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Intro
01:52
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Of Magic & Muscle
05:20
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Ridin’ down the valley of gods
On the back of my valorous steed
Oh, for the evil we fought
Is finally to be revealed
Flyin’ over the mountains of chult
On Aarakocra’n wings
True companions at my side
Tonight we’re headin’ for the tomb!
What keeps you sane in this world (of magic and muscle)
Tearin’ apart the gym at night
Nothing but sweat and steel
For only when I feel the weight on my back
My mind’s finally gonna be at ease
Writin’ words to shut down the voices
In my head
Screamin’ them back into a crowd
Can you feel it? We’re still alive!
What keeps you sane in this world
You gotta own it
What makes you real
And seize this life
Of magic and muscle
I live this life for me and no one else
So I won’t disguise myself
It’s what keeps me sane in this world
Ready for battle on a foreign plane
Eye to eye with a phyrexian beast
Venser gave his life in this fight,
but I am the Wizard and the Mana is on my side
Touching down on Isstvan III
Feeling the sprawl of Nurgle’s Garden
For the Emperor of Mankind
It is our duty that we fight and die!
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One fateful Night, in the Temple of Gains, when the stars stood right
A strange force pulling me to the bench – I must obey,
4-times bodyweight, no warming up, the bar about to crush my pipes
Then I heard this voice inside my head, coming from the depth of hell
Live by the bar or fucking die by the bar
It’s death or success – crush or be crushed
Either way you’ll have a story to tell…
Tales from the Cave-Man Cave
Only for the Brave
Not to believed
But to be lived and seen
Locking Eyes with death
Only to feel alive
Way of the iron will
If you survive, your gains will be unreal
Another place, another time and yet I still felt their gaze upon me
I was walking the endless march, when suddenly a rock was blocking my path
Bigger than a car and most definitely heavier than two, but I knew what I had to do
I got down, strengthened my grip and then I heard this voice inside my head
Failure is not a fucking option
It’s results or excuses – fight or die
Either way you’ll have a story to tell…
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I wake up with a smile on my face
And for that i don't need an embrace
I'm happy with what i am today
You will never see me go astray
It's my life
If you're not now you were never
Vegan straight edge forever
I just want to live a sober life
It's my life
My fists are X'ed up every day
Like Ian said i did it his way
I just want to live a sober life
It's my life
I go to bed with a smile on my face
And for that i don't need an embrace
I'm happy with what i am today
So you will never see me go astray
Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, man, don't back down
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Wrong, but Heavy
03:49
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Oh in this prison, called life, all feelings will die
Eventually, if you can’t see the light
For it weighs you down, holds its grip around
You gotta do it your own way (break out) You gotta do it
Wrong, but heavy – you only live for the fight
For within struggle you’ve finally seen the light
Wrong, but heavy – you only live for the fight
For only in struggle you know what it feels like to be alive
This is the way you chose, there’s no way back
and don’t expect them to understand
It is not for them, only a chosen few
Live by the bar and fucking die by the bar
Wrong, but heavy!
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Of Straight Edge & Metal
04:24
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It’s not just an approach to life,
it breaks the essence, tears the fabric of your reality
It is what we're all about
for ourselves with every fibre of our being
But you’re not cut out for it – You don’t see the truth
For it goes deeper than blood
an iron forged in the flames of commitment
We hold strong, never failing our ideals,
this our life of straight edge and metal
But you’re not cut out for it – You don’t see the truth
Trying to tell me what is real? While your own life goes to shit
Once I had everything one needs
The Straight Edge and clinical depression
Can you believe I found a better for me
Than some obsession with abstention
You’re not cut out for it - You don’t see the truth
Try to tell me what is real? While my life turned out just fine
Of Straight Edge and Metal, this is our lifes
Well, to think you've got it all figured out, walking around with your head in a cloud
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You're the One
03:04
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You’re the one, you’ve always been
The one I’m dreaming of at nights
I wanna hold you close, feel your weight
45 solid pounds of love
When I close my eyes, you’re the one I see
Imagining the things we would do…
Every minute I’m without, leaves me in agony
Who needs a Rest-Day!?
I don’t want to loosen my grip just for a second
For you made me who I am
You gave me hope in darker times, you gave me arms of steel
You helped to ease this troubled mind, this iron heart, you made me feel
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8. |
Too Straight Edge
02:52
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I'm too straight edge for my shirt
Too straight edge for my shirt
So straight edge, it hurts
And I'm too straight edge for Milan
Too straight edge for Milan,
New York and Japan
I’m too straight edge for this body
Too straight edge for this body
The way I’m hardcore dancing
I’m an Edge-Man, you know what I mean
and I take my rounds in the mosh-pit
yeah in the mosh-pit, in the mosh-pit, yeah
I’ll show you my kicks in the mosh-pit
I’m too straight edge for my car
Too straight edge for my car
Too straight edge by far
And I’m too straight edge for my hair
Too straight edge for my hair,
Why the fuck do you care?
I'm too straight edge for my posse
Too straight edge for my posse
Stop smoking, or else…
I'm too straight edge for my love
Too straight edge for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too straight edge for this song
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