Artist: Bolt Thrower
Release: Spearhead/Cenotaph
Release: Spearhead/Cenotaph
1. Spearhead
Spearhead marching onward
Take my soul sacrificial offering
Your initial strike taken by surprise
Now left alone, condemned by my pride
Drained of all emotion
Body now an empty shell
There’s nothing left
You’ve taken all away
Adrenaline flows
Now filled with anger
Just what will be the outcome
Mass confusion tears my mind
Spearhead, no victory sublime
Another fallen victim
I will not beg to you
Spearhead to which I cannot hold
With clear perception my destiny unfolds
I look to the reflection
Fail to recognise what’s seen
A figure clothed in hatred
I pray that this cannot be
Faced by this total stranger
Aware of your creation
No vision of the former self
Controlled by your instruction
Onward you advance, left in a mindless trance
Hypnotised by your will
Desire is now instilled
Now staring face to face
Your eyes filled with hate
Held by your contempt
Both by weakness and by strength
Adrenaline flows
Now filled with anger
Just what will be the ourcome
Mass confusion tears my mind
2. Crown Of Life
Rising from mundane existence
A new world seen through your eyes
To deception, give no resistance
All your hopes and dreams are now sanctified
Blind to the hypocrisy
Goodness is all that you see
Your past life is cast aside
In false truths you now confide
Pledged to a life of divinity
Superior through your own piety
Holier than thou, alone you wear the crown
In your private asylum
Look to what you have become
Condemned to misery and strive
Alone you wear the crown of life
The crown of life
3. Dying Creed
Fallen are the people of a decaying race
Now proclaiming the legacy inherited too late, too late
Mankind, the dying creed
Reared on ignorance and greed
On suffering we feed
Devouring all beyond our needs
A path of self destruction they cannot see
Regarding their only interest in profitability
They cannot see
Open our mind before it is too late
Unlock the chains of confinement that we create
Grasping all that you can, overloaded capacity
Nothing can conceal instinctive rapacity
A movement to disaster could this be the final plan
Blinded by our avarice
The closing chapter, extinction of man
Mankind, the dying creed
Reared on ignorance and greed
On suffering we feed
Devouring all beyond our needs
4. Lament
The time has come to leave this place, never to return
Nothing’s left but ashes
My body now is spurned
Your sorrow will subside in time
My one, true, only friend
There is one thing we can do to avert this bitter end
Up amongst the stars I dwell
Tranquillity is found
I look upon the earth to which all human life is bound
Alone I wander aimlessly
For now my spirit’s free
My soul exists within you as I guide your destiny
The tears of grief you weep for me through uncontrolled emotion
You have given me your all
A lifetime of devotion
So come my friend take my hand
Together we shall see the pathways through the darkness
For all eternity
Eternity
5. Cenotaph
Alone you stand
The final parody
Destined to silence
A memorial to mortality
Carved in stone
A tribute to the dead
For nameless victims
Whose litany is unread
Never forgotten
War’s memory lingers on
A dark reminder
To mankind’s oblivion
This solemn image
Constructed with resolution
A monument to war’s terminal conclusion
Cenotaph
6. Destructive Infinity
You never thought life could come to this
Man reborn to die upon the altar of war
And now we stand, to face the truth
This world now enslaved, bound by hate
In fear of life now that the mindless control
As the flame of hope for mankind now burns away
For now you stand alone to die
Whilst visions of horror infest your mind
Destructive – man’s lust for power
Infinity – a lifetime of war
Destroying your world, again and again
Suffering in torment, through agonising pain
Killing for pleasure, only the strong shall remain
An arising slaughter, as hatred and terror now reigns
Now reigns
Destructive – the world ripped apart
Infinity – a never ending fear
Destructive infinity
7. Prophet Of Hatred
Look to the sky, the time has come
Stand and be brave, your body feels numb
Face the atrocity at what you have become
Twisting your mind, it’s only just begun
Fear of religion, war, insanity
This decision – die for my deity
Power to those who question destiny
Man destroys untamed animosity
Blood – the taste of death is sweet
Death – my victory is complete
Devour your soul now we’re as one
Mercy – in this world I give you none
I am the carrion lord
Bow to me and give my praise
Sacrifice the blood of a thousand souls
Only then, your life I will save
You’re my living warrior
My strength shall be my revenge
You shall have no remorse
As you slay for my right to control the downfall of man
Fear of religion, war, insanity
This decision – die for my deity
Power to those who question destiny
Man destroys untamed animosity
Blood – the taste of death is sweet
Death – my victory is complete
Devour your soul now we’re as one
Mercy – in this world I give you none
Only the insane have the strength to prosper
And only those that prosper judge what is sane
8. Realm Of Chaos
Enter the realm of chaos, your nightmare has just begun
You may wake up screaming, but there’s no place left to run
The ancient prophecy of dominant supremacy
Find strength through your salvation, the need for domination
Past life you deplore, present life abhor
Future life is so unreal, intense despair now you feel
Mutated creatures round you stare at your limbs they all tear
It’s too late now to say a prayer, for your gods have no care
Welcome incursions of chaos, you know you cannot resist
To serve, worship, obey them in the only way to exist
Your foretold destiny of perpetual lunacy
The final requisition is no longer your decision
The obscure depravity blinds you, now you cannot see
What they’ve made of your world as your blood is turning cold
Now it’s time to pay your price, the ultimate sacrifice
Gasp at your final breath
Cleansed now in your death
Your death