- BOLT THROWER - - Mercenary (1998) - =l=y=r=i=c=s= 'Zeroed' Singled out - Vision becoming clear Now in focus - Judgement draws ever near At the point - Within the sight Pull the trigger - One taken life Vindicated - Far beyond all crime Instigated - Religions so sublime All the hatred - Nothing divine Reduced to zero - The sum of mankind Untold suffering Of forgotten wars One more statistic The world ignores Another victim Within sight With no profit One more taken life No truth - No justice All false belief Blinded by mortality There shall be... no peace No peace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Laid To Waste' Collected thoughts Never forget The final hour Now is set Paranoia In you cold soul Man's requiem In silence told Sacrificed - The fallen lie All areas - Now pacified As they are - We shall become The glory of... another battle won The long dark path - Journey on May lose the war - This day is done Await tomorrow - Foretold destiny Withdraw the veil - Friend or enemy Constructed Too much haste All is now Laid to waste Unchained Sanity's unsafe All is now Laid to waste Constructed Too much haste All is now Laid to waste Sences recaptured - Tortured knowledge Laid to waste ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Return from Chaos' Remembrance Sanity's surreal Boundaries blurred The turning wheel Perspectives Of equal might Engage in battle None is right Centuries... of hatred Return... from chaos Feel the force Destroy the will Mankind tastes This bitter pill Now converging Freedom cried Unconnected Millions died Lifetime... of darkness Return... from chaos Not fallen prey Nothing will overcome With the banner held high Let the chaos overrun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Mercenary' Into the killing zone Prepared to die Fearful technology Faceless mercenary Merchant of war With no conscience Darkness all you see Dying hard your believe Mercenary... Mercenary... Purchased soul To the highest price No thoughts of anguish Cheapness of life Freelance veteran Ask no forgiveness No tears, no regrets Mission completed Mercenary... Mercenary... Forget the past - For all you see Self-created destiny No innocence - The world bleeds Now march onward - Mercenary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'To The Last...' Resolute - To the last Leave no trace - No epitaph Far beyond - Known territory Throughout - Times infinity All now gone - Turned to dust Instinct survival - None to trust Fragmented - Lost identity Non-existence - Reality To the last... Superior - Conflict strategy Ultimate - War machine rolls on Technology - Totally outclassed Casualties near total - To the last A lone survivor The outcast All is lost To the last... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Powder Burns' Injected Straight to the core C.N. system bypassed Ready for war Targets now hostile Pushed to the edge These colours have borne - No retreat Honour the pledge Try to run - You cannot hide Thoughts that cannot be denied Pain that never goes away ...The powder burns Onward No compromise Proceeding ritual Fear denied Hopped up on dreamdust Burns in the brain Psychological technique Invincible - No pain Try to run - You cannot hide Thoughts that cannot be denied Pain that never goes away Powder - Burns ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Behind Enemy Lines' Behind the lines Concealed Deconstructed truth Revealed Clear from all known danger Hostility deplored Ignorance the principal Unknown wars Now beneath Electrical skies Artilleries Uneartly cry Devastating power Cynically imposed Futile resistance Savagely dispose No expectations Courage of despair Annihilated wisdom Belligerence declared It's all illusion Life's tragedy No comprehension Beyond infinity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'No Guts, No glory' All senses Under attack Oblivion Penultimate Anticipation Fills your soul At the limit Beyond control The last advance One final chance It now shall be... no guts, no glory Retaliation Sequencially inclined No guts, no glory You decide The last advance One final chance It now shall be... no guts, no glory Swallow no pride, strength from inside Still driving on, second to none The last advance One final chance It now shall be... no guts, no glory The last advance One final chance It now shall be... no guts, no glory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Sixth Chapter' Technology - Now controls Powersystems - Overload In the matrix - Once your mind Lies the sorrow - None survive Globalised - Authority World enmeshed - Hyper reality Brain connected - Consume priority End millennium - Mass anxiety Time compessed - Rapidity Space is stretched - New totality Pulse still beats - Deep inside Accept the chaos - Embrace new life One mans valour - Anothers sin One chapter closes - Another begins A final tribute Overshadowed by stone At the end Alone