Blackguard - Profugus Mortis (2009)

This is my allegiance
This is my declaration of where I stand
This is my solemn vow of everything I'll fight to uphold
It's a call to war against all of those who build to destroy and live to abhor
There's no room for you anymore
I will not stand by and watch as you
Tear down my world before my eyes

I won't bow down to the things you praise or hate those you despise today
I won't be deceived by the lies
The promise of wealth you can't provide
I am my own man
I fight the good fight
I'm not going to live another day if I can't fight today

This is my allegiance
To those I have fought with side by side
For those I have bled for and for those who would bleed for me
For those who would lay their life down
And I would give my life for them
And on the eve of battle we'll have a pint again

I won't bow down to the things you praise or hate those you despise today
I won't be deceived by the lies
The promise of wealth you can't provide
I am my own man
I fight the good fight
I'm not going to live another day if I can't fight today

This is my allegiance
This is my declaration of where I stand
This is my solemn vow of everything I'll fight to uphold
It's a call to war against all of those who build to destroy and live to abhor
There's no room for you anymore

For every man there comes a time
To choose how to live and how to die
The time is now so make your choice
Who would you fight for
Now pick a side

Let’s burn this place to cinders
Let’s burn it to the ground
No sign of its existence
No sign it ever was

With pleasure we’ll light the match
And then well stand in awe as
It all is blown away
And the new life from its demise

Reborn a clean slate at last
And we will never go back to the way it was
How long have we waited for?
Finally at a head
Cause there’s nothing more to be said

NOW! Let’s burn it all down
The Parliament hill to the government halls
Will be the first to FALL!
Greed and desire was the fuel of a this fire
And now they’ve LOST IT ALL!

Next set ablaze to your church
For all the lies and the PAIN and the HURT
You all claim to be heaven sent
All I see is a god who’s miss represent

You are nothing
You are a shadow
You will waste away
Before your time

You are a plague upon the earth
A flicker of light
Your pain and all your fears
Will fall upon deaf ears
You will not know the peace
You long so much for…

Your courage will come and go
But we are who we are

I have come here to expose, all you are
You’re sick and vile you know it’s true
Your end I see clear, you’ll fall with all fear
All that I say will be done

These voices inside my head
The ones that say anything
The ones that would have me trip and fall

I am the demon
I caused the pain
I knew what me self doubt would bring

NO! NO! I am more
No I can’t give in
Now I’ll break the cycle
Now I’ll make it all right

No more falling down

There’s time for war and a time for peace
There’s a time to laugh and a time to weep
A time tear down and a time to build up
A time to be silent and a time to shout

When it’s time to tear down
Will you have what it takes to make it right?
When it’s time to build up
Will the fear of change make you go hide?
When it’s time to be silent
Will you listened well?

Do you hear with your ears, leave your heart open as well
There’ll be a time to shout to let to whole world hear
Everything in your heart, and all that you hold dear

Here we are, but where are we and that’s this all about?
To love and to hate, to fear or be brave, is this all
All in time, all in time we’ll see what’s really there
Beyond all the tears all the pain and your fears, we’ll see…

There’s time for war and a time for peace
There’s a time to laugh and a time to weep
A time tear down and a time to build up
A time to be silent and a time to shout

There’s a time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to be born and then the end at last
So take this time that we have for fun
And all we have that’s under the sun.

I am the creature of the night
How are you this eve
This is what I am and I'll always be
I will have you know I'll take if I please
So if you would would just sit down
And I beg you not to scream.

On this fairest night I only wish to speak
Shall I Describe for you now the monster that you see
Life taker, blood drinker, animal!
Condemned till the end and hell takes me home.

Oh! If only you could turn my sins scarlet to snow
And finally from my guilt I will be free.

The blood lust
Is calling me again
You need not fear for your life
It's the killer, thieves, and the evil ones
They will quench my thirst tonight.

Oh! If only you could turn my sins scarlet to snow
And finally from my guilt I will be free.

Death seems to be my life
If one could call it that
A ravenous cycle that never ends.

And a guilt that never dies
To be rid of all
And fade into oblivion.

It is my vanity
Or sincerity
That begs to atone
Whatever it is, who could forgive
Now I must bring this to a close.

With your kind I rarely get a chance to speak
So I'll leave you now and thank you for a lovely eve
In your heart do you believe what I have said is true
In this savage garden I'll be back to you.


Oh! If only you could turn my sins scarlet to snow
And finally from my guilt I will be free.

