Amaranthe is an odd band in that it has three vocalists, female, male, and male growler. It’s also very poppy-sounding, but I really enjoy them.
Lyrics:
RELEASE ME
PLEASE COME TO ME
OH SERENDIPITY
They always saw what I couldn’t see
When they tried to take my dignity
But I’m tougher getting stronger growing hard to beat
Always searching for a better way to be me
I’m on a one-way street
My fall from grace complete
But I feel that there’s a hazard hanging over me
But I take away the feeling that I can’t see
And now you say to me
SERENDIPITY
THE WAY TO SET US FREE
‘CAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK IT OVER
IT COMES CLEAR TO ME
RELEASE ME
PLEASE COME TO ME
OH SERENDIPITY
Just as a dream being detained
My anxiety is what I blame
But I’m tougher, I am stronger and I’m hard to crack
It’s a message, it’s my destiny to come back
One fallen enemy
A fading entropy
It gets harder but releases like a heavy rain
It is fatal to believe or to detain pain
Oh please come to me
SERENDIPITY
THE WAY TO SET US FREE
‘CAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK IT OVER
IT COMES CLEAR TO ME
RELEASE ME
PLEASE COME TO ME
OH SERENDIPITY
As they try to hunt me down
I live my life by their command
I thought I’ve seen it all
What is the plan
I shouldn’t have to fight alone
This is a fragile moment
Release me
SERENDIPITY
THE WAY TO SET US FREE
‘CAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK IT OVER
IT COMES CLEAR TO ME
RELEASE ME
PLEASE COME TO ME
OH SERENDIPITY
Every so often, I get asked where do I get the ideas for stories. This is a song that inspired Part 4 of Zombie Strike. I loved the story in the lyrics.
I’m going through a big bunch of music I recently acquired, and came across this little tune. I thought it might be a good one for Metal Tuesday. So, without further ado, Jorn’s “House of Cards.”
Lyrics:
It’s late at night
And I’m watching the news
There’s blood on the screen
And I felt guilty somehow
Escaping from reality
When I close my eyes
Don’t wanna see them die
Hear the children cry
There’s been so much trouble
Too many sad songs have been played
And when you think you’ve found something real
It’s suddenly so deceiving
Hard to believe in changes
It’s a faded paradise
And I’m running out of strength
In this house made of cards
Smoke is rising
Playing in the fire
Change the mode – crack the code
Power overload
SOS – Emergency
No one seems to find the key
I’ve been seeking my fortune
For too many years
Living on the edge – racing time
But it never took me far
Never got to reach that star
And I’m running out of strength
In this house made of cards
Smoke is rising
Playing in the fire
Change the mode – crack the code
Power overload
SOS – Emergency
Will we ever find the key
What will the future be
I wanna see
We are living on the dark side
In a cold time – searching for the light
Stranded – and we will stand the fight
Must be hope in sight
The wind will blow and seeds will grow
And I know that someday we’ll be there
In this house made of cards
Smoke is rising
Playing in the fire
Change the mode – crack the code
Power overload
SOS – Emergency
Gotta find the key
Save me – want me
These are stormy days
Playing in the fire
We are living on the dark side
In a cold time – searching for the light
I first heard this song when I was helping my mom deliver papers. The local hard-rock/metal station was running their “Pay-For-Play” weekend, where folks donated money to a charity for their songs to be played. Interesting song to listen to while bagging and throwing papers.
About a year or so ago, Michael Bane used it as the intro on his “Downrange Radio” podcast. I listen to my podcasts at 2-3x so I can try and get them listened to in a reasonable time. Hearing this song at 3x was a hoot.
Yay Battle Metal! Makes me want to charge the English with a huge claymore!
Lyrics:
The mist rolling in from the lochs to the Spey
Will rise from the valleys as the dawn comes again
We stand here together and prepare for the fray
When today could leave our history in flames
I look on the faces that oppression has greyed
And the scars deep within that mark a lifetime in chains
The stark legacies of a nation have changed
And the history book begins another page
The strong urge to fight that was never overcome
The spirit burning bright that we shielded from the Huns
The lost mother tongue never spoken in the light
Will echo in their ears tonight
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
The clan fires are burning in the highlands again
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
From east where the mountains meet the seas to the west
We are legion united by the cause from the rest
They won’t find us wanting when our steel’s to the test
I know every man and boy will give his best
We stare with defiance and our eyes are ablaze
We will kill any man who tries to stand in our way
We’ll cut out their hearts and send them back where they came
For our claymores will send them to the grave
They can’t turn the tide, now the battle has begun
The devil take the man, when his soul is on the run
The land will return to her long forgotten sons
To cherish in our hearts tonight
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
The clan fires are burning in the highlands again
It’s time for the million cast aside to be free
And we’ll drive oppression back into the sea
We’ll die for the children and the wives we defend
The lives and the memories of the proud-hearted men
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
And the clan fires are burning in the highlands again
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
The clan fires are burning in the highlands again
It’s time for the millions cast aside to be free
And we’ll drive oppression back into the sea
We’ll die for the children and the wives we defend
And the lives and the memories of the proud-hearted men
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
And the clan fires are burning in the highlands again
It’s time for the millions cast aside to be free
And we’ll drive oppression back into the sea
We’ll die for the children and the wives we defend
And the lives and the memories of the proud-hearted men
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
For now the last cry of battle has returned to the glens
And the clan fires are burning in the highlands again
It’s time for the millions cast aside to be free
And we’ll drive oppression back into the sea
We’ll die for the children and the wives we defend
And the lives and the memories of the proud-hearted men
We’ll fight ‘til the flag of freedom flies overhead
And the evil-hearted tyranny is dead
And the colour of the battlefield is red
Avenged Sevenfold is a little more “poppy” than I normally listen to for metal, but I do like their song “Nightmare.” Hence, it’s inclusion in the hallowed halls of Metal Tuesday.