It's the age of the raven and now they are spreading their wings With just one thing in their minds they burn and destroy everything In a cloud of aggression they swoop to take their prey again As they're circling the air their dark shadows are cast over me Will they take me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? If you show them the fear in your eyes you will never be free Do we stand up and fight them or run and hide never be seen As you stare at the city the place is a burial ground Left in hiding are those who are hunted, don't dare make a sound Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome In the distance we hear them, the ravens preparing to fly And the thunder of wings getting closer reign down from the sky The invasion of black is a dark cloud that covers the sun Now the darkness descending upon us, there's nowhere to run Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome Waiting for weakness Then preying, no mercy is given With all this bloodshed and crying I beg for the end I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survice Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome I must search inside myself and see All the courage that's deep within me Never facing my fears, always running away The beginning of a raven age is upon us

Chaos breaks the silent air A deadly threat upon us Let fly your pernicious barbs Initiate the bloodshed This insane crusade Tragedy of doomed faith To violence we are slaves Usurpers of this sacred realm Shake the earth beneath us Archangels stab with spears of hate Our fragile world held hostage Our foundation is frayed Populace in disgrace So blind to its disease The dark you cast spreads slow and deep Like God empowered kings at your feet A furious maelstrom of fire and destruction will reign Take us back to the age of no light once again The death you bring runs far and wide A God possessed, a world destroyed

Fear is spreading itself through the lies And carving its way like a knife (And now you're!) blinded by praise getting drawn to the gates Misguided to think you were saved, oh What if I say I'm not afraid? And you will take this to the grave with all the lies you rip away to justify yourself I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred! Blame seeking our minds to destroy Secretly part of a ploy (for power!) So turn everyone 'til the damage is done This war secures your foundation, oh What if I say I'll never change? And you will pay for treachery No more emotion left inside, it's buried in your soul I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred! Gone, there's no emotion inside of your soul With dead eyes, erase everything and hope to start again I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred!

As we bow to soverignity, I'm feeling programmed by your... Carry me away. Take me away from here. My head has got the best of me again. But now I'm finding, damn your lying. This charade has got to end. Through organized deception, we become investments. As an attempt to commercialize pain. Have we no shame? As we bow to sovereignity. Flesh and bone machines worked their way in me. This competition, forced opinion takes its toll on me. The dawning age of dehumanization. As we bow to sovereignity, I'm feeling programmed tuned by your lies. Swallow the light, lies it feels warm inside. Through organized deception, we've become investments. There's no moving me. Right here is where I'll be. It's gonna take more than words to get a rise from me. There's no moving me. Swallow the light. Lies. It feels warm inside. Swallow the light. Lies. They mudered the mind. Murdering minds. Lies... it feels warm inside. Plastic silicone goddess. International tele-violence. Neurological battering offense. Mutilation of the conscience. The only reception clear to me, is this longing for eternity.

In the cold of winter's fall They planned to captivate us all They would work us 'til our bones were broken and our souls followed I met a man who saved my life 'Til this day I don't know why He would smuggle gifts sent for me that would buy my life some time Walking there were thousands of us Nothing like you've seen before With the ice beneath us, feet were frozen and our clothes were torn But it would be a cold day in hell before I fall In their dark and sunken eyes Hope and humanity had died All the feelings and emotions in them had been cauterized You gave me something to believe When the end was not in sight As I drifted into darkness you provided me with light Walking there were thousands of us Nothing like you've seen before With the ice beneath us, feet were frozen and our clothes were torn It was a sea of dead shadows Maybe I'll let the heavens take me And save me from this life Or is that giving up too easy? I cannot let them win the fight Another life awaiting me I see the finish line Nothing can stop me from living The death march claims me no more They're turning ordinary people Into lifeless ghostly shadows And I was powerless to stop them Spreading death amongst us all Still I can dream of a place far from here Where we eat and we sleep Never living in fear Maybe I'll let the heavens take me And save me from this life Or is that giving up too easy? I cannot let them win the fight Another life awaiting me I see the finish line Nothing can stop me from living The death march claims me no more The death march claims me no more