ICED EARTH LYRICS

Framing Armageddon (2007)

1. Overture
2. Something Wicked Part 1
3. Invasion
4. Motivation Of Man
5. Setian Massacre
6. A Charge To Keep
7. Reflections
8. Ten Thousand Strong
9. Execution
10. Order Of The Rose
11. Cataclysm
12. The Clouding
13. Infiltrate And Assimilate
14. Retribution Through The Ages
15. Something Wicked Part 2
16. The Domino Decree
17. Framing Armageddon
18. When Stars Collide (Born Is He)
19. The Awakening

1. Overture

[Instrumental]

2. 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 consequence if Man does succeed

The universe and all that 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 wave for life returning
The Elder foreseen
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

3. Invasion

[Instrumental]

4. Motivation Of Man
 ...at last we will claim
What is rightfully ours
Absolute power, absolute knowledge
All the galaxies and the subjects therin
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

5. Setian Massacre

Screaming in agony
Cries fill the air
Eyes once full of hope
Shedding tears of despair
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 *2

6. 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 *2

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 *4

7. 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 foreseen in the prophecy
Hiding until it's time
To cloud all the human minds

When they spoke of the invasion

We were chosen from 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

8. Ten Thousand Strong

A gathering summoned by the Elder

A consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces the two face human intent

The chosen seek refuge in the mountains

Reluctantly the loved ones recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life
Like a martyr sacrificed

Await the days of Clouding

Earth 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 descendants of the Architect
Children of God, seeds of creation
Stakes so high we must never relent

We lie in wait 'til the 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 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

9. Execution

[Instrumental]

10. Order Of The Rose

Passed down through centuries

The Order lives and feeds upon them
A global 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 arrive of His birth
Rise of Setian Evocation
And the Order lives for the day
Of Man's 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 arrive 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 they will divide

Rise of Setian Evocation

And the Order thrives
So the day arrive of His birth
Rise of Setian Evocation
And the Order lives for the day
Of Man's Coming Curse

11. Cataclysm

[Instrumental]

12. 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's 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
That there is something that's 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

13. Infiltrate And Assimilate

We must be swift
Integrating with man
Instating the vision of the Master Plan
We'll placate the humans in need
Their form we have taken
Their tongue we can speak
Plotting and planing, 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 land, '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

14. 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 Mother's 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

15. Something Wicked Part 2

[Instrumental]

16. The Domino Decree

Cause, this is the creed that brings

effect
That of which of mankind's besieged
By our plans devised infect
Kings and empires rise and fall
By the Rose and our decree
Of the Elder's prophecy
That rids us of the human threat
And frees the hand of destiny

Fate by our dominion

In their sovereign states
Fall like dominos
Framing mankind's 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 by greed

Fate by our dominion

In their sovereign states
Fall like dominos
Framing mankind's 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 mankind's fate

17. 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!

18. 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 in eastern sands of 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

19. The Awakening

[Instrumental]

[edit] Personnel
 Jon Schaffer - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic Guitars; Bass Guitars; Backing Vocals
 Tim "Ripper" Owens - Lead/Backing Vocals
 Brent Smedley - Drums

[edit] Additional personnel

 Troy Seele - Guitar Solos (Tracks 5,6,10,12,14 and 17)

 Dennis Hayes - Bass Guitars (7); Fretless Bass Guitar (12)
 Jim Morris - Lead Guitars (16); Backing Vocals
 Tim Mills - Clean Guitars (7)
 Howard Helm - Keyboards; Hammond Organ; Backing Vocals
 Steve Rogowski - Cello
 Todd Plant - Backing Vocals
 Patina Ripkey - Backing Vocals
 Debbie Harrell - Backing Vocals
 Kathy Helm - Backing Vocals
 Jason Blackerby - Backing Vocals

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