Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King Album Lyrics

Lets take a moment and break the ice
So my intentions are known
See I pity in watching you suffer
I know the feeling of feeling of being damned alone
I got a storybook of my own

Don't you see I am your pride
Agent of wealth
Bearer of needs
And you know it's right
I am your war
Arming the strong
Aiding the weak
Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

Well I can promise you paradise
No need to serve on your knees
And when you're lost in the darkest of hours
Take a moment and tell me who you see
Won't tell ya who not to be

Now you know I am your pride
Agent of wealth
Bearer of needs
And you know it's right
I am your war
Arming the strong
Aiding the weak
Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

Disciple of the cross and champion in suffering
Immerse yourself into the kingdom of redemption
Pardon your mind through the chains of the divine
Make way, the shepherd of fire

Through the ages of time
I've been known for my hate
But I'm a dealer of simple choices
For me it's never too late

I am your pride
Agent of wealth
Bearer of needs
And you know it's right
'Cause I am your war
Arming the strong
Aiding the weak

I am your wrath
I am your guilt
I am your lust
And you know it's right
I am your love
I am your stall
I am your trust

Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

Watch your tongue or have it cut from your head
Save your life by keeping whispers unsaid
Children roam the streets now orphans of war
Bodies hanging in the streets to adore
Royal flames will carve a path in chaos
Bringing daylight to the night (night)
Death is riding into town with armor
They come to take all your rights

Hail to the King
Hail to the one
Kneel to the crown
Stand in the sun
Hail to the King
(Hail, hail, hail)
(The King)

Blood is spilt while holding keys to the throne
Born again but it's too late to atone
No mercy from the edge of the blade
Dare escape and learn the price to be paid
Let the water flow with shades of red now
Arrows black out all the light (light)
Death is riding into town with armor
They come to grant you your rights

Hail to the King
Hail to the one
Kneel to the crown
Stand in the sun
Hail to the King
(Hail, hail, hail)
(The King)

There's a taste of fear (hail, hail, hail)
When the henchmen call (hail, hail, hail)
Iron fist to tame them (hail, hail, hail)
Iron fist to claim it all

Hail to the King
Hail to the one
Kneel to the crown
Stand in the sun
Hail to the King
Hail to the one
Kneel to the crown
Stand in the sun
Hail to the King
(Hail, hail, hail)

The lives of some men...

If walls could talk to spill the lies.
We'd see the world through devil's eyes

I maintain an addiction
Been known to take it too high.
I got an itch with a loaded hair trigger.
And a one way ticket to fly

When there's no writing on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
I don't need no lessons
After all
Everybody's doing their time

Caught your eye in the corner.
Don't you look at me wrong
F*cked up and thrown into the gutter gotta fix
What don't belong

I see the writing on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
I don't need no lessons
After all
Everybody's doing their time

That's just the price to play so tell me what you're like.
Got a hand on the kerosene match tonight.

Had enough of opinions
I got enough on my mind
Sell your soul for approval and a dollar
Got a pretty little body to grind

I see your number on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
I don't need no lessons
Watch the fall
You've lost my attention
After all
Everybody's doing their time

Time!

Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows
Feel this weight of sin hammering away
Die, with the guilt of a thousand AWOL soldiers
Die, watch the scythe usher me astray

I can't go on this way
Not as I am today
The ugly side of me is strong

Take aim, a loaded gun
Pull back on all who run
A coward's truth inside the wrong

This means war
This means war
This means war

Lash your tongue of bane
Carry me to nowhere
Mental holocaust
Battle never ends
Lie, mask the pain
Of a child who's forsaken
Lie, to myself
Praise the new regime

I left me long ago
Reasons you'll never know
No one to miss me when I'm gone
With no more words to say
No argument to stay
Another post I don't belong

This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war

No home to call my own
No finding someone new
No one to break the fall
No one to see me through
No name to carry on
No promise for today
No one to hear the call
No tattered flag to raise

Walk the razor's edge
Cut into the madness
Question all you trust
Buy into the fear
I see the man ripping at my soul now
I, I know the man
I know him all too well

There's nothing here for free
Lost who I want to be
My serpent blood can strike so cold
On any given day
I'll take it all away
Another thought I can't control

