Machine Head

[fox69]

THE RAGE TO OVERCOME

THE RAGE TO OVERCOME

This world does not want me
This world does not care
And I am a product of this world
Confused, I'd say that's fair
This pain will never leave me
It's scared upon my brain
Destroying everything that brought this
Just to keep me, just to keep me sane
A hatred burns inside me
Emotion out of hand
But I've the will to focus this
Survive, contrive, command
From pain come a courage
The strength from injustice
The rage to overcome it all
An open mind
With a closed fist

 

[fox69]

THE SENTINEL

THE SENTINEL

Along deserted avenues
Steam begins to rise
The figures primed and ready
Prepared for quick surprise
He's watching for a sign
His life is on the line
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Dogs whine in the alleys
Smoke is on the wind
From deep inside its empty shell
A cathedral bell begins
Sending out its toll
A storm begins to grow
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Amidst the upturned burned-out cars
The challengers await
And in their fists clutch iron bars
With which to seal his fate
Across his chest in scabbards rest
The rows of throwing knives
Whose razor points in challenged tests
Have finished many lives
Now facing one another
The stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls
As the bell ceases its chime
Upon this sign the challengers
With shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets
Upon their deadly course
Screams of pain and agony
Rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies
Blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless
Impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory
And the seeds of death he's sown
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell

 

[fox69]

THIS IS THE END

THIS IS THE END

This ends now

This ends now
And I don't care about last year
Won't be afraid of what the future holds can't fear
Want not the past and the safety it brings
It doesn't mean anything
We've come too far
There's no going back now
Bring on the future with an open embrace
Memories I will erase
Memories I will erase

This is the end
This is the end of chasing dreams gone by
Ever-long is this goodbye and this

This is the end
This is the end of our respect denied
Stand with us or stand aside

Only now do you pretend to care about this
You suffocated everything that came between us
Took every condescending barb and sting
I don't owe you anything
So here we stand
Farewell is forever
And if you think that it's a joke or a lie
Look me in these blackened eyes
Look me in these blackened eyes

This is the end
This is the end of chasing dreams gone by
Ever-long is this goodbye and this
This is the end
This is the end of our respect denied
Stand with us or stand aside

Bastards you bastards
May you suffer oh so long
Bastards you bastards so long

Brothers my brothers
Why have you forsaken thee
Brothers my brothers
So be

Deny those that will never accept
Empty words are just regrets
Let go the bile that your soul has amassed
With this let die be cast

This is the end
This is the end of chasing dreams gone by
Ever-long is this goodbye and this
This is the end
This is the end of our respect denied
Stand with us or stand aside

 

[fox69]

VIM

VIM

Words of the righteous we will not bend
The odds keep stacking up against
Strengthen our perseverance
Break down the cycle of errors past
We have to face up to the truth
Relinquish every upper roof

Every ounce of strength grasps
One solid dream
Violent soul will be whole
We have to face up to it
For every second we're alive
Let our light shine

To our grave we must pave
A path for us to rise from
Power surge kills the urge
Life and death collide

Smash all the boundaries that hold us down
Hold on to everything that loves
Let go of anything that starves
People with envy will hold us down
Freedom is just a cut away
Nothing can pass our life away

Every ounce of strength grasps
One solid dream
Violent soul will be whole
We have to face up to it
For every second of our lives
Let our lights shine

To our grave we must pave
A path for us to rise from
Power surge kills the urge
Life and death collide

Oh, we take life's ebb and flow
Testament to the things we know
With the fight we must roll
Strength will follow

Tooth and nail for the ground that we hold
Failures from the start but we still grow
Heads held high, rally for throne
Holding our own
Not just words we'll show you so

I can't remember
These doubts I must dismember
And trust in whole
What we all know

Block out all the hatred
That the world spews
Heads put to the grindstone

 

[fox69]

VIOLATE

VIOLATE

I want you to know this
I want you to know just what I feel
You told me through sacred lies
I told you once with bloodshot eyes
You told me don't ask
Just stay away from me

You told me it'd be alright
I told you once, then told you twice
You can't face
Can't you face me

Chorus:
I won't pray for you
I can't pray for you
Because you took it away
Because you took it from me

First verse
Chorus

Thought I could never ever fuckin'
find another
Get a muthafuckin' chance again
Because the power
is the rage that can devour
Gotta make that fear descend

Without it, you ain't shit
And you ain't shit to me
Berating, a scathing
Grave indignity

I see the look
inside your eyes
It makes me sick
Defiling innocence
Is how you get
your kicks
You violate, and
then you think

yourself a man
You violate, and
then you call
yourself a man

Don't come my
way
Don't care what
you say
Pray you fuckin'
die
Before you feel

Rage...