Together on the eve of the new year
In a logging camp in Gatineau
Far away from the ones we love
In the desolation and the snow

Drunk Baptiste says he has a plan
A plan to travel across this land
We'll be with our family tonight and back before the first light
We must run La Chasse Gallerie
Make a deal with the devil
He'll give us what we need
On a flying canoe we ride
To the réveillon or die

And then the devil appeared and the rules he made quite clear
Touch not a cross or swear in the Lord's name
Or your soul is lost
Be back before the first light as well
If not it's straight to hell
We put our fears aside
To the rules we will abide

Let's ride tonight across the sky
Our souls are on the line
To be with our families tonight

The skies are so clear
So much we're erased of all our fear, LOOK OUT!
For the church ahead
Turn away or we'll be dead
Not far from the réveillon
So long since I've been home
Not long 'till the journey's done
And the party has just begun

Let's ride tonight across the sky
Our souls are on the line
To be with our families tonight
We'll meet the devil and play his game
The wage is worth what we will gain

The drink ever did flow
And the dancing never slowed
Alive and we're all here
So raise your glass and give a cheers

The devil's eyes are watching us

Now our time is almost up

And as the clock struck five we had to leave or die
We said tearful goodbyes
But now we must take to the skies

Onward we went on through the fog
Our boat did it a cross but not a
Shard touched one of us
Our souls are not yet lost

Let's ride tonight across the sky
Our souls are on the line
To be with our families tonight
We'll meet the devil and play his game
The wage is worth what we will gain

The drunk Baptiste nearly said the words that'd damn us all to hell
With a swift hit he met my fist and overboard he fell
The rest of us who made it back
We all did agree
Never to attempt La Chasse Gallerie

A choice to make
A narrow road
and no easy answers
Make a stand today
Small is the gate
and hardship’s what you’ll face

Do you see what I‘ve become?
Or would you stop what I've begun?
If your scorn is my gain then get out of my way
And I’ll see you on the road
If I have the strength for this
I'll be the one to stand alone
And if I can overcome
Will I be the better
man for it?

This is the sword
that divides us all
Make one wrong move and watch me fall
The burden of the choices made
How high the prize
Never thought you’d pay
These wounds run deep see
The fears as they creep
Now left alone
Abandoned and cold
Deserted, defeated
For the things that you believe in.

If they turned their back to you
If they all just turned away from you
from those who you thought you knew
What if this is what was asked of you

A choice to make
A narrow road
and no easy answers
Make a stand today
Small is the gate
and hardship’s what you’ll face

Do you see what I‘ve become?
Or would you stop what I've begun?
If your scorn is my gain then get out of my way
And I’ll see you on the road
If I have the strength for this
I'll be the one to stand alone
And if I can overcome
Will I be the better
man for it?

1,2,3 Let's Go!

When your path's gone astray and you've gone mad
Maybe tired from washing all the blood from your hands
Do you feel that you have the worlds weight on your shoulders
Not getting any younger and feeling kinda slower.

Now is the time we leave it all behind
To sit with a glass and think of memories passed
Now's a time for fun not for quarrels and fears
I just needed to get out
So pour me a beer!

So cheers for the beers and hail to the ale
Hey chin up brothers!
You're looking kinda pale
Put another 50 down cause
This round's on me!

Good tunes, good brew, good friends
What we have you can't break or bend
I put another 50 down cause
This round's on me!

So raise your glasses high
To your brothers side by side
And we'll remember all the good times we've shared
So raise your glasses high
To the things that can go in the blink of an eye
And we'll still be here having one hell of a good time

Have a drink for your job
Where you slave all day
To the long days and the long hours
But at least it pays your way
In this moment lets pause
Reflect on all we've got
So lets give thanks
And have a round or two tonight
Before it's gone

Before it's all gone!

So cheers for the beers and hail to the ale
Hey chin up brothers!
You're looking kinda pale
Put another 50 down cause
This round's on me!

Good tunes, good brew, good friends
What we have you can't break or bend
I put another 50 down cause
This round's on me!

1,2,3 Let's Go!

When your path's gone astray and you've gone mad
Maybe tired from washing all the blood from your hands
Do you feel that you have the worlds weight on your shoulders
Not getting any younger and feeling kinda slower.

Now is the time we leave it all behind
To sit with a glass and think of memories passed
Now's a time for fun not for quarrels and fears
I just needed to get out
So pour me a beer!

So cheers for the beers and hail to the ale
Hey chin up brothers!
You're looking kinda pale
Put another 50 down cause
This round's on me!

Can you tell me how far the east from the west is
Can you tell me how it's all going to end
How utterly gorgeous is our vanity

If I gave chase to wind would I have it
If I treasured it would it whisper my name
How utterly gorgeous is our vanity

Desire that push us on
A slave forevermore
A lust born of our own accord
Enslaved forevermore

All in all I must have and all in all I must be
No reason beyond what I see

Desire that push us on
A slave forevermore
A lust born of our own accord
Enslaved forevermore

Can you tell me how far the east from the west is
Can you tell me how it's all going to end
How utterly gorgeous is our vanity

If I gave chase to wind would I have it
If I treasured it would it whisper my name
How utterly gorgeous is our vanity

Lavish me with praises
And praises will they ever be
For this is truly my vanity
If I am vain then cut me deep and watch me bleed
May my eyes open to glimpse what I have never seen