Lion's Share - Dark Hours (2009)

Lost and gone or buried as the family died
After decades of grief without executions
The moment is here
One more song or hatred, it is all I can give
While I dig in the dirt with high expectations
To bring back the peace

And I'm going back to Barker ranch
'Cause it has to be the end
Going back to Barker ranch
I will take you home

Forty years of sadness
And the wounds never healed
In the nights I can't sleep
It'll haunt me forever
Nightmares on repeat

And I'm going back to Barker ranch
'Cause it has to be the end
Going back to Barker ranch
I am justice

So, I'm going back to Barker ranch
'Cause it has to be the end
Going back to Barker ranch
I will take you home

And I'm going back to Barker ranch
'Cause it has to be the end
Going back to Barker ranch
I am justice

So, I'm going back to Barker ranch
'Cause it has to be the end
Going back to Barker ranch
I will take you back home
Take you back home

To walk on the water, to ride on the waves
Requires believers praised by the grace
In social distortion they stood there alone
A spring revolution pushed from the throne

Behind the curtain it's cold
In the bloodless soul
By the walls of control
Live a lie forever

Behind the curtain it's cold
In the bloodless soul
By the walls of control
Live a lie forever
Behind the curtain it's cold

Unholy arrival in iron and steel
The silent beholders down on their knees
Like puppets of Satan, controlling the game
Now this can't be Heaven, this must be Hell

Behind the curtain it's cold
In the bloodless soul
By the walls of control
Live a lie forever
Behind the curtain it's cold
In the bloodless soul
By the walls of control
Live a lie forever

Inside this book I found it,
Inside this strange old diary
Old man, I've read your story
The testament of evil

Steal the light, let darkness be forever
Heaven is the mercenary's alibi
Curse the light, tonight you'll be the reaper
Master of "Extermination Enterprise"

One more demon in your mind
Disciple and prisoner, warrior and slave
South of heaven you will rise
The voices are calling, they're calling again

Bleeding eyes will never see the sunlight
Family ties are broken by a stranger's hand
Screaming eyes as blood runs from their faces
Locked behind the fences of anxiety

One more demon in your mind
Disciple and prisoner, warrior and slave
South of heaven you will rise
The voices are calling, they're calling again

Cast away inside an institution
Victim of intrusion or another child?

One more demon in your mind
Disciple and prisoner, warrior and slave
South of heaven you will rise
The voices are calling, they're calling again

One more demon in your mind
Disciple and prisoner, warrior and slave
South of heaven you will rise
The voices are calling, they're calling again

Died for the flag and the master
Cried for the road to disaster

For real, bad deal
Only death in their eyes
They found the graves
At the fields of Vietnam

For life we're breaking you down
Bloodbath on the ground
It's their turn to die
Full metal jacket

Fight for the Star Spangled Banner
Survivor, but what is to live for?

Dark dreams at night
Walk the earth like a cursed
Take stand, don't hide
Face the shadows tonight

For life we're breaking you down
Bloodbath on the ground
It's their turn to die
Full metal jacket

For life we're breaking you down
Bloodbath on the ground
It's their turn to die
Full metal jacket

There's a rumor in the air
'Bout the blood on the rocks
Heard the gospels in the sunlight
And they all came around

Another voice of a thousand dreams
A different kind and they all believed
Just like a heavenly sound
To break the blind man's law, the revolution called
The time has come to face your sins

Judgment day, freedom shall rise, it will burn like fire
Judgment day, heavy cross to bear

Shall the prisoners arise?
From a world under lock
Will the chains remain unbroken?
At the scene of the crime

So many came and so many died
Reflections of disillusioned minds
Oh, but then the king came around

Been to the mountain top, I've seen the Promised Land
And I'm not fearing any man

Judgment day, freedom shall rise, it will burn like fire
Judgment day, heavy cross to bear
Judgment day, freedom shall rise, it will burn like fire
Judgment day, heavy cross to bear

Judgment day, freedom shall rise, it will burn like fire
Judgment day, heavy cross to bear
Judgment day, freedom shall rise, it will burn like fire
Judgment day, heavy cross to bear

Another voice of a thousand dreams
A different kind and they all believed
On the judgment day, judgment day
Heavy load

Waiting for darkness, no tunnel of light
Vanishing heartbeats, a vicious advice
Dying believer, attacked from behind
Rebel commander or just an image of the times

Caught in the jungle, some can still remember
Captured behind the enemy lines

Judas, Judas must die
Judas, it's written in the sky
Judas, Judas must die
Judas lived upon a lie

Seeking adventure, the thrill of the race
Found revolution, a violent purchase
Exterminator, the top of the line
Poet and dreamer or just a devil in disguise

Butchered by soldiers for the king and country
Are you a savior or a God?

