Arch Enemy Deceivers 1. Handshake with Hell Lead – Amott Collective consciousness Synapses between us We pierce the sky with fists We shroud the Earth in dust Bow, sit down, take a knee Before powers that be We’re here to spread the flame Welcome to the game And after all is said and done Since the moon eclipsed the sun Can you feel the wrath of truth? Does it burn you like abuse? Lead – Amott Come along to the killing grounds It’s execution day The grip of a thousand hands Squeezes the life from supremacy And after all is said and done When the dark delays the dawn Walk your path towards the reaper Learn that hell is other people! Chorus: Obey As we Decay Buy me a lobotomy Fools never cease to amaze Keep digging your grave A lobotomy Down here for eternity Where fire and ice meet You burnt the world above We rule the world beneath And after all is said and done Before a new day has begun Bid your worries all goodbye Flee the pan, into the fire! Fool me once and I’m numb Twice and I’m dumb Thrice, I won’t be fooled again Fool me once and I’m done Twice I succumb To a handshake with hell In the end, we only reap what we have sown Can’t leave well enough alone The world’s at stake Under an oath that cannot break Lead – Amott Lead - Loomis Chorus: Obey As we Decay Buy me a lobotomy Fools never cease to complain Keep digging your grave A lobotomy 2. Deceiver, Deceiver Secrets whispered through a veil of lies When did I become this person you despise? Opened my eyes You've been in disguise The door is closing You're on the outside now It's curtain call After everything I did for you This is what you choose to put me through? What happened to the concept of loyalty? I guess there really is no more honesty! Opened my eyes You've been in disguise The door is closing You're on the outside now It's curtain It's curtain call Deceiver, deceiver My head still spinning from your Judas kiss Deceiver, deceiver Not one thing about you I will miss You put on a great act, I'll give you that Go on and take a bow you despicable rat Accept the applause, you king of whores This is your grand finale Deceiver, deceiver My head still spinning from your Judas kiss Imposter, I see you Thou beest slain, tyrant, show thy face! Opened my eyes You've been in disguise The door is closing You're on the outside now It's curtain call It's curtain call Deceiver, deceiver I see... you! 3. In the Eye of the Storm The chase is on, the traps are set Won’t let them drag me back there again The ball on that chain, it bears my name To tame the beast in me I still believe in life before death It fuels the fire in me I will run ’til I die Under these black skies Tyrannic law, a razor claw In the eye of the storm As darkness falls the hunt goes on The hounds of the hell have picked up my scent The rain pours down, I’m still running My breath freezing the air We may be born to astride the grave But I will not die a slave! I will run ’til I die Under these black skies Tyrannic law, a razor claw In the eye of the storm Under these black skies In the eye of the storm I will run ’til I die Under these black skies Tyrannic law, a razor claw In the eye of the storm I will run ’til I die Under these black skies Tyrannic law, a razor claw In the eye of the storm 4. The Watcher Born to a flock of animosity To be judged, to be shamed, no rights and no dignity Beneath the eye of disdain Where the watcher sees the wicked, we compel Offspring of divine regret Condemn thy daughters of death Gripping the face of the earth Return to dirt Under the eye Don't fear the watcher, sentinel from the skies above The rebel angel sees through all of us Beware the watcher, the earth is erased in flood The rebel angel laughs and falls at last Does the observer make reality? Does the gaze activate quantum complicity? Beneath the pyre and pain Where we jettison body and brain! Offspring of divine regret Condemn thy daughters of death Gripping the face of the earth Return to dirt Under the eye Don't fear the watcher, sentinel from the skies above The rebel angel sees through all of us Beware the watcher, the earth is erased in flood The rebel angel laughs and falls at last At last Writhing with the Nephilim Behold fire and flood! Offspring of divine regret Condemn thy daughters of death Gripping the face of the earth Return to dirt Under the eye Don't fear the watcher, sentinel from the skies above The rebel angel sees through all of us Beware the watcher, the earth is erased in flood The rebel angel laughs and falls at last At last 5. Poisoned Arrow Silent shadows, a broken frame The empty picture that we became No words needed, the stories in our eyes A crack in the mirror, too many lies Deep footsteps mark the snow Traces of yesterday, where and when to go We never meant to cause pain nor sorrow Now every word a poisoned arrow Is it worth fighting for? Or even dying for? Broken, yet unspoken The feeling is gone Hostile words and heavy hearts This is where our paths drift apart No more anger, no more sadness Turn the page, another poisoned arrow Is it worth fighting for? Or even dying for? Broken, yet unspoken The feeling is gone Is it worth fighting for? Is it worth dying for? The feeling is gone (Is it worth fighting for?) (Is it worth dying for?) Is it worth fighting for? Or even dying