Watchtower : Meltdown

Technical Thrash / USA
(1984 - Self-Released)
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1. MELTDOWN

Theres an air of urgency, the wail of sirens pierces the Night
The damage has already been done, irreversible accidents, Security's tight
This is not a drill, it's a drastic tragedy to cope with
Time is the worst enemy, to those who play with the fate Of man

Breakdown, warning - nuclear nightmare, reality
Breakdown, warning - contaminates society
Breakdown, warning - radioactive atmosphere
Breakdown, warning - mistakes are now becoming clear

Meltdown - becomes a word of panic
Meltdown - radiation burns the skin
Meltdown - the public has yet to be informed
Meltdown - invisible killer closing in...

Breakdown, warning - nuclear nightmare, reality
Breakdown, warning - contaminates society
Breakdown, warning - radioactive atmosphere
Breakdown, warning - mistakes are now becoming clear

Geiger counters crackle in a frenzy, useless meters to Prove our danger
An enemy that man created, how ironic that he cannot fight
Technology beyond control, build up of waste, no safe Disposal

Breakdown, warning - nuclear nightmare, reality
Breakdown, warning - contaminates society
Breakdown, warning - radioactive atmosphere
Breakdown, warning - mistakes are now becoming clear


2. TYRANTS IN DISTRESS

Tyrants control - overwhelming, overbearing
Rebels are marching - into their midst
To bring them down - and cease the cruelty
Do as they wish - and remember only fear

The reign of tyranny falls, with a thunderous crash..
The swords, and axes of the rebels, are drenched with Blood...
Tyrants in distress

Bringing chaos, bringing turmoil
Bringing death to the powerful kings
Breaking their skulls, breaking their bones..
Killing is foremost on the rebels' minds
The panic, the panic, the tyrants can feel, rebellious Thirst for blood, cannot be quenched
Death to the bastards of tyranny, give them to hell, you Rebel missionaries!

Conformists slaughtered, where they stand...
Recalcitrance... is the rebels' battle cry..
They scream it, at the wretched tyrants..
And find the end to the power hungry authorities who are No more....


3. ARGONNE FOREST

Red memories of pyres, so long ago
Fiery troops left as smoldering embers
Broken dreams, shattered like glass
The edges still sharp, to slash and dismember

Wasted lives? or noble ends? - innocent victims, lay Staring in wonder..
Troubled minds go over the edge, fall to the ground, and Are torn asunder....

Battle weary patriots, in blood stained uniforms...
Trading death with the enemy, in the volleying cannon Storms...

Noble lives, with wasted ends - fates are controlled by Impersonal friends..
Fragile lives, hang on delicate threads...
Woven through hell - and cut short

Charging towards the battlefront.. attacking underfire
Injured soldiers in the aftermath, waiting in pain, to die!


4. CIMMERIAN SHADOWS

Stifled screams fill the chamber
Bleeding minds flow through the door
Fallen kings have lost their power
Withering knights look upon in horror
Innocence captured, chained, and beaten
Minds strong, but bodies are weak
Innocents march toward their destruction
Suspecting their fate but unable to speak

With hands of red and hoods of black
They kill the leader then take the pack
Driven by greed and hungry for power
Like vultures they strike at man's darkest hour

The world grows cold and silent
Darkened by tainted ambition
The world is clouded by hatred and greed
Cimmerian darkness and evil condition

The silence is broken by the clash of swords
The masses revolt as vexation grows
With the oppressor's defeat man's world is saved
Til' the victors' intentions are the same as their foes...

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