Arch Enemy War Eternal 1. Tempore Nihil Sanat (Prelude In F Minor) (Intro) [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott] De fumo in flammam Tempore nihil sanat Noli ignoscere Noli oblivisci Odire humanum est [English translation:] Out of the smoke into the flame Time heals nothing Do not ignore Do not forget To hate is human 2. Never Forgive, Never Forget [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] See the wolf in sheep's skin Waiting in the shadows Watching, learning… Too bad I did not recognize The dark undertow Pulling you away We've been infiltrated, In fact violated Carefully orchestrated [Chorus 2x:] Hate springs eternal In this black heart of mine Time heals nothing I'll never forgive You swallowed the lies In a search for inner peace With open ears and eyes Could you not feel The dark undertow Pulling you down You've been infiltrated, In fact violated Ultimately desecrated [Chorus 2x] Never forget Never ever When the dust has settled I'll watch you drown, drown, drown in your regret The dark undertow Pulling you away We've been infiltrated, In fact violated Carefully orchestrated [Chorus 2x] Never forget Never ever 3. War Eternal [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] Friend or foe? There's no way to know Through the battlefield of life It's kill or be killed So many times It's a matter of degree From being up on your luck To down on your knees It's a hellish inferno This is war eternal [Chorus:] They try to change you Crush and break you Try to tell you what to do They'd like to have control of you Back against the wall In danger of losing it all Search deep inside Remember who you are It's times like these When lines are drawn Which side of the fence Are you standing on? There will come a day Not so far away When the hunter Becomes the prey It's a hellish inferno This is war eternal [Chorus:] They try to change you Crush and break you Try to tell you what to do They'd like to have control of you Back against the wall In danger of losing it all Search deep inside Remember who you are This is fucking war! They try to change you Crush and break you Try to tell you what to do They'd like to have control of you Back against the wall In danger of losing it all Search deep inside Remember who you are 4. As The Pages Burn [Lyrics: Alissa White-Gluz, Music: Michael Amott] As the pages burn, secrets can't be unlearned Silence can't be unheard Knowledge is burden, power is upon us As the pages burn Your memories fade Freed from the grip of reality Rejecting cognition As the pages burn Sinking in a pool of ether the past is washed clean Rip apart the world word by word inch by inch Sever your time line silence your conscience Sweet amnesia Here to free you As the pages burn All your trials Solved by fire as the pages burn As smoke fills the room Soon to pass, heavy gloom The wind will whisk away the past a blank page stares at you Nothing left, where to start? A second chance carries expectation The books you'd written no longer exist The future is in your pen Ink to paper, now begin Rewriting history starting now Erase the misery Let the flames eat your doubts 5. No More Regrets [Lyrics: Alissa White-Gluz, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] You choose your path Don't shift the blame You ran your course You lost sight of your aim Wrong choices linger Like scars remain Long after the bleeding stops There's nowhere left to hide from the shame. [Chorus:] Never again. No! No more regrets. What's done is done - can't be erased. Know, know your regrets...savour the bitter aftertaste. The crippling guilt, how heavy it can be When searching for the right words Hoping the truth will bring you peace. A lesson learned is good company For the lonely road you walk Each step forward - agony. [Chorus:] Never again. No! No more regrets. What's done is done - can't be erased. Know, know your regrets...savour the bitter aftertaste. It's hard to breathe! Thought process is crushing me. Purge mistakes! Strip the mind of its dignity Liar Liar [Chorus:] Never again. No! No more regrets. What's done is done - can't be erased. Know, know your regrets...savour the bitter aftertaste. What's done is done - can't be erased. All I know is but regret. I can't shake this bitter aftertaste. 6. You Will Know My Name [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] The judging eyes watching me Is all I've ever known. When I try to open up my heart I am ridiculed and torn apart. You tell jokes I'll never get to hear Behind my back at my expense. There's something inside me And I know it's good. I'm not evil, just misunderstood. Do you see me now? Do you hear me now? You will know my name! Do you see me now? Do you fear me now? You will know my name! Today I break my silence Strip you of your dignity. Tear down your perfect world Your perfect lies! No more jokes I'll never get to hear Behind my back at my expense. There's something inside me And I know it's good. I'm not evil, I'm just misunderstood. Do you see me now? Do you hear me now? You will know my name! Do you see me now? Do you fear me now? You will know my name! No longer invisible You will know my name! Do you see me now? Do you hear me now? You will know my name! Do you see me now? Do you