1. OUT OF CONTROL

A child in time with a lonely rhyme
Felt apart from the world so you tried to hide
But your soul shone too bright, for the one who just might take the time
To scared to face what life held for you
So you never really followed through
On what it was that you were expected to.

Where to go, you don't know, and you're all out of sympathy
Running low, maybe so, now all you feel is misery
You're confined, from mankind, and now you've come unglued
Can you find, piece of mind from a stranger that you once knew

Out of control
Don't know your role
All the pain and strife
Of this play called life

Too many nights now that you've been gone
And you sit alone wondering what went wrong
Well to me, it just seemed that you didn't care for so long
You tell yourself it will be all right
As you blankly stare at the moonlight
Because you can't accept all the actions that you will incite

Where to go, you don't know, and you're all out of sympathy
Running low, maybe so, now all you feel is misery
You're confined, from mankind, and now you've come unglued
Can you find, piece of mind from a stranger that you once knew

Take your stand
Don't let anyone hold you down
You're in command
Of this hell like battleground
Understand
It doesn't matter who is right
It's all been planned so there is nothing to fight

Out of control
Don't know your role
All the pain and strife
Of this play called life


2. TALES OF OLD

In the woods where a mill doth turn
I learned the sacred spells
I swear my sword to the king of kings
And travel through the trees

A woman's voice is calling me
She says "Help me sir, save me please"
"I've fallen in a hole."

So I came to her aid and saw that she was fine
It was a trick of the forest
A game played on my mind

She turned into her true form
And robbed me of my gold
I said "hold there witch, you can't escape
I shan't be made a fool!"

These are the tales of old
When warriors killed for gold

The skies turn gray and the rain doth pour
An army of the dead,
Has come back to life to seek their revenge
Their bones will soon be here

In the woods where a mill doth turn
Is where this hell began
I pack my goods and cast haste!
Let's get the hell out of here

Answering the call of war
As all men must soon do
Death will surely come for me
But by God not right now

Moonlight is now guiding me
A peaceful, gentle glow
If I follow its good face
Will I find my way home?


3. MILES BEYOND

In the woods where a mill doth turn
I learned the sacred spells
I swear my sword to the king of kings
And travel through the trees

A woman's voice is calling me
She says "Help me sir, save me please"
"I've fallen in a hole."

So I came to her aid and saw that she was fine
It was a trick of the forest
A game played on my mind

She turned into her true form
And robbed me of my gold
I said "hold there witch, you can't escape
I shan't be made a fool!"

These are the tales of old
When warriors killed for gold

The skies turn gray and the rain doth pour
An army of the dead,
Has come back to life to seek their revenge
Their bones will soon be here

In the woods where a mill doth turn
Is where this hell began
I pack my goods and cast haste!
Let's get the hell out of here

Answering the call of war
As all men must soon do
Death will surely come for me
But by God not right now

Moonlight is now guiding me
A peaceful, gentle glow
If I follow its good face
Will I find my way home?


4. TAKE ME BACK HOME

Set my sights upon a New World's charm
My vision it was clouded saw no reason for alarm
I had made my mind up, now I could not decline
A downward sloping hill led to a place so divine
Felt I was a giant in this strange new land
I began to see my expectations were too grand
Endless faces on a street with no name
I shuffle through the crowd avoiding their game

Take me back home
Catch me before I stumble
Freed of this cage
Where everyone's dreams they crumble

What started out as freedom soon began to fade
I didn't have much time so I ended the charade
I realize now that I set the bar too high
Nothing worth my time could be so easily denied
To see a place so cold embraced by vanity
I couldn't justify the cause and keep my sanity
The signs were obvious how could I've been so blind
The dream's not over just a new path I must find

Take me back home
Catch me before I stumble
Freed of this cage
Where everyone's dreams they crumble


5. VLAD THE IMPALER

Vlad Tepes was born in 1431
The Wallachian prince's second eldest son
He was imprisoned and his father was slain
But his death would not go in vain
At seventeen he captured the throne
Two months later, defeated, he went home
8 yeas later he took back the crown
Putting his father's murderer in the ground

Impaler, bringer of death torture your victims till their last breath
On stakes of wood they hang waiting for their blood to drain
Impaler, bringer of death torture your victims till their last breath
You see the pain in their eyes Praying to God to let them die

He killed the boyars of Tirgoviste in 59'
Some were impaled, some were just skinned alive
He fed the poor then set them aflame
No subject would be lazy or lame
He poisoned the wells in his own village
So invaders couldn't plunder or pillage
He spent 13 years in a Jail Cell
1476 he was sent back to hell

Impaler, bringer of death torture your victims till their last breath
On stakes of wood they hang waiting for their blood to drain
Impaler, bringer of death torture your victims till their last breath
You see the pain in their eyes and you've never felt more alive

You will pay for what you have done to me
I'll watch you die with pain and agony
You'll bleed to death on the wooden stake
Then I'll kill again just to celebrate


6. STILL STRONG

You've fallen from your state of grace
Your beauty has been stripped from your face
A shame to see you now this way when I still
remember your past

(So here we are for you right now)

We'll take you far from here
Now it won't be too long
We'll make you whole again
To show that you're still strong

The choices you make don't seem quite right
But no one ever really puts up a fight
A few flashes in a sea of darkness but you never
give them a chance