for? Broken, yet unspoken The feeling is gone Is it worth fighting for? (No) Is it worth dying for? The feeling is gone 6. Sunset over the Empire Welcome to the apocalypse, the end of days Rulers of the wasteland, rejoice in the flames Futures tumble, legacies crumble Thousands of years and what have we learned? They heard the warnings, ignored the signs Wheels of injustice kept on turning Unaccountable for their crimes On the streets anger burning Black clouds rumble, dark days ahead As the chorus chants for a holy war “It’s the end of an era, a new dawn will rise” Words turned to war, brother fighting brother Another false truce, as the people die The fate of the nation forever changed Behold - the fiery end is nigh Behind closed doors, corruption wins The power echelon prepares their task One step forward, two stabs in the back Revolution is a mere change of masks? Black clouds rumble, dark days ahead As the chorus chants for a holy war “It’s the end of an era, a new dawn will rise” We rise again from the stench and the pain We pass through fire, darkness erase the stain Black clouds rumble, dark days ahead As the chorus chants for a holy war “It’s the end of an era, a new dawn will rise” “It’s the end of an era, a new dawn” As the sun sets on the empire Is there a future to be found? Hopes and dreams… now ashes on the ground 7. House of Mirrors See the choice, it lies before you A simple flick of the wrist Blank doors keep the world at bay Or do they keep the outside in? What geometry lies beyond? A familiar façade, keys in locks Unhinge the future Shut out the past Winners and losers Fiction and fact Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade In a house of mirrors you’re never alone Welcome home! To open is to invite the unknown In to flood your once square home The walls silently watch you Are you watching them back? Windows to the souls surround you What escapes when those panes crack? Unhinge the future Shut out the past Winners and losers Fiction and fact Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade In a house of mirrors you’re never alone Welcome home! Suspicious simulacra distort your flesh and bone In a house of mirrors you’re never alone You’ll run You’ll hide Or try to But we all Reside Inside you Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade In a house of mirrors you’re never alone Welcome home! Suspicious simulacra distort your flesh and bone In a house of mirrors you’re never alone Welcome home! 8. Spreading Black Wings (Hey, hey, hey, hey) (Hey, hey, hey, hey) Cast from heaven, now to rule in hell A cry for freedom in a long lost tale Darkness is all around me Or is it all within me? Tired of living on my knees Can I be set free, be the real me? I can't breathe, I can't see I can't touch, I can't feel Oh, morning star Son of the dawn Fallen from grace Do not fear to tread The left-hand path I am here Spreading black wings (Hey, hey, hey, hey) (Hey, hey, hey, hey) Opened my eyes, saw the divine lies The power lies within me Not in worship of idols I am my own authority Break the chains of past Sweet freedom at last I can breathe, I can see I can touch, I can feel! Oh, morning star Son of the dawn Fallen from grace Do not fear to tread The left-hand path I am here Spreading black wings 9. Mourning Star 10. One Last Time Life's been a losing game, every day the same An impossible dream, a cog in the machine If I don't make it now, don't think I ever will So, what now? Frustration Stagnation Don't dream too big, you might hurt yourself Just stay in line Determination Ooh, confrontation I'm on my way Heading into the unknown Patience is running out It's wearing thin Feels like I'm slipping Losing ground I'm gonna break free Get out of these chains I've got nothing to lose And everything to gain The future is calling It's calling out my name One last time Running out of breath, on this spinning wheel Make it real, all will be revealed Too many missing pieces to this puzzle I've played their game, but it's not who I am No Frustration Stagnation Don't dream too big, you might hurt yourself Just stay in line Determination Ooh, confrontation I'm on my way Heading into the unknown Patience is running out It's wearing thin Feels like I'm slipping Losing ground I'm gonna break free Get out of these chains I've got nothing to lose And everything to gain The future is calling It's calling out my name One last time I'm gonna break free Get out of these chains I've got nothing to lose And everything to gain The future is calling It's calling out my name One last time 11. Exiled from Earth We're standing face-to-face With a century of mistakes Our coup de grâce, our exodus Embers, coal and rust We'll never We'll never learn This time there's no return Now we are nomads With nowhere to go Exiled from earth Racing extinction Sapiens' deathblow Once kings, now cursed Folded time to meet our end Murdered our only home Too proud to comprehend Now Gaia reclaims her throne We are all We're all condemned Back into the primordial soup, we descend Now we are nomads With nowhere to go Exiled from earth Racing extinction Sapiens' deathblow Once kings Once kings, now cursed Now we are nomads With nowhere to go Exiled from earth Racing extinction Sapiens' deathblow Once kings Once kings, now cursed