Marooned at Sierra Leone
Galleons prepared for the ride loaded with the nation's raw source of labor
With not a courtesan in the swarthy bunch
So intolerably loathsome was the stench of the kidnapped that the air was unfit for respiration
The chained turned delir
ious from the weight of their fate
Their brutish tempers curbed
By ten to twenty lashes
The pain made them abate their
Courage and beliefs
In Coffles They Were Led
Their brutish tempers curbed
By ten to twenty lashes
Wrists and ankles bruised
From the weight of fetters
May Christian faith release us from this guilt
So that we may uphold our mission
May Christian faith release us from this guilt
So that we may never be led
All that is injurious to our existence must be annihilated
Someday this ruinous practice will come to haunt our peoples and our cultures
2. Swill Of The Knaves
Due east to prowl the coasts
Sails full, with purpose bestowed
Elmina's shores await
The iron girds of salvation
The captive whores of damnation
Prepare the hold for the beasts
Hatches nailed shut
Divide the worms from the meat
Swill is pissed on
Musket blast versus wooden shield
Runners in the sights, spray the field
Storm the mangrove
Cannons bray, the mighty quake
Centuries of blood becomes erased
I am the white ghost
Middle Passage nigh
Vessel of cruel new fate
Hope disappears in the merchan rudder's wake, sleep with the dead, cargo stowed, left to rot
Bronze gate unhinged for you
Stone steps, the path of doom
New England's shores await
The iron girds of salvation
The captive whores of damnation
Line the hold with our freight
Eyes are sewn shut
Musket plume, heed the lash
Into darkened depths the sick are cast
Run the mizzenmast
Cannon smoke, a magic fog
Spirits from the sea sound their call
I am the white ghost
Middle Passage nigh
Vessel of cruel new fate
Hope disappears in the merchan rudder's wake, sleep with the dead, cargo stowed, left to rot
Swill of the Knaves, slop for the herd
Swill of the Knaves
Suffer a fate of putrid squalor
Swill of the Knaves, slops for the herd
Swill of the Knaves
Suffer the vengeful endless curse
3. Manacled Freightage
Ill-suited for leadership
Nature bestowed her foulest pigmentation upon them much like a scar
It accompanies them to their nameless grave
On these malaria ridden vessels
A love affair between slaves and sugar
The ones who managed to escape
Dove like cormorants into the Atlantic
Ducats, Cowries, Reals or Silver Pesos
No currency denied in these ports
Beggary becomes a far fetched luxury
The world of noose justice
It accompanies them to their nameless grave
On these malaria ridden vessels
A love affair between slaves and sugar
Unwanted coexistence
Too drained to cry, too shamed to pray
Ducats, Cowries, Reals, or Silver Pesos
No currency denied in these ports
Beggary becomes a far fetched luxury
The world of noose justice
Exemplary behavior is worthless when
Their crime is genetic
Skin becomes hard leather
Disfigured by torrid irons
Immeasurable cruelty
Only man knows how to inflict
Manacled Freightage
4. The Nubian Archer
Predestined warring defeat
Unbearable beasts of a sizzling sun
No force able to civilize them
Predestined warring defeat
The mysteries and legends
South of the First Cataract
From whence natural wealth
Was traded with the Pharaohs
A boorish fellow traveling on foot
Across the flat plains of the Dongolo Reach
Predestined warring defeat
Unbearable beasts of a sizzling sun
No force able to civilize them
Predestined warring defeat
Land of Wawat, Land of the bow
The wooly-haired arrow handler
Reveled against discovery
His destiny carried in a quiver
Land of Wawat, Land of the bow
Reveled against discovery
Born with genetic imperfections
The Nubian Archer unable to grasp
The shortcomings of his brood
5. Dog And Broom
Novgorod, nest of sedition, wall them in
Snarling dogs, over 20,000 dead, kill them all
Peasants burn, cleansing of a plague
Torch the walls at Novgorod
Oprichnik guard cloak of black
Dog and broom crest, shadows charge,
Crushing foes of the first Tsar, mongrels slay from the steppes to the Baltic Sea
These wicked souls bathe in royal blood
Find the sons of David
March them east in chains
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the Grozny
Oprichnik guard cloak of black
Dog and broom crest, shadows charge
Dispossessed of a sane mind, insurgence quelled from the Tsartars to the Black Sea
These wicked souls sweep with loyal rage
A storm of hatred, riding west to the walls
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the King