This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war

Prodigia, comploratus
Silens, oro
Regnet exitium

Days of warning
Night brings morning
My prayers worthless
Heaven is burning down

I walk stricken
Pitch black vision
Oh one, save me
Caress my weary eyes

Darkest Lord
Your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match
Engulf the earth in flames

In flames
In flames
In flames

Nature quaking
Prophets aching
I kneel faithful
Damnation cracks the sky

My heart fiction
Superstition
Your grace deathless
Give life to my last breath

Darkest Lord
Your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match
Engulf the Earth in flames

In flames
In flames
In flames

Prodigia, comploratus
Silens, oro
Regnet, exitium

Rise from ashes
Violence clashes my soul vacant
Cleanse me of all this sin

I stand guilty
I bleed filthy
Born of fire
Savor this final hour

Darkest Lord
Your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match
Engulf the Earth in flames

In flames
In flames
In flames

Dark years brought endless rain,
out in the cold I lost my way.
but storms won't last, they clear the air
for something new
the sun came out and brought you through.

A lifetime full of words to say,
A hope that time will slow the passing day.

I've been wrong, time's over
and I've been shamed with no words to find.
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow,
walk with me.
Crimson day.

Don't speak, no use for words
lie in my arms, sleep secure.
I wonder what you're dreaming of,
lands rare and far
A timeless flight to reach the stars.

A lifetime full of words to say,
a hope that time will slow the passing day.

I've been wrong, time's over
and I've been shamed with no words to find.
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow,
walk with me.
Crimson day.

I've come so far to meet you here,
to share this life with one I hold so dear.
and I won't speak but what is true,
the world outside is created just for you.
It's for you, for you.

I've been wrong, time's over
and I've been shamed with no words to find.
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow,
walk with me.
Crimson day.

As they search for blood
All eyes descend on one
Honest man in chains
But that don't matter anyway
My judgement day

My flesh will feed the demon
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is.
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find heretic blood.

Impose your will on me
'Til fire sets me free
The flames of hell burn bright
My fate decided by their lies
Final demise

My flesh will feed the demon
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is.
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find heretic...
Heretic blood

Please, don't leave me
Please, don't leave me like this
I've walked a fragile line and I've fallen down
Please, don't leave me

My flesh will feed the demon now
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is.
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find heretic...
Heretic blood

I've been away
Searching for a reason
Another purpose to find
I've sailed the seas
Fought my many demons
I've looked to gods in the skies

I've stood in hell
Where many had to suffer
I stared the devil in the eyes.

Walked many roads
To witness ancient idols
And found the great Gates of fire

Had many storms
Question my conviction.
Gave armies reason to rise.

The hangman searching
For bones he can borrow.
While I escaped in the night.
Fight or flight.

Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home

Escaped the hell
Of calculated mortars.
Then drank the blood of a king
The desert rain
Has washed away direction
Had angels looking after me
So it seems

Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home

[Guitar solo]

My story ends
Not far from where it started
My weary limbs have grown old
I've seen the world
Through the eyes of a nomad
Home is where the heart is
I've been told
So I go

Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home

I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home

[Guitar fades out]

Godless, meteoric war
Anger, our existence nevermore
You awoke the giants who were dormant in the sky
Comets reigning death from a fiery eye.

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide!
Planets collide!

Damage, galaxy destruct
Endless, celestial orbit corrupt
You will be forgotten like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind!

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide!
Planets collide!

Take heed the violent march is closing in.
You can't defeat them on your own.
Weapons are loaded for the final stand.
And they're all aimed at you from heaven.

Planets collide!
Planets collide!
Planets collide!
Planets collide!

You will be forgotten like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind!

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide!
Planets collide!

Our day has come
It's drawn in the sky
So don't shed a tear now
Be thankful for the time

Life wouldn't be so precious dear if there never was an end

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away

We stand on the edge now
We've come so far
Through all the dust it becomes clear
You will always be my heart

There's no death, no end of time when I'm facing it with you

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away
Not even stars last forever
Cleanse us acid rain

Stand near to me
Don't look be brave
Over the blackened moon
I'll carry you away
Through the planets we fly

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away
Not even stars last forever
Cleanse us acid rain

Send us home
Send us home
Send us home
Send us home.