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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Metal Allegiance
Metal Allegiance
Performer
Mark Osegueda
Mark Osegueda
Vocals
Cristina Scabbia
Cristina Scabbia
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alexander Nathan Skolnick
Alexander Nathan Skolnick
Composer
Dave Ellefson
Dave Ellefson
Composer
Mark Menghi
Mark Menghi
Composer
Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy
Composer

Lyrics

Scars from all my lessons learned
Theft of my possessions earned
Cautionary tales of woe
You reap what you sew
Mean in the land I call home
I look into a future unknown
Lost is the race we've become
There's nowhere left to run
From massive repression
And passive aggression
The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried
Our hope is gone, the innocence has died
You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive
Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life
Winter of my discontent
Broken promise never meant
Once was blind, but now I see
I've got to be free
Hounds, they won't leave me alone
Gnaw my spirit of flesh to the bone
Howling away as they go
And the blood starts to flow
No pacification
From this indignation
The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried
Our hope is gone, the innocence has died
You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive
Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life
Consolation is a bitter pill to swallow
Pearls of wisdom fall with nothing left to lose
You've got to listen to the voices deep inside you
Your path is written by the methods that you choose
The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried
Our hope is gone, the innocence has died
You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive
Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life
Massive repression (the world spins on)
Passive aggression (when Mother Earth has cried)
No pacification (all hope is gone)
From this indignation (the innocent has died)
Written by: Alexander Nathan Skolnick, Dave Ellefson, Mark Menghi, Michael S Portnoy, Mike Portnoy

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