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Cash is King

by Devil to Pay

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1.
it comes from below and eats you alive the urge to destroy is a powerful drive tear it up, slash and burn just like the seraph do cut their throats and claim it all divine will is the rule name your price climb man over man skulls atop your throne the road to the promised land is paved with shadows and bones take a life or maybe take a few everything that holds you down will be split in two name your price
2.
Little Horns 05:57
blind them with dreams and hopes and visions the weak and the poor you'll defend the willing will follow to the tar pits they'll all be fossils in the end yeah stare into their eyes and they'll believe you play on their fears and their guilt when truth becomes the lie, the lies are golden with gold your kingdom is built yeah don't find it odd that they adore you the crown hides the horns on your head are we created in his image? or do we create the image instead? yeah take your time and let their passions flush out and dry their eyes before the storm making off with all the spoils of war they're tired, they're beaten, and they're worn and then you RISE conquer the known and then you RISE
3.
don't need no introduction pleasantries aren't my game well i'll knock 'em down as you set em up from the cradle to the grave i could use a bit 'o sugar i could use a bit 'o spice but there ain't no way to sweeten it up life sure has it's price so i say... there's no reason to argue it's not your time i'm sure but no matter how hard science tries they will never find a cure well i wish that i could pardon i wish that i could lie but thanks to the great equalizer everyone must die so i say... "ready to go?" "ready to die?" your last day little baby say goodbye the same that pumps your heart the same that gives life oh but you wanted to know one more chance? but when your time comes it's your last dance rollin' till the hour comes rollin' until you succumb stop your cryin baby i've seen it all before you'd say just anything to have a few more this was written in stone and i'm your friend so take some solace then because it all ends rollin' till the hour comes rollin' until you succumb i know it all seems pointless and for all it's worth you're right but keep in mind the adage without the dark there is no light you don't know just what you're missin' you don't know where freedom lies meet me at the edge of time and space and i'll cut these earthly ties so i say... "ready to go?" "ready to die?"
4.
So Low 03:50
buddhas brahmans lepers taoists sanctify my choice the world has turned against itself in cacophonous noise the ancients speak their volumes in a million different ways but we're still blind so blind... let's go... get high when you're so low get high the hour is nigh the dogs won't lie the end is in your grasp the tide does rise there is no prize when bitten by the asp take the reins and ride for glory or piss it to the wind it's your time your time... let's go... get high when you're so low get high where's your sense of wonder? is it crackling in your ears? the fire churns your lungs do burn your eyes are brought to tears now or never now or never or never or never i cannot begin to stress the journey's all you'll earn so grab the torch and seize the day - the one thing i've learned it must be how you live it cause there's nothing more to say but i'm alive so alive... let's go... get high when you're so low get high where's your sense of wonder? is it crackling in your ear? the fire churns your lungs do burn your eyes are brought to tears where's your sense of sacred? is it laughing at your bones? until you're dust till you're dust
5.
Belial 05:05
just one last favor done for the savior put a smile on his face better round up the heretics and stone them in their place because you know we are some know we are all hypocrites and thieves you should've known by now, we're all somehow part of the elusive dream yeah cause once it holds you then it chokes you beliefs held still today that one life lesson that broke your heart till your final days you should've known no one very few can keep their engine clean i should've known by now, we're all somehow part of that makeshift scheme yeah shallow grave jealous now? third time charmed, you're the best, you're golden i'm not bitter i'm dead i'm no one make me into a martyr and flail away cause you won't tear it apart tear me apart every stone is energy so whale away whale away whale away yeah whale away whale away whale away whale away whale away shallow grave jealous now?
6.
Born to Rue 04:04
so you've sworn your allegiance tied up in partisan string waving on your front porch hey, what do those colors mean? what happened to your freedom? it's right outside your door arm yourselves, your children and get ready for war, war, war RUE! all wallow in the leader the sad state of today the joke is on the voters money owns election day so we better start preparin' the change comes from a gun the one thing history shows us is violence gets things done RUE! all this time you're born to... RUE! all this time you're born to... rue on rue on it's not a matter of opinion it belongs to you and me they've tried to break the union they've threatened to secede so you better start believin' the king can't fight his pawns take back your nation before it's gone, gone, gone RUE! all this time you're born to... RUE!
7.
it's an illusion as vast as the sea the great beast lurks in the bowels of the deep you try and you struggle to stay in control the system comes and swallows you whole nine tenths of the law the biggest fish feed from a pool of the small slow on the draw the tallest giants are the most prone to fall no sense in fighting, lie still and wait the sharks will come and ready their plates licking their lips and sharpening their knives the bottom rung helps the leeches survive nine tenths of the law the biggest fish feed from a pool of the small slow on the draw the tallest giants are the most prone to fall drown in debt smothering belly up taste regret demons play circle the prey withering yeah nine tenths of the law the biggest fish feed from a pool of the small slow on the draw the tallest giants are the most prone to fall