My wicked men enraged with villain's blood
Find the traitors and march them north to die
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the Tsar
6. Oracle Of The Malefic Rhizome
Impious herbalist to deliver
Septic wreckage, special nature's strain
Unjust taxation and Cyrrhaen lawlessness
Bribery of pilgrims traveling to Delphi
Granted them a dose
Of the council's discipline
Sanctuary decreed
The plains to be shredded
Impious herbalist to deliver
Septic wreckage, special nature's strain
The league to exterminate, every man, woman and child
Solon to uphold Apollo's greatness
May a Grecian never dare
To befoul another God
Hardship to forever pursue them and
Their descendants
Sacred is the horse's hoof that tapped
Into the pipes, a vital source of life
Spring water source diverted unnaturally
Pleistos river briefly abducted from nature
Biological stratagem to punish Chaeronea
Port and trade blockaded, looming aches
The bellicose hellebore of Anticyra
Envenomed the streams of the victimized
A rhizome of the most malefic type
Skunk cabbage, the bioterror recipe
Flower toxins of the subalpine woods
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
The parched inhabitants then gluttoned
On contaminated wells and faucets
Intestinal illness, a violent purgative
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
A strike unlike the bite of an asp
Paralyzed the defense of the city walls
Land of the barren and neglected
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
7. Hornets Of The Pogrom
[Instrumental]
8. The Grenadier
Blahhh!!!
Cowardice absent from the soul of the trooper
Outnumbered to storm breaches in the siege
Fearsome and mounted grenadiers stand alone
Aiming and timing are prerequisites for success
Iron ball packed with volatile explosive powder
Metal stones awaiting to become shrapnel
Flawless reputation and acquired skill
In soldiers appointed to protect the King
Flintlock fusils, and slinging muskets
Wide brimmed hats made of bearskins
Coped crowns on furred caps
Uniforms evolve but their spirit unchanged
Flawless reputation and acquired skill
In soldiers appointed to protect the King
Flintlock fusils, and slinging muskets
Wide brimmed hats made of bearskins
Coped crowns on furred caps
Uniforms evolve but their spirit unchanged
Strategist of war in various campaigns
Persecuted by the constant fear of
Dismemberment by friendly fire
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Their brutish tempers curbed
By ten to twenty lashes
The pain made them abate their
Courage and beliefs
In Coffles They Were Led
Their brutish tempers curbed
By ten to twenty lashes
Wrists and ankles bruised
From the weight of fetters
May Christian faith release us from this guilt
So that we may uphold our mission
May Christian faith release us from this guilt
So that we may never be led
All that is injurious to our existence must be annihilated
Someday this ruinous practice will come to haunt our peoples and our cultures
2. Swill Of The Knaves
Due east to prowl the coasts
Sails full, with purpose bestowed
Elmina's shores await
The iron girds of salvation
The captive whores of damnation
Prepare the hold for the beasts
Hatches nailed shut
Divide the worms from the meat
Swill is pissed on
Musket blast versus wooden shield
Runners in the sights, spray the field
Storm the mangrove
Cannons bray, the mighty quake
Centuries of blood becomes erased
I am the white ghost
Middle Passage nigh
Vessel of cruel new fate
Hope disappears in the merchan rudder's wake, sleep with the dead, cargo stowed, left to rot
Bronze gate unhinged for you
Stone steps, the path of doom
New England's shores await
The iron girds of salvation
The captive whores of damnation
Line the hold with our freight
Eyes are sewn shut
Musket plume, heed the lash
Into darkened depths the sick are cast
Run the mizzenmast
Cannon smoke, a magic fog
Spirits from the sea sound their call
I am the white ghost
Middle Passage nigh
Vessel of cruel new fate
Hope disappears in the merchan rudder's wake, sleep with the dead, cargo stowed, left to rot
Swill of the Knaves, slop for the herd
Swill of the Knaves
Suffer a fate of putrid squalor
Swill of the Knaves, slops for the herd
Swill of the Knaves
Suffer the vengeful endless curse
3. Manacled Freightage
Ill-suited for leadership
Nature bestowed her foulest pigmentation upon them much like a scar
It accompanies them to their nameless grave
On these malaria ridden vessels
A love affair between slaves and sugar
The ones who managed to escape
