The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked – Part 2) Lyrics Album by Iced Earth
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1. In Sacred Flames
(Convocare, caelestis)
(Bestia, excidium)
(Hominum mortalis)
(Dies natalis, nefarius, detestari)
(Dies natalis, odisse, mortalis)
(Dies natalis, odisse, mortalis, dies)
(Excidium, hominum, excidium)
(Convocare, caelestis, bestia)
(Excidium, hominum, excidium, excidium)
(Hominum, excidium, hominum)
(Hominum mortalis, dies natalis)
(Nefarius, detestari)
(Convocare, caelestis, bestia, excidium)
(Hominum mortalis, dies natalis)
(Dies nefarius, natalis bestia)
(Excidium, convocare, caelestis)
(Bestia, excidium)
2. Behold the Wicked Child
Rise up with fervid zeal,
salvation’s at hand.
Forged in flames
as stars collide.
Recite the sacred rites,
evoke the astral beast,
black magic, astrology.
In sacred flames it congregates
the ancient rage and priest,
fusing the fetus and beast.
The Setian redeemer,
Man’s blood must infect.
The weapon, the grand architect!
Behold the wicked, the child is born
coalesced of the celestial beast.
Divine equation, the prophecy,
rejoice in the birth, born is he.
Disciples and minions
spread the word, born is he.
Thrust Hell upon humanity!
Baptize the wicked child,
the math upon his crown,
on this date we consecrate.
Behold the wicked, the child is born
coalesced of the celestial beast.
Divine equation, the prophecy,
rejoice in the birth, born is he.
Dies natalis,
odisse, mortalis!
Dies natalis, odisse,
mortalis, dies!
Behold the wicked, the child is born
coalesced of the celestial beast.
Divine equation, the prophecy,
rejoice in the birth, born is he.
Embrace the power of this sixth hour
on the sixth day of the sixth month.
Behold the child, our path to light!
We’ll guide him with our undying love.
3. Minions of the Watch
When he was born the
Elder gathered in the night,
they gave him shelter, clothed him,
fed him with insight.
They taught him of the course
of human and of Setian ways,
curriculum just shy the
telling of the end of days.
Minions gather ‘round,
around this child.
Watch over as he grows,
little does he know.
This child is
the one salvation!
Fulfill the prophecy,
bring about our destiny!
As he grows his
minions gather in his light,
his future though not clear to
him he holds the second sight.
He has seen most of this world
yet does not know his way,
they will place him on the
path to the end of days.
Minions gather ‘round,
around this child.
Watch over as he grows,
little does he know.
This child is
the one salvation!
Fulfill the prophecy,
bring about our destiny!
4. The Revealing
The Revealing comes
now that he’s thirteen.
Told of his coming trials,
what is meant to be.
Taught the arts of the Ancients
for the Mother’s sake,
time manipulation and
of shifting shape.
He is held up high,
minions flock to him.
Told of the birth in fires,
this Boy Messiah!
Taught the arts of the Ancients
for the Mother’s sake,
time manipulation and
of shifting shape.
5. A Gift or a Curse?
I feel a heavy burden,
a million souls upon me weigh.
Though I’ve felt uncertain
the more revealed, I’ve found my way.
Am I a gift, am I a curse?
I’m one and all of God and Earth!
And as the order guides me
the trials beckon brutal days.
The art of the travelers,
the ghost dance and the shifter’s way.
Am I a gift, am I a curse?
I’m one and all of God and Earth!
At times there’s doubt within me
to ask as much of one so young,
yet I believe in the prophecy
and the framing that’s been done.
And I know I possess the strength
they’ve molded me from birth.
The catalyst of all that’s planned,
cleansing man from Earth.
Inject the venom into my veins
of the vile Beasts of Earth.
The transformation now takes place,
the shifter’s art is learned.
The Dimension Gauntlet lies ahead,
I master every age.
I am a God that walks the Earth,
the embodiment of rage.
Now the trials are over,
I am complete what I was born to be.
The crown awaits the chosen
and I begin my destiny.
I am a gift, I am a curse!
One and all, a God on Earth!
6. Crown of the Fallen
Many lifetimes have come and
gone in elation for this day,
by the order’s hand the
minions forged his way.