(So here we are for you right now)

Consumed by greed and now you've sold your soul
Your dignity lost buried down below
A shame to see you now this way when I still
remember your past


7. THE SPANIARD

As a boy Cast away by my mother
From the start I was left alone
Raised by fiends and mercenaries
None could tame me Save the Spanish guitar
I sailed to Spain to seek my fortune
I wanted to play the songs of the sea
All at once my pride and my strength were stolen
Chained and beaten Taken, back to Rome

Chains on my wrist
Sword placed in my hands
"I order you to fight"
"I'm waiting for you to die"

Coliseum So majestic and grand
So many deaths All to please one man

Behind that gate
a beast drools for meat
What comes next?
A taste of my blade
Or a slice to the side
Thumbs up or thumbs down, the crowd will decide

All I can hear is the sound of the crowd as I think of home
I must try one more time to bring peace back to Rome

I fight for my life
I kill for the crowd
I trust in my self
I'll die for my God

One more fight
Day after day
My hell is my skill my heart and my mind

All I hear is the sound of ripping flesh

The crowd cheers me on
I'm digging their grave


8. HAIL TO THE KING

Banished from my guild
Beaten to the bone
I shall have my revenge
It comes to all I'm told

Giant golden idols
Forged by pagan fools
Hail to the king
The angel of death shall come for their souls
Eternity in hell
Hail to the king

Fire! Blood! Vengeance! Terror!

Never ending forest
Lost in a mystic dream
Mountains stand before me
Dragons take the sheep


The book of the dead was opened
The words in blood pronounced
Hail to the king
An army a thousand miles wide
Stormed the countryside
Hail to the king


Gallop through the dark woods
On my demon horse
Hail to the king
Black as night and faithful she be
My one and only friend
Hail to the King


9. ROCK REVOLUTION

Separated, isolated, frustrated
Apprehended, reprimanded, expended
Barricaded, aggravated, dominated
Disrespected, unaffected, resurrected

Freedom to rock
Freedom to shout
Free to play so insanely loud
Free men to bring this place to the ground

Time's finally come for revolution
Come on come on you better choose your side
We're marching on through the dead of night
Prepare for a fight

Dedicated, motivated, regenerated
Compounded, unbounded, surrounded
Fame fated, complicated, fascinated
Liberated, unexpected, completed


10. STOWAWAY

1724
In the night I climb aboard
A ship docked in the ocean's bay
Paid men for the sea
Unaware of me
I hide below my mind decays
If I hadn't gone
I'd remain a pawn
In the corruption of my home
Morning now has come and
The voyage has begun
As we sail into the unknown

Stowaway

Many nights have past and
I wonder if I'll last
Can I stay and not be exposed
The crew they show no fear
and I feel we're getting near
The ship heads straight into the coast
The journey now complete
I try to be discrete
As I make my way upon the new land
I look around and see
Endless opportunity
Now I have been dealt a new hand


11. CRAZY HORSE

Born on the Republican River in the year 1845
Crazy horse was a proud warrior
Did all he could to help his tribe survive.

The Sioux chiefs agreed that the white man must be
met with force
For them to succeed they would be led by Crazy horse

In the past they had welcomed white traders
And permitted the Oregon Trail
But now forts were built on there land
How could their gratitude fail?

He led the attack on Fort Phil Kearny it was his
first claim to fame
Some tribes were still seeking peace
While his love of battle was on full display

The Sioux chiefs agreed that the white man must be
met with force
For them to succeed they would be led by Crazy horse

Sitting Bull sent word that white soldiers
Would fight the Sioux to a finish
Crazy Horse took seven hundred men
To take care of their nemesis

They stopped at little big horn where they were met
by Custer's men
Crazy horse foiled Custer's plans
And he claimed victory once again


The Sioux chiefs agreed that the white man must be
met with force
For them to succeed they would be led by Crazy horse

He bested one of the most brilliant
Leaders of the Civil War
They fought until there were no white men
Alive at little big horn


12. A CALL TO ODIN

Out from the frozen north we come to conquer all
We will never rest until our enemies fall
Be you Saxon be you Celt we don't care
Whoever's in our way must beware
No one can stop us, so don't even try
Those who oppose us will surely die
With our iron swords and our shields
Plundering villages we do as we feel

Whether on foot or on horse
You can't escape the men called Norse
Our Viking hearts are black and frozen
And this is a call, a call to Odin

Our long boats have arrived on your shore
Carrying Nordic warriors, the likes of Thor
Your men will be slaughtered and women will be raped
Your crops will be burned and your gold we will take
We'll conquer this town as we conquered the last
Our kingdom is large and our power is vast
Our Viking seed is all that will stay
To remind you of this horrible day

What makes a man a man?
Is it the sword that he wields in his hand?
Is it fighting the fight of the just and the right?

Or is it conquering, pillaging and murdering in the night
All of these things I have done
For I answered the call of Odin

My sword has killed many a man
Whether they bargained fought or ran
I followed the code to fight and to conquer

I invaded and destroyed every foreign shore
I took until there was no more
If I am wrong my soul will burn
But if I am right I want my turn
I want what is owed to me at the end of my time
I want my resting-place you owe it to me its mine
Odin I beseech you let me walk into the Halls of Valhalla