Final Project #1 - Music and Poetry

Queensryche – Before The Storm

Red gates of iron cast their

Black shadows on this land

Dividing souls... far below

The gathering winds the armies watch

Are rising from the west

Foretelling news... of freedom's hand

 
In secrecy they've infiltrated

All of our strongholds

Controlling more... year after year

So we've let this happen all along

Believing what's been said

Our leaders cry... we have no one to fear

We watch the sun rise, and hope

We watch the sun rise, and hope

That it won't be our last

Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

 
Is it late to try, must we all die

Our system awaits test

Freedom by choice... is it for all men, best

So we wait in fear the atom split

Our hearts in two be torn

Learn from the past... before the storm

We watch the sunrise, and hope

We watch the sunrise, and hope

That it won't be our last
Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

We watch the sunrise, and hope

We watch the sunrise, and hope

That it won't be our last
Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

Before the storm

We Lie In Our Ignorance

We lie in our ignorance.

We grow fat as our enemies grow strong.

We build toys for children,

While they build swords and axes.

I tried to warn them,

But no one wanted to believe.

They are nearly upon us,

And we lie in our ignorance.

The once great king shall soon be

The King of Refuse.

When the truth finally dawns,

It dawns in fire.

Our streets will be filled with soldiers.

Our homes will be filled with the dead.

Yet we still lie in our ignorance.