At age thirteen
dawn the days of revealing,
the human forms will rue the day
we crown the Astral Beast.
Crowned is the King of the Fallen!
Rejoice in his light, they live again.
Crowned is the King of the Fallen!
Celebrate the subjugation of all man.
His countenance, the venom burns,
the wraps conceal the pain.
Don the shroud and the
armour deeply stained.
Now place the crown upon his head,
the scepter in his grasp
Kneel now, for before you stands
the wicked God of Wrath!
Crowned is the King of the Fallen!
Rejoice in his light, they live again.
Crowned is the King of the Fallen!
Celebrate the subjugation of all man.
7. The Dimension Gauntlet
I face the gauntlet
as my final test,
thrusting through the
vault of time and space.
Intergalactic,
interstellar quest,
from this day forth
I manipulate!
I am the wicked one
crowned this day,
we celebrate.
I walk this Earth
two thousand years,
the demise of man,
we consecrate.
8. I Walk Alone
I am your inner fear
your kind refuse to hear.
I am the light, I am the way,
but the fallacies of man
are easy to embrace.
And I, in purest form,
I always weather every storm.
And though you fail to see,
the truth is the path
that leads to me.
Mankind’s dishonesty
lays them to waste,
I will divide.
I am the truth,
and I walk alone!
Human hypocrisy
exacting their fate,
I will devour.
I am the truth,
and I walk alone!
The flaws in your design are
breeding fear inside your mind.
And lies lead to disgrace,
a failure to reform the
failed human race.
Mankind’s dishonesty
lays them to waste,
I will divide.
I am the truth,
and I walk alone!
Human hypocrisy
exacting their fate,
I will devour.
I am the truth,
and I walk alone!
9. Harbinger of Fate
When I was young I was different,
there was more inside of me.
So alone, yet a sense of purpose,
the guiding light of the order nurtured me.
Daunted by the truth revealed.
What am I, what’s my destiny?
A million souls, the priest incarnate,
I am the one, I am the Astral Beast.
I am the wicked,
the dealer of fate,
harbinger of sorrow.
I’m the assassin,
the dealer of fate,
framing man’s tomorrow.
I thrive as the lone traveler
through the folds of time and space.
The chosen one to foreshadow,
the hand of God will eradicate this race.
I am the past, I’m the cure for sorrow,
I am the now, I’m of every age,
I’m the future, ending man’s tomorrow,
the hand of God, the harbinger of fate.
I am the wicked,
the dealer of fate,
harbinger of sorrow.
I’m the assassin,
the dealer of fate,
framing man’s tomorrow.
Kingdoms will fall, empires crumble,
seizing on the politics of hate.
I am the one, the Devil in the details,
the hand of God, the harbinger of fate.
I am the wicked,
the dealer of fate,
harbinger of sorrow.
I’m the assassin,
the dealer of fate,
framing man’s tomorrow.
10. Crucify the King
Look at you now,
exalted no more.
Scourging’s left your blood
soaked into the floor.
For having the sight
you will pay a heavy price.
Martyr for mankind,
contrived sacrifice.
Let all your children pray,
you’ve washed their sins away.
I’ll bring the suffering!
Let all your children pray,
I don’t come their way.
I’ll crucify their King!
Look at you now,
you pathetic little man.
With spear I pierce your hide,
destiny in my hand.
For all mine have lost
your fate will intertwine.
Your death will polarize,
resurrection will divide.
Let all your children pray,
you’ve washed their sins away.
I’ll bring the suffering!
Let all your children pray,
I don’t come their way.
I’ll crucify their King!
Like all false seers you’re
formed to fit the plan,
unsuspecting pawns to
the detriment of man.
And as your worlds collide
war will bring the suffering.
And to that end I’ll crucify,
I’ll crucify the King!
Let all your children pray,
you’ve washed their sins away.
I’ll bring the suffering!
Let all your children pray,
I don’t come their way.
I’ll crucify their King!
11. Sacrificial Kingdoms
It does not take much to destroy a man,
give him rope and he will hang.
Same can be said for a dynasty
so fat with itself, can no longer feed.
Rome will burn when it’s time has come,
Ottoman tribes fade away.
