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Death Approaches

by Tower of Flies

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1.
The lords have left Emptied their great halls They ride to war Answer the horns call Blood of my ancients, of lords before Seeped in crimson of the foes that are no more Look to the clouds To the father of the slain Guide the worthy to the halls of the great The wolf obeys, but he does not abide Waiting for the end of days To see Ragnarok arise Great lords await him So he may taste their steel Sæhrímnir will not suffice When night will not yield It’s only sated, By the blood of the fated Mercy is forsaken The lords have left Emptied their great halls They ride to war Answer the horns call Crushing the chieftains, ruled by the sword and law Raise your lands before you, we tighten our grip even more Blood of my ancients, many in my line Conquered all that came before, in battle and in wine To hear our sagas, to hear the truth Of victory and bravery, fought for nail and tooth Fenrir will fear, my fathers and my heirs Conquered all that came before with bloodshed everywhere Riding to war Riding to war The lords have left Emptied their great halls They ride to war Answer the Horns call Answer the horns call
2.
Abort 06:40
My boots weighed down in sinking mud My mouth tastes sweat and blood Head low, I wait to go over top Does this cycle ever stop? I’ve seen my friends just disappear I’ve seen them fade away The ottomans just hold their line We can’t make the push today How long will this go on? How long will we fall? The summer sun, the rotting flesh The scorching waste, the smell of death The endless days, the sleepless night The ashen mouths, the futility No words to keep me sane from home No solace degraded, I am alone I waste till I am skin and bone I forgot the life that I have known My fingers twitch, my nerve is shot Try to recall the faces that I’ve lost How long have I been in this spot? My sacrifice accounts for naught This stalemate never seems to fade The bosporus just beyond the gate Churchill was wrong about the facts We’re broken through repeat attacks Flies buzz around my lips and eyes Dysentery a putrid fucking blight Beg for winter, to fill the sky with night How long will this go on? How long will we fall? They land in Hell, land at Kum Kale But not to fight, ordered to die The death is crazed, we are replaced There is not haste to evacuate Endless gifts lie in no man’s land Cigarettes and meat by the can Someone must have another plan We go on losing, man by man How long will this go on? How long will we fall? How long will this go on? x4 One three, zero seven eight four All these souls that are no more - x2
3.
A scholar raised to war, uniting kings under his law, Pious exempt from flaw, righteous in his people lore With Hattin he forged a path, Jerusalem is taken back The west is left standing aghast, as this Kurd plunders and sacks Called Forth by god Gregory demands a holy war To purge the cities, of their sin And their blasphemy To Acre via Tyre, outnumbered in every way We are just in the eyes of god, we are saints gone to war A truce was made and thrown away, another follows just the same They took the heads of my men, so I will do the same to them Engines and garrisons, a double siege the death begins The infidels will burn in hell, their despair does not quell Moats filled with death Trebuchets and mandolins Heathens about Burn Satan’s servants to the ground War in the cradle of man, hallowed as this soil x2 Justice shall be received, vengeful by night I wage war that rages on. I'll burn these lands to ash War in the cradle of man, hallowed as this soil x2 I fear to make peace, not knowing what will become of me I see them forth across the lands I shall stay put and the end shall come I shall not perish
4.
For years I spent my days, was sent from town to town To serve your king and god, I was humble before the crown Now I sit await my fate, no longer will I be The halter I used for myself is now prepared for me There is no stay, there is no reprieve I have undone myself, I have undone myself At seven I hear the knock I heed its omen well Led in fetters to the cart by the toll of a great bell The smith undoes my chains and links, the yeoman binds me tight So I pray to see the day, from morning until night I hear the crowds scream, I fear the gallows are near God forgive my sins, The voices grow They scorn me with their words They throw their filth at me They tie me to the beam, I’m ready There is no stay, there is no reprieve. I have undone myself, I have undone myself They call my name and my crimes, they boo and chastise loud They ask our lord above for mercy to abound The horse that led my cart now leads it fast away A short drop and sudden stop ready me for the grave For the grave - x3 Swing I swing and jerk around, the hangman holds my feet He drags them down to the ground, I feel the knot so neat The visions of my life, they flash before my eyes Everything turns to white as they pull me from life Now I’m not there
