There's nothing new
In what you're going through
Another day another war

The world is meant to change
But people never do
They always forget yesterday

They'll never know the price
The men who sacrificed
To get us where we are today

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AND NOW I'M MARCHING
IN THE PARADE OF THE FORGOTTEN
OUR FACES OUR STORIES
HAVE MELDED INTO ONE

And when you see me now
You see me broken down
My stories fall on thankless ears

Existing day to day
Slowly wasting away
Wandering through my final years

When I was young it seemed
I could do anything
I fought beside the finest men

I saw so many die
While luck kept me alive
I often wish I'd gone with them"

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Before I grow old
I would end it all
Better to die young
Than live too long

AND NOW I'M MARCHING
IN THE PARADE OF THE FORGOTTEN
OUR BANNERS OUR GLORIES
HAVE FADED IN THE SUN

10. Stickman

The Stickman breaks the ice
Brings all cold feelings forward
A shifting sacrifice
A little more to carry homeward

The little crimes slip by
Liquid loyalties re-incise
And reaching for the feed
They unearth a hidden greed

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WHO DECIDES RIGHT AND WRONG?
WHO DECIDES WHAT SHOULD BE SAID?
I THINK I'LL NEVER SEE THE PATH AGAIN

A fearless choice of words
Sitting safe a world away
Traffic is a blur
And every coward has his say

Chameleons test the air
Oceans swell and overflow
But the Stickman's everywhere
Eras come and eras go

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Those who remain true
Will cut a path of their own
Constant in the slew
Weather judgments and missiles thrown

Constant in the slew
Weather judgments and missiles thrown
Constant in the slew:
To forge ahead and set the tone

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11. Defenseless

We've heard the tales
Of the days that last forever
But the setting sun
Tells a story of its own

We like to think
That our heroes live forever
But we find they're made of
Flesh and blood and bone

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AS SOON AS YOU LET GO
AS SOON AS YOU BELIEVE
YOU FIND YOURSELF DEFENSELESS
TAKEN AND DECEIVED

We'd like to think
That this ship will sail forever
But the blowing wind
Can just as quickly die

We like to think
We can keep it all together
As it disintegrates
Right before our eyes

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12. Departure

Here it comes
It's coming right on time
There's very little room left
So get in line

It'll be a short trip
But none will leave unchanged
It'll show you places
You thought were out of range

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AND I KNOW WHERE THIS VESSEL'S HEADED
I KNOW THE DISTANCE SPANNED
AND I KNOW WHERE THIS JOURNEY ENDS
RIGHT BACK WHERE IT BEGAN

Some may not make it
They can exit at any time
On this trip there will be no stopping
There will be no wasted time

With so much left to see
We've go to keep this pace
We've so much ground to cover
On this trip through space

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And all the while you slept
Awaken only to realize, we never left

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FORGE LYRICS