fear me now? You will know my name! No longer invisible You will know my name! 7. Graveyard Of Dreams [Instrumental][Music: Daniel, Erlandsson/Michael Amott] 8. Stolen Life [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott] Everything so clear now It's written on your face In a world within a world I can smell the bridges burn Sharks ever circling They never go away In these dark, murky waters So hard to navigate and so easy to hate Paint me black, demonize me This is how you pay me back? Do you ever really know someone until you look away? Misplaced my trust, only to learn Honesty is just a word This is a stolen life Before you walk away Don't forget to turn the knife What's next, more betrayal? Have I not suffered enough? You made me feel so alive Now you're just killing me, killing me Carve away the rotten flesh It's time to burn Strip away the dirty lies Expose the ugly truth 9. Time Is Black [Lyrics: Alissa White-Gluz, Music: Michael Amott/Daniel Erlandsson] From a distance, the truth is so obvious. Answers are all so clear. Logic stays at arm's length. When engulfed in the present, here. Desperation draws near. If I could pull the fabric of time And bring the future near, The answers wouldn't be so far. The truth would be so clear. Time is black! And nothing will escape. Nothing will remain. Nothing. From a distance time is black. Tangible and dense. With each rotation a new day passed And past, at last, makes sense. There where past obstacles seem Just pebbles on your path. Always just a step ahead The peace I hope to catch. Time is black! And nothing will escape. Nothing will remain. Nothing. 10. On And On [Lyrics: Alissa White-Gluz, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] We walk through war in the halls Of dead protocols We came so close, demands were met That's when the rug was ripped out from under our feet A vicious crime...cold betrayal and deceit. Then reality hits you like a stab in the back Just like a slap in the face, a premeditated attack On and on... The battle knows no victory... On and on... Weapons high - Reject defeat. Decrepit smiles shine like fire Lying through their teeth. It's a memory you want to forget... From one second to another the whole world went under. The future cuts so deep tangibility bleeds. Weapons high! On and on! Until the victory is dead and gone. On and on! Kill the history, the wrong side won! Don't let the history repeat... 11. Avalanche [Lyrics: Alissa White-Gluz, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle/Daniel Erlandsson] A fistful of fear in my hands A bullet of betrayal in my brain No progress comes from pleasure We smile in ignorance and learn in pain Willful deceit was your plan Desperately avoid the blame Who will you answer to now? Sharpened your shovels just to dig your grave Stand up because the ground is in your way I won't give you any peace! Yet still you talk Try to fight but I will watch you fall This is a sweet revenge And karma's a bitch You glutton for punishment What did you expect? Sick, sick, sick I'm sick of being your martyr Your inflated ego is just dead weight Bask in all the eyes upon you Before you know it they'll have turned away Stand up as the whole world turns away I won't give you any peace Wait and see Cry yourself a lonesome creek Your decaying corpse can feed the roots of my towering tree Wait and see You're dead to me Yet still you speak Trying to justify what you're doing to me 12. Down To Nothing [Lyrics: Michael Amott, Music: Michael Amott/Nick Cordle] The light dwindles down to nothing As the candle sputters out Just beyond the ebb and flow Of a dark and restless heart Alone again – facing the demons In this hell of my own making I will not let this moment define who I am Now you see me, now you don’t I am strong, eternal Now you see me, now you don’t Aching the wound now I shelter in the melody My ink runs from black to red Screaming into the void Alone again – facing the demons In this hell of my own making I will not let this moment define who I am Now you see me, now you don’t I am strong, eternal Now you see me, now you don’t Seemingly endless... Like the wind, the stormy seas I held the poison, I had the power I will return... Seemingly endless... Like the wind, the stormy seas I held the poison, I had the power I will return... 13. Not Long For This World [Instrumental][Music: Michael Amott] 14. Shadow On The Wall [Bonus Track][originally by Mike Oldfield]Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Like a shadow on the wall Treat me like a prisoner Treat me like a fool Treat me like a loser Use me as a tool Face me 'til I'm hungry Push me in the cold Treat me like a criminal Just a shadow on the wall Treat me like I'm evil Freeze me 'til I'm cold Beat me 'til I'm feeble Grab me 'til I'm old Fry me 'til I'm tired Push me 'til I fall Treat me like a criminal Just a shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Like a shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Like a shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Like a shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Shadow on the wall Michael Amott – Guitars Daniel Erlandsson – Drums Sharlee D'Angelo – Bass Nick Cordle – Guitars Alissa White-Gluz – Vocals