8.
right before my lifetime flashed in just one blink every synapse fired off causing me to think i could bring that mountain right into this room will it all be washed away before we are consumed? they'll dance around my carcass and feast upon my sword burn off every trace of us and gather the rewards life will go on listless, that i guarantee the mountain and your hopes and dreams washed into the sea years weep months forlorn the days knives the hours thorns the moments long so long
9.
it's been so long since we've been on these tracks the knives are turning slowing in our backs the only thing i see is the writing on the wall one way to finish, it's attack or crawl, yeah that's just the bottom line the every day into the every night the key is never to give up the fight it takes a will of iron, skin thick as steel the loss imagined but the ache is real, yeah that's just the bottom line some say life is short regret is long towering when you realize all your chances are forgone that's just the bottom line dig in deep and press on down that trail you have to want it like the holy grail they'll never quench your fire with the water they throw pour on the gas and then watch it grow yeah some say life is short regret is long towering when you realize all your chances are forgone just coast just float just fly the least just to get by you never... thought what's worse than idle hands? when the sloth kills your plans you never... thought truth is, reap what you sow but it's yourself you'll owe you never... thought empty coffers, all you'll find when life leaves you behind you never... thought some say life is short regret is long towering when you realize all your chances are forgone that's just the bottom line...
10.
over horizons of the new world tonight the dawn of ascension inaugural flight i know that surface and virgin skies hold untold riches mankind's prize you'll see expansion in a whole new light don't mess with progress, don't even try the answer there in neon signs it's evolution the strong will survive through the facade you see that things have changed no stone unturned and pockmarked with chains our friend the atom has shown the way taken for granted but who will pay? you'll see expansion in a whole new light don't mess with progress, don't even try the answer there in neon signs it's evolution the strong will survive
11.
grow like a callus and form your early tomb craving disgrace that pours salt in your wounds caught in a self-fulfilling prophecy the first is the last and the last is all you'll be all is well and dead and good cut 'em down like you're chopping wood kill a man for the look in his eyes over the coals and drawing flies two on the bow and one foot on the line take your best shot shoot your mouth off wide bring down the house with a kick right to the teeth the crux is the locking horns and you'll agree all is well and dead and good cut 'em down like you're chopping wood kill a man for the look in his eyes over the coals and drawing flies judge for the deeds not the words that spit and shine pulled like a weed when the wolves curl 'round the swine don't feed the flames or you'll meet with your demise where there's smoke, there's sometimes sacrifice all is well and dead and good cut 'em down like you're chopping wood kill a man for the look in his eyes over the coals and drawing flies
12.
well the judgment came and i can't complain got a prime seat down in hell the keys to heaven are lost forever in the wishing well were the candles lit when the scandals hit? oh how were they ignored? and the one big question truth or oppression who's the dinosaur? yeah ripped from your womb i said hey ripped from your womb well let me guess we've all been blessed and the lord hears all your prayers between creation and revelation there's plenty of time to care oh and yes i trust we turn to dust it's such a tragic fate is that why you smile cause life's some trial and death is eden's gate? yeah ripped from your womb i said hey ripped from your womb i'll tell you something most don't want to hear believe in nothing and save all the tears lining up all your suspects salvation for a dime the hour of our discontent finally has arrived yeah ripped from your womb i said hey ripped from your womb
13.
Yggdrasil 06:06
it's a lonely, lonely road your walk of life when you finally get your keys and start the drive well the only road i take is the road that i make see me when the road it ends see me when the road it ends... time again you'll be withdrawn but when the time is right, you find your wings, your gone! and the only thing i'll say it's your turn to stray see me when the road it ends see me when the road it ends... it's your road better drop and roll it's your road better time may wear on your heart but if you find your roots, you find a place to start when it all fades away it was your path your way see me when the road it ends see me when the road it ends...
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Niflheim 06:27
tea leaves and burned hair take prudence and take care one day it all ends the mortals shall transcend but it keeps those spirits out... days long death in threes the nightjar calls for me candles of blue flame the horror of our shame ghosts walk among men heed lessons that they send under the moon's spell your sparrow my passing bell the armies out to the field the war is signed and sealed the prophet returned on a stake their will is forged awake the forest burned for the trees the bodies up to their knees the wicked soon to be maimed the righteous forever famed the wind it carries away the air of madness the bellows fanning the blaze burn the vanquished the mire ends today the strong left standing they are all fighting in vain and they fight for the honor... to reign!

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released March 14, 2006

Recorded at Azmyth Studios, Carmel, IN
Engineered by Ryan Adkins
Mixed by Ryan Adkins and Devil to Pay
Mastered by Chris Goosman at Solid Sound
Steve Janiak - guitar & vocals
Matt Stokes - bass
Chad Prifogle - drums
Bob Bridges - guitar

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