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So sure of their station
Men they were brave
But the pride of the general
Led them to their grave
In that final hour
Lives, they were lost
Few knew how the west was won
And fewer know the cost
They paid with blood
As all men should
Their mournful cry
Under western skies
Along the horizon
Their shadows spilling forth
Bleeding over the wounded plain
The trap is set
The ambush awaits
Their fate is sealed
Counting coup or taking your life
Nocking my bow or unsheathing my knife
Cold and forsaken lies
The twisted heart within this shell
With every scalp I take
I send a devil back to hell
I fight with the power of the gods at my side
Their fate is sealed
I will live, you will die
Ascend with your spirit to the sky
My medicine is strong
Now I sing a grand war song
Seething malice, full of hate
Painted horses seal your fate
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Eye for the Color
04:20
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I came to this land
With naught but the clothes on my back and the gun in my hand
I went into the hills
Despite all the talk of the natives and men that they killed
Doomed to wallow in the filth of man
I'll never see my home again
There is a price for power
Beneath the blackened hills
Battling the earth with fire and steel
Deeper and deeper till its golden daughters are revealed
Shattering the core, maniacally obsessed
With every breath I take, I black the lungs within my chest
Blacker than the darkest night
The daylight fading from my sight
There is a price for power
Beneath the blackened hills
No man can ever stop me
For its favor I will kill
Though my heart must break
With every claim
I stake for gold
Everything I do
It's all for you
I lose my soul
There is a price for power
Beneath the blackened hills
No man can ever stop me
For its favor I will kill
Though my heart must break
With every claim
I stake for gold
Everything I've done
This loaded gun
It waits for you
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The Gem
03:54
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They stumble through my cedar doors
With money in their hands
They drink and fuck it all away
Exactly as I planned
Seat of my power
A den of sin
As he leaves I say to Dan,
"Don't forget to murder Tim."
A whiskey shot
A piece of ass
It's a service I provide
I'm drinking, smoking,
Fucking proof
That the American dream's alive
This money ain't enough to cover
The cost of all these thrills
So get off your ass and back
To those forsaken hills
I'll tell you where you stand, my friend
You're standing in the Gem
It's where you spend your gold
Where the Wild West begins
A whiskey shot
A piece of ass
It's a service I provide
I'm drinking, smoking,
Fucking proof
That the American dream's alive
You just walked into The Gem
You best keep your cards close to your chest
If you hope to walk out again
You just walked into The Gem
You best hope your money's good
If you hope to walk out again
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Captains of Industry
03:42
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My life's an endless struggle
Fighting just to survive
A nail into my coffin
With every driven spike
Crushed by the weight
Of the world
Buried beneath the rails
Here I lie
Entombed
Stack the bodies
I spent my whole life slaving
For the captains of industry
But no one dares to notice
Or even look at me
Captains of industry
They do a lot of talking
But they got nothing to say
A lifetime's worth of hardship
Just one week's worth of pay
Crushed by the weight
Of the world
Buried beneath the rails
Here I lie
Entombed
Stack the bodies
I spent my whole life slaving
For the captains of industry
But no one dares to notice
Or even look at me
Captains of industry
No one will stop me
Captains of industry
Buried beneath the rails
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The Entertainer
04:58
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Soldiers shouted, "Get down on your knees!
Your family name's a disease."
I cried out but no one heard my call
They were the first against the wall
Fleeing from my home
I am broken
Journey to a land of lead
And gold
Pouring the contents of my soul
Through my fingers into these keys
Floating right over the heads of those
That I would kill myself to appease
I am but a simple entertainer
I'd walk through hell just to play you a song
Every note, every phrase, every coda
Reminders of ways in which my life went wrong
Where there stood a boy stands a man
Play these ivory keys with my hands
"So my son, all your life strive to be somebody,
and I know in my heart that you'll be."
Pouring the contents of my soul
Through my fingers into these keys
Floating right over the heads of those
That I would kill myself to appease
I am but a simple entertainer
I'd walk through hell just to play you a song
Every note, every phrase, every coda
Reminders of ways in which my life went wrong
Never look back again
I'll never look back again
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The Trail's End
01:17
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The Long Drop
03:38
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For me, there are no claims to stake
No harden crusts of earth to break
My tools are of a different trade
And what I want, I take
One by one they fall before me
Their cries for mercy unheard
God's law will never bind me
They sputter out their final words
Forsaken by society
For all that I have done
Walking the broken trails
Speaking only with my gun
And every day is harder
Than the last
A history of violence
In my past
Do it quickly and bury me deep
I didn't come here to make a speech
I came here to die
Step by step nearing the gallows
The hangman's noose awaits
No final words to speak of
Just everlasting hate
Seems that the light
It burns away
I see my life
Stretching behind me
And every day was harder
Than the last
A history of violence
In my past
Righteous men condemn me
For my life of sin
My hand has shed the blood of man
By man shall my blood be shed
Let 'er rip
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Echoes on the Breeze
04:06
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I have been alone
For so long that I can't
Remember what it feels like
To be in your arms
I can't describe
The silence inside me
When I look out into the night sky
At the stars
I held your hand
As the life drained from you
I still recall the affliction
Consuming the light behind your eyes
My heart is an old dried well
Barren as the plains
Since the blight in your veins
Led to your gastly demise
I can hear you crying out
Your voice echoes on the breeze
From a whisper to a shout
Till you're screaming through the trees
This prairie I will roam
I will never see my home
One thing that comforts me
Is to walk with you in dreams
Each night I wait for dawn
Alone with my grief
A weight on my chest
Crushing the life from me
When in the end
Sleep takes me
I close my eyes
And your face is the first thing I see
Each day is a nightmare
And I can't wake up
I feel your presence beside me
I look but you're nowhere to be found
Joanna the passing of years
Has not been kind
My existence defined
By a sorrow so profound
I can see you in the sun
Feel the warmth of your embrace
But no matter where I run
It is you I can't replace
This prairie I will roam
I will never see my home
One thing that comforts me
Is to walk with you in dreams
In my dreams you're still the same
Golden hair and emerald eyes
Planting flowers in the spring
See them buried in the snow
I wake calling out your name
As the memory of you dies
I can hear you whispering,
"You can't take me with you, let me go."
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Peacemaker
03:18
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I always felt her there
In the light
By my side
Beautiful and deadly
Many men fought for her love
But she chose me
Her voice rang out like thunder
And I fell
She pulled me under
She was my only friend
But she betrayed me
In the end
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Came to these hills
In thirty-three
We were seven
Now they're all dead but me
Beyond the hill they rest
Scalps cut from bone
I carve into this rock
So that their names are known
I own the soul
Midas sold
I've had dreams and I've had nightmares
Plans for a life without worry or woe
Got all the gold that I could carry
Greed has become my greatest foe
The last testament
Of Ezra Kind
This weathered stone
Is all that you'll find
The sky is black
The sun has set
This is as close to
Home as I'll get
I own the soul
Midas sold
All my dreams become nightmares
Plans for a life that can no longer be
Hid all the gold that I could bury
Lost my gun and they're coming for me
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