5.
Hail old Lazarus, risen from his grave Never learned from his life before Never changed his ways Here he comes again Same old story A penny for your thoughts Is a penny thrown away You forgot your lines You forgot your shot Have a drink to forget All the times you forgot All the things that you have done All the things you used to do To keep the truth away All these you know are true These are the things that you make up Your life is a cenotaph To your selfish needs Here it comes again I’ve heard it all before No compassion here for you You sold your story You sold me out You sold me down the river Here’s to you and your life I hope you choke on your lies, I hope you scratch out your eyes I hope you choke on your lies - x2 Death is too good for you, I want to see you suffer - x2
6.
A thousand eyes leering over me, can’t disguise the fear The walls are red fearing infamy, my world is caving in Usurp all the rationality, broken sense of life Paranoid in what has to be, A sick twist of the knife I close my eyes to make it all go away My fingers break fighting another stay Face to the floor, they're really after me The joke’s on them, I’ve got nothing to take A stab of the needle, and my progress is good I know I’m not feeling like I should Brace me for my treatment, strap me in One switch of the generator, and the fun begins I gave up begging long ago, I cannot win How can I be punished not knowing sin? I close my eyes, but to no avail Something has died beyond the pale They search for answers for the things I do Wish I could tell them I haven't got a clue A stab of the needle, and my progress is good I know i'm not feeling like i should I feel the room subsiding, whilst falling inside my fate I feel the darkness is blinding, I feel awake I feel the room subsiding, I'm falling inside my fate I feel the darkness is blinding, I feel awake Follow the lights, right down the hall I've got no nerve, no feeling at all They haven't broken me At least not yet They haven't broken me I won't forget They haven't broken me At least not yet They haven't broken me I won't forget
7.
In the dark of night, you somehow find your way Keeping time with the serpentine and the plagued In the misty morning, by the ache of the day At the crossroads of black and white, you fade to grey Your web is spun, your bed is made That gaping hole inside is where you’re laid You’ve done the deeds, you paid your toll Twisted and taken is all you know I called your bluff, I played your game I sat you on your throne to keep you free and sane And how do you repay me? Through pain and guilt How long can you justify the hand that you’ve been dealt? With a trail of lies, you only get lost Blinded by greed, to win at all costs From dawn to dusk, you scour the land Waiting for some poor old fuck, to come and take your hand You’ve had your fun, you've had your day You've had your everything, you're so fake And now the time has come at last You will now answer to screams of the past Behind that cold dead stare, there is a void Not a trace of decency, it has been destroyed What you need you cannot have, nor would you want Your hollowness is bliss for you, you have no flaws I called your bluff, I played your game I sat you on your throne, to keep you free and sane And how do you repay me? Through pain and guilt How long can you justify, the hand that you’ve been dealt? The hand that you’ve been dealt
8.
Force Fed 00:54
Sick! My thoughts! Feeling! Devoid! Stalked and captured you are my prey, No longer will you see the day Imprisoned, intentions sick. Sadistic torture, genitals spayed Tortured, relentlessly. Suffer upon your knees Force fed vaginal skin flayed from a virgins cunt - X2

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Lineup:
Andrew Rankine - Drums
James Macdonald - Guitar
Gregor Meldrum - Vocals
Blair Mcfarlane - Bass
Radovan Zubek - Guitar (not on this recording)

Rhythm guitar recorded by our previous member Andy Willis.

Music by Tower of Flies
Lyrics by Stuart Hall
Recorded DIY at The Black Cave
Produced, mixed and mastered by Andrew Rankine
Drums recorded at Napier University by Sheenagh Murray and Alex Templeman
Additional vocals on 'War in the Cradle of Man' by Ross Necro and James Macdonald

Cover photo by Andrew Willis
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Booklet photos by Michelle North
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released November 16, 2015

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Death/Black/Thrash Metal

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