Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) lyrics
- Overture
- Something Wicked (Part 1)
- Invasion
- Motivation Of Man
- Setian Massacre
- A Charge To Keep
- Reflections
- Ten Thousand Strong
- Execution
- Order Of The Rose
- Cataclysm
- The Clouding
- Infiltrate And Assimilate
- Retribution Through The Ages
- Something Wicked (Part 2)
- The Domino Decree
- Framing Armageddon
- When Stars Collide (Born Is He)
- The Awakening
Overture
(Instrumental)
Something Wicked (Part 1)
I can see clearly now
A painful vision indeed
An attempt at genocide, 12,000 years of pain
The human thirst for dominance
Leads them to Setian ground
The gravest of all threats now exists
All galaxies could suffer
Imagine the consequences if man does succed
The universe and all the lives
will suffer evermore
Like a virus man will spread
Through the time continuum
It's a power they can't comprehend
A power we must secure
So heed my word
A prophecy that's bleak and haunting
Acceptance not fear
Will pave the way for life returning
The elder forseen
In sacred flames our world is burning
Yet more things are clear
By grand design, punishment unfolding
Faith in the prophecy
We'll take this tragedy, unite as one
Fate, show man no sympathy
Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done
Ten thousand souls
One for every year of framing
One of thirteen the high priest and
the twelve that council
Charged with our tome
Retribution for our loved ones suffering
In secret they'll meet
A global network that endures for centuries
Faith in the prophecy
We'll take this tragedy, unite as one
Fate, show man no sympathy
Something Wicked feeds, thy will be done
Invasion
(Instrumental)
Motivation Of Man
...at last we will claim
What is rightfully ours
Absolute power, absolute knowledge
All galaxies and the subjects therein
Will kneel before the human race
Unlimited power
Unlimited knowledge
At last within my grasp
We are one step closer to cleansing
We claim the universe
Causing galaxies to cower
Unlimited power
Unlimited knowledge for...
Man will no longer be seen
as primitive or inferior
Unlimited power
Unlimited knowledge for man
Setian Massacre
Screaming in agony
Cries fill the air
Eyes once full of hope
Shedding tears of dispair
All that they've ever known is dead
Fire reigns from above
Iron birds of dread
All that they ever loved is dead
All that they ever dreamt is dead
Yet there's a glint of hope
If the chosen can survive
In secret the ten thousand hide
East in the mountains
The chosen bide their time
The clouding, our strike on mankind
Temples are burning
Streets soaked with blood
Heed the prophecy
Destiny is done
All that they ever loved is dead
All that they ever dreamt is dead
Yet there's a glint of hope
If the chosen can survive
In secret the ten thousand hide
East in the mountains
The chosen bide their time
The clouding, our strike on mankind
A Charge To Keep
I must believe that what's a memory now
Was the only way
To know that all of those you love
Were just stripped away
And now, if I'm the one to lead us
Into a brand new day
At peace I must be with the brutal truth
To truly lead the way
Please God give me the strength to lead
It's my charge to keep
Make the sorrow the fuel I need
It's my charge to keep
And now we must wipe the tears away
Gather up our inner strength
The loss of those we can't replace
Will bring about their fate
And though many lifetimes it will take
To bring justice on our way
We must never falter, we must never fail
This is our charge to keep
Please God give me the strength to lead
It's my charge to keep
Make the sorrow the fuel I need
It's my charge to keep
Reflections
As I reflect on the situation
A heavy heart for the task at hand
I witnessed savagery
Hands tied to destiny
The exodus of the chosen
As forseen in the prophecy
Hiding until it's time
To cloud all the human minds
When they spoke of the invasion
We were chosen from the ties that bind
Bloodlines through centuries
Destined to be the ones to lead
The twelve and I, a new high council
Absorb the power of the Watcher's eye
The high priest resides in me
The elder lives on in all thirteen
Ten Thousand Strong
A gathering summoned by the elder
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face human intent
The chosen seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly the love ones recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life
Like a Martyr sacrifice
Await the days of clouding
Earths Mother's sharing in our pain
Erase the Human memory
They know not of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day
What we possess, mankind is after
Direct decendants of the Architect
Children of God, seeds of creation
Stakes so high, we must never relent
We lie in wait til human minds are clouded
Initiation of the master plan
Assimilate, build new life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win
We are the bane of man.
Await the days of clouding
Earth's Mother sharing in our pain
Erase the Human memory
They know not of where they came
And Though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day
Execution
(Instrumental)
Order Of The Rose
Passed down through centuries
The order lives and feeds upon them
A gobal fraternity
Philanthropy, tactical deception
In plain sight throughout all time
Contriving human decline
Instilling those who lead
Seizing opportunities
Rise of Setian evocation
And the order thrives
So the day arrives of his birth
Rise of Setian evocation
And the order lives for the day
Of mans coming curse
Create divisive creeds
Embrace the fact man needs religion
Prophets, Saviors and Priests
All convinced they have the answers
The truth is they'll never know
Behind faith they'll hide and hope
We'll build them a martyr son
Sacrificial lamb, the holy one
Rise of Setian evocation
And the Order thrives
So the day arrives of His birth
Rise of Setian evocation
And the order lives for the day
Of Man's coming curse
The object of their divide
So convinced their way is right
The narrow view of all mankind
In the name of God will divide
Cataclysm
(Instrumental)
The Clouding
As I awake I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
But where I am confounds me
I see others who appear the same as me
A look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly
What's the point? What does it all mean?