 

[fox69]

WHO WE ARE

WHO WE ARE

We are the ugly Beaten and torn

Brooding with power and ready for more
We are the hungry Sick of this world
Of robbers of thieving Of vultures unfurled
We have been left on our own
Be all the lost longing for home
We are the unwanted lives
Strung out and angry the deprived
We are the young And young at heart
The strong and the brave that are destined to start

We are the change The world needs to see
Look in our eyes and see our belief

This is who we are
This is what I am
We have nowhere else to go
Divided we will stand
Dream Into glory we will ride
Be unbridled in determination

Burn the seasons
Into glory we will ride
Be unbridled in determination
Burn the seasons
This is who we are
This is what I am
We have nowhere else to go
Divided we will stand

We are the broken Meant to be left
Damaged and headless like dolls in a chest
We are the future Seeds that you've sown
In dirt that won't ever grow turns now to stone
We have been hung out to dry
We are the drunken We are the high
We despise this human race
Look in our eyes and sell your disgrace

We are the savage Meant to be brought to justice
To be thrown in jail and left to rot
We are the other American dream
Whose characters fight for their lives
And they scream We have been left disavowed
Those of the black Not of the shroud
We won't hear religious lies
Their God has left us to die

 

[fox69]

WIPE THE TEARS

WIPE THE TEARS

Ask me how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
When everything that's real
Burns the flame in anger
I've heard it all before
I've felt some pain and more
More than you could ever dream
More than it probably seems

I've sat with head in hand
Stressed by my demands
Stomach tied in knots
Alone I've sat and rot
'Cause the pain from all these fears
Has built up all these years
Wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up

Walk the streets dejected
Alone and left rejected
Time does not care
And sometimes life ain't fair
My head begins to pound
Smashing bottles on the ground
I have lived amongst the garbage
With those who rape and carnage

Had many a promise broken
And broken some myself
The promise I have kept alive
Is keep my inner wealth
With my heart aimed at the world
Destiny I watch unfurl
'Cause I'll wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up

Opportunities
Wasting life away
Choked upon its dust
Puked out in disgust

Let me tell you how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
Been climbin' out this gutter
For what seems like it's forever
But one thing I must make clear
The struggle of these years
Has made every scar the stronger
My lust for life the longer

I will fight for what I love
And I will fight for those I care
I will fight at anytime
And I will fight anywhere
With my heart aimed at this world
Destiny I watch unfurl
As I'll wipe away the tears
Yes I'll, wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up

Fuck, fresher through inside
Follow you around
Fuck, fresher through inside
Follow you around

 

[fox69]

WITCH HUNT

WITCH HUNT

The night is black
Without a moon
The air is thick and still
The vigilantes gather on
The lonely torch lit hill

Features distorted in the flickering light
The faces are twisted and grotesque
Silent and stern in the sweltering night
The mob moves like demons possessed
Quiet in conscience, calm in their right
Confident their ways are best

The righteous rise
With burning eyes
Of hatred and ill-will
Madmen fed on fear and lies
To beat and burn and kill

They say there are strangers who threaten us
In our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness too dangerous
In our theaters and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves

Quick to judge
Quick to anger
Slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice
And fear walk hand in hand...

 

[fox69]

WITCHING HOUR - VENOM

WITCHING HOUR - VENOM

Come hear the moon is calling,
The witching hour draws near,
Come hear the bell is tolling,
Mortals run in fear,
Prepare the altar now and hear the virgin cry,
Hold fast the sacrafice,
For now it's the time to die,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose.

Unveil the pentagram,
And feel the demons lust,
Come watch the holy men,
Who look on in disgust,
Come taste blood,
And feel the heat of satan's breath,
Look in the sky's and see,
The warriors of death,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose,
Witching hour.

Our work is now complete,
The blood runs fast and free,
And satan takes his bride,
And cry's of blasphemy,
All hell rejoices at the child,
That she will bear,
And satans only son,
Shall be the worlds despair,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose,

 

[fox69]

WOLVES

WOLVES

Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all, all

Look in the eyes of rage
A loyalty bred of suffering
The fire inside, it burns eternally, victory

Look in the eyes of pain
The scars on our souls forever remain
Calling the sheltered
Of the broken wing, join the fray

Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles

A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none

Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all

Look in the eyes of hate
A circle of hell, they come to pray
United against all that come threatening
Lay to waste

Look in the eyes of the free
Bound to each other's longevity
Guarding the back of Alpha's dignity, savagely

Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles

A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none

Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all

Come closer, walk with me in hell
Dear rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh

Reaping the sour seeds of death's bread
Into and claw the scent of the dead

Come closer, walk with me in hell
A rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh

War, that far one
Spreading our population far across the land
Loving to fornicate, respecting the command
Rally the warriors, tally the score
In every victory is solace

But there's no satisfaction
No satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
And there never will be

Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles

A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none

A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And we fail to die

Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all

Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules now
For night will fall
Beware the call, dominate all