Judas, Judas must die
Judas, it's written in the sky
Judas, Judas must die
Judas lived upon a lie

Waiting for darkness, no tunnel of light
Vanishing heartbeats, a vicious advice
Dying believer, attacked from behind
Rebel commander or just a devil in disguise

Caught in the jungle, some can still remember
Captured behind the enemy lines

Judas, Judas must die
Judas, it's written in the sky
Judas, Judas must die
Judas lived upon a lie

Master of the game, destroyers of the earth
Disrupted heart, it's lost and gone
The world is now ashamed, denying their rebirth
While your own child is still alive

Serpent's ways leave your madness
Who can deliver? The freedom is gone

Napalm nights, it came from the sky
Napalm nights, but why did they wake up?
Napalm nights, unpleasant surprise
Napalm nights, a funeral pyre

Bridges to be burned, no lessons to be learned
It's Hell on wings behind the clouds

Yellow rain, see the ashes
This execution is finally done

Napalm nights, it came from the sky
Napalm nights, but why did they wake up?
Napalm nights, unpleasant surprise
Napalm nights, a funeral pyre

A thrower of the flame, a nation to be tamed
The raging fire, you saw it all
Master of the game, destroyers of the earth
Disrupted heart, it's lost and gone

Serpent's ways leave your madness
Who can deliver? The freedom is gone

Napalm nights, it came from the sky
Napalm nights, but why did they wake up?
Napalm nights, unpleasant surprise
Napalm nights, a funeral pyre

We burned alive, in napalm nights

I am the mind intruder
I am the primal fear
Rise up above religion
Racial war is here

Welcome to Helter Skelter
Face the apocalypse
This is the final shelter
I'll rule the world up there

Let the fire burn, in the shadows we will hide
Let the fire burn, the phantom rider cries

Servants of Armageddon
Soldiers of sanity
Wake up to termination
Who's your enemy?

Who is the tribal traitor?
Where are my wives of blood?
Don't cry, it's an illusion
The writings on the wall

Let the fire burn, in the shadows we will hide
Let the fire burn, the phantom rider cries
Let the fire burn, in the shadows we will hide
Let the fire burn, the phantom rider cries

Let the fire burn, in the shadows we will hide
Let the fire burn, the phantom rider cries
Let the fire burn, in the shadows we will hide
Let the fire burn, the phantom rider cries

I am insane, tried to shelter my brain
My intentions are bad
High on theory's of lies

Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to walk the surface
On the backside of the moon?
Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to shake the hand
Of the master of the moon?

We have ever been there

Spies afraid of the bomb
Tribes they're deaf and they're dumb
Fly, oh rocket, oh fly
Why can't be denied?

Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to walk the surface
On the backside of the moon?
Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to shake the hand
Of the master of the moon

I am insane, tried to shelter my brain
Fly, oh rocket, oh fly
Why can't be denied?

Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to walk the surface
On the backside of the moon?
Have they ever been here?
Have we ever been there to shake the hand
Of the master of the moon

Have we ever been there,
Have we ever been there

Knives, I hold my knife so tender
I am the great pretender
They say that I'm insane
Knives, I do control the dagger
There's no one who can help me
The dagger shows my way

I'm not alive
Welcome to forever

In the bottomless pit
The bottomless pit
In the bottomless pit
The cradle of madness
The bottomless pit

Chains, I really love my chainsaw
It's like a chain reaction
Come on and do the dance
Chains, you're welcome to my cellar
It is the lair of heathens
No need to start to pray

So stick around
Fortress of illusions

In the bottomless pit
The bottomless pit
In the bottomless pit
The cradle of madness
The bottomless pit

You are my child
I'm not alive
Welcome to forever

In the bottomless pit
The bottomless pit
In the bottomless pit
The cradle of madness
The bottomless pit

In the bottomless pit
The bottomless pit
In the bottomless pit
It is the lair of heathens
The bottomless pit

I believe I'm alive
I'm the river, I'm the child
Like a coward at the frontline
To be gone

They were right, they were wrong
Singing "We shall overcome"
Blood is running in the jailhouse
On and on

Sons were dying, mother's crying
Crime or suicide?
Twenty seven souls from heaven
Pride was in their eyes
Presidio cries

Father, send me a prayer
I'll be strapped into the chair
We are traitors of the nation
They declared

On the squares in the yards
Words are stronger than the gun
And this muting based on justice
To be won

Sons were dying, mother's crying
Crime or suicide?
Twenty seven souls from heaven
Pride was in their eyes
Presidio cries

Sons were dying, mother's crying
Crime or suicide?
Twenty seven souls from heaven
Pride was in their eyes

Sons were dying, mother's crying
Crime or suicide?
Twenty seven souls from heaven
Pride was in their eyes
Presidio cries