Dove like cormorants into the Atlantic
Ducats, Cowries, Reals or Silver Pesos
No currency denied in these ports
Beggary becomes a far fetched luxury
The world of noose justice
It accompanies them to their nameless grave
On these malaria ridden vessels
A love affair between slaves and sugar
Unwanted coexistence
Too drained to cry, too shamed to pray
Ducats, Cowries, Reals, or Silver Pesos
No currency denied in these ports
Beggary becomes a far fetched luxury
The world of noose justice
Exemplary behavior is worthless when
Their crime is genetic
Skin becomes hard leather
Disfigured by torrid irons
Immeasurable cruelty
Only man knows how to inflict
Manacled Freightage
4. The Nubian Archer
Predestined warring defeat
Unbearable beasts of a sizzling sun
No force able to civilize them
Predestined warring defeat
The mysteries and legends
South of the First Cataract
From whence natural wealth
Was traded with the Pharaohs
A boorish fellow traveling on foot
Across the flat plains of the Dongolo Reach
Predestined warring defeat
Unbearable beasts of a sizzling sun
No force able to civilize them
Predestined warring defeat
Land of Wawat, Land of the bow
The wooly-haired arrow handler
Reveled against discovery
His destiny carried in a quiver
Land of Wawat, Land of the bow
Reveled against discovery
Born with genetic imperfections
The Nubian Archer unable to grasp
The shortcomings of his brood
5. Dog And Broom
Novgorod, nest of sedition, wall them in
Snarling dogs, over 20,000 dead, kill them all
Peasants burn, cleansing of a plague
Torch the walls at Novgorod
Oprichnik guard cloak of black
Dog and broom crest, shadows charge,
Crushing foes of the first Tsar, mongrels slay from the steppes to the Baltic Sea
These wicked souls bathe in royal blood
Find the sons of David
March them east in chains
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the Grozny
Oprichnik guard cloak of black
Dog and broom crest, shadows charge
Dispossessed of a sane mind, insurgence quelled from the Tsartars to the Black Sea
These wicked souls sweep with loyal rage
A storm of hatred, riding west to the walls
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the King
My wicked men enraged with villain's blood
Find the traitors and march them north to die
Defectors to Poland in 1570
Tortured bones break for the Tsar
6. Oracle Of The Malefic Rhizome
Impious herbalist to deliver
Septic wreckage, special nature's strain
Unjust taxation and Cyrrhaen lawlessness
Bribery of pilgrims traveling to Delphi
Granted them a dose
Of the council's discipline
Sanctuary decreed
The plains to be shredded
Impious herbalist to deliver
Septic wreckage, special nature's strain
The league to exterminate, every man, woman and child
Solon to uphold Apollo's greatness
May a Grecian never dare
To befoul another God
Hardship to forever pursue them and
Their descendants
Sacred is the horse's hoof that tapped
Into the pipes, a vital source of life
Spring water source diverted unnaturally
Pleistos river briefly abducted from nature
Biological stratagem to punish Chaeronea
Port and trade blockaded, looming aches
The bellicose hellebore of Anticyra
Envenomed the streams of the victimized
A rhizome of the most malefic type
Skunk cabbage, the bioterror recipe
Flower toxins of the subalpine woods
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
The parched inhabitants then gluttoned
On contaminated wells and faucets
Intestinal illness, a violent purgative
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
A strike unlike the bite of an asp
Paralyzed the defense of the city walls
Land of the barren and neglected
City and harbor demolished
The herds accursed
7. Hornets Of The Pogrom
[Instrumental]
8. The Grenadier
Blahhh!!!
Cowardice absent from the soul of the trooper
Outnumbered to storm breaches in the siege
Fearsome and mounted grenadiers stand alone
Aiming and timing are prerequisites for success
Iron ball packed with volatile explosive powder
Metal stones awaiting to become shrapnel
Flawless reputation and acquired skill
In soldiers appointed to protect the King
Flintlock fusils, and slinging muskets
Wide brimmed hats made of bearskins
Coped crowns on furred caps
Uniforms evolve but their spirit unchanged
Flawless reputation and acquired skill
In soldiers appointed to protect the King
Flintlock fusils, and slinging muskets
Wide brimmed hats made of bearskins
Coped crowns on furred caps
Uniforms evolve but their spirit unchanged
Strategist of war in various campaigns
Persecuted by the constant fear of
Dismemberment by friendly fire