Who am I? Show me a purpose please.
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here
That there is something that made me feel
this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something that's familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me
Twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming
I'll stay with those that resemble me
To survive this harsh reality
As the days pass most have gone their own way
Nomadic tribes discover life
On a world that seems so strange
But still I want answers
What's the point? What does all this mean?
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here
There there is something that made me feel
this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something that's familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
Lies, the human core is lies
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate
The clouding did divide
Fate, we sealed human fate
Now they're ours throughout all time
To manipulate
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve in Mother
Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate
Pain, mankind will know pain
For their crimes on our kind
They'll never be the same
Death, they will know death
Suffering for centuries
At war with every breath
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate
Infiltrate And Assimilate
We must be swift
Integrating with man
Instating our vision of the Master Plan
We'll placate the humans in need
Their form we have taken
Their tongue we can speak
Plotting and planning, total secrecy
We'll infiltrate and take the lead
Misery unfolding for the rest of time
A world they created for their vicious crimes
This is the start of
What is meant to be
Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny
The ten thousand chosen
Charged with our creed
Ensuring division in societies
Instate the Domino Decree
Lead them to wander
New lands, 'cross the seas
Creating new cultures, fascist or free
Division will bring them to their knees
Misery unfolding for the rest of time
A world they created for their vicious crimes
This is the start of
What is meant to be
Infiltrate, Assimilate, fulfill our destiny
Retribution Through The Ages
Time, thousands of years pass by
But with the ancient rites in tact
Man, mankind has multiplied
Spreading worldwide as planned
Kings and their armies preen
Draw lines in the sand
Fight for their so called rights
To God, gold and land
And through the ages we hand them their fate
Marionettes on a string
Phased retribution precise and exact
'Til the birth of the one sets us free
Blood, earth mothers soaked in blood
Spilled from the warring clans of man
Greed will serve to feed unrest
Antagonized within by our hand
Pain, death and pestilence
Will shake human faith
Creeds serving heresy
A crutch for mans flawed way
And through the ages we hand them their fate
Marionettes on a string
Phased retribution precise and exact
'Til the birth of the one sets us free
Something Wicked (Part 2)
(Instrumental)
The Domino Decree
Cause, this is the creed that brings effect
That of which mankinds besieged
By our plans devised infect
Kings and empires rise and fall
By the rose and our decree
Of the elders prophecy
That rids us of the human threat
And frees the band of destiny
Fate by our dominion
In their sovereign states
Fall like dominos
Framing mankinds fate
Kill! Assassinate the ones that lead
By their example we deceive
With religions we create
Martyrs, saviors and their slaves
To a sad sadistic need
To crucify a puppet king
Of a selfish vile race
That is filled to the core with greed
Fate by our dominion
In their sovereign states
Fall like dominos
Framing mankinds fate
Divide!! Mankind!!
Destroy!! Their kind!!
Fear will make us free
Cast doubt through history
DIVIDE!!!
Fate by our dominion
In their sovereign states
Fall like dominos
Framing mankinds fate
Framing Armageddon
Centuries pass step by step
Revelations coming threat
Sand of time dark intent
Divise creeds breeds discontent
Prophecy, stars collide
Born is he who turns the tide
Ancient rage, vehemence
Indignation and torment
Dark equation, astrology
Armageddon, the reckoning
Revelation, astral beast
Armageddon, the reckoning
Shallow views, intolerance
Jewish, Muslim, Protestant
The root of man's insolence
Lies in fear and arrogance
A valid threat if they unite
Moses, Muhammad, Jesus Christ
Born of man with second sight
Twist their words we will divide
Dark equation, astrology
Armageddon, the reckoning
Revelation, astral beast
Armageddon, the reckoning
If humans learn what's truly at stake
And of the birth of Set Abominae
Their primitive minds, a maddened state, no
Frame it as the Elder deemed
Frame it our way
Framing Armageddon!
Framing Armageddon!
Framing Armageddon!
Framing Armageddon!
When Stars Collide (Born Is He)
Look unto the days of warning,
A night that the sky is burning,
When stars collide
Pure mathematical perfection,
Ancient pain feeds resurrection,
When stars collide
Forged in flames - Sacred fire
Born of eastern sands - In guile
Born is he, ten millennia
After the Clouding of man
Sincerest veneration,
For he that vindicates - The end of man
Sworn are we, ten millennia
After the Clouding of man
Unleash abomination,
As we accelerate the end of man...
The Awakening
(Instrumental)