The social cults empower puppet men,
leaving me to pull the strings
Kingdoms fall to the ground!
Crushed by their own greed,
an unquenching need to destroy.
Empires fall by my design!
Lust for power speeds,
time people need to destroy.
Your future’s clear if you can look back,
every culture’s earned their fate.
Your gluttony as my tool of choice,
you’ve proved you’re worthless every day.
Kingdoms fall to the ground!
Crushed by their own greed,
an unquenching need to destroy.
Empires fall by my design!
Lust for power speeds,
time people need to destroy.
12. Something Wicked (Part 3)
I walk the Earth,
the wicked one.
Baptized in fire,
Vindication’s only son.
Through folds of space and time
I’ve sown my evil seeds until
mankind is erased.
My last prolific deed!
He walks the Earth,
the wicked one.
I walk the Earth!
Injecting our will
until man’s time is done.
Your time is done!
The Watcher’s Eye
has sealed your fate.
I’ve sealed your fate!
Upon your deaths
the Elder wait.
I am the one!
I am your Antichrist,
destroyer of mankind.
Forged in sacred flames,
my power is divine.
I am your coming curse,
Hellfire in my eyes.
For your crimes on my kind
the human race will die.
He walks the Earth,
the wicked one.
I walk the Earth!
Injecting our will
until man’s time is done.
Your time is done!
The Watcher’s Eye
has sealed your fate.
I’ve sealed your fate!
Upon your deaths
the Elder wait.
I am the one!
I’m the one born of flames,
your hatred has brought me
to this place.
This is a dying world,
I’ll bring it new life
in form of your dread.
In the sixth hour on the
sixth day of the sixth month
I was born into this world.
Now that the wheel’s in motion,
unstoppable force, undaunted by your pleas.
There’s no sympathy in this soul
just hatred within me.
13. Divide, Devour
Through the folds of time
I forged the way,
Messiah to my own
and sent to slay.
I am pure embodied rage,
made of a million souls
that dearly paid.
The icy pulse that’s
pumping through my veins
sanctifies the end of human ways.
I am pure embodied rage,
born of a million souls
unjustly slain.
I am the weapon that strikes,
in the hearts of man I thrive.
Feeding their fear with lies.
I will devour, I will divide!
I am the God of Hellfire,
inside every man there lives a liar.
Before their Gods they cower.
I will divide, I will devour!
Dies natalis,
odisse, mortalis!
Dies natalis, odisse,
mortalis…
Antichrist,
or harbinger of fate.
Prophet and priest,
born of the ancient rage.
I will assassinate their way,
annihilation of the human race.
I am the weapon that strikes,
in the hearts of man I thrive.
Feeding their fear with lies.
I will devour, I will divide!
I am the God of Hellfire,
inside every man there lives a liar.
Before their Gods they cower.
I will divide, I will devour!
14. Come What May
As I watch through the ages
and gaze upon this world,
the troubled race of man
so impetuous and afraid.
There’s potential in this race,
a man can spark hope.
But in masse they do regress,
a constant downward slope!
How have they come so far,
yet have so far to go.
It seems evolution stalled
on the nature of a man.
From living in caves to
manned flights in space.
And for all that it’s worth
Still the sad, pathetic race!
Can’t you see what’s plain as day?
It’s always been there inside of you!
One saving grace that’s hard to face,
embracing the truth will change your fate.
It’s up to you and the path you choose
to be led to the slaughter or lead the way.
The quest for light, a worthwhile fight.
Will you have what it takes?
Come what may!
If you’d just look inside yourselves
you’ll find the answers to your pain.
The hardest road to enlightenment
presents a constant test of your resolve.
Time for you…
Time for you is running out,
the human race must evolve!
Must evolve!
Can’t you see what’s plain as day?
It’s always been there inside of you!
One saving grace that’s hard to face,
embracing the truth will change your fate.
It’s up to you and the path you choose
to be led to the slaughter or lead the way.
The quest for light, a worthwhile fight.
Will you have what it takes?
Come what may!
As I watch through the ages,
the troubled race of man.
Seems evolution stalled,
still a sad and pathetic race.
Will you have what it takes?
Come what may!
15. Epilogue
(Instrumental)
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