War Chapter I: Tyrant
Lyrics: Sameer Hilal
Music: Sameer Hilal & Gabriel Cyr
I’m the answer to the question
I’m the voice of your obsession
I’m the one who knows your mind
Hear me now, don’t be blind
Our ideals will prevail
Uncompromisingly we hail
Ours is the only power
Let it spread like wild fire
Compromise is for the weak
Don’t bother hear them speak
Our way is the only way
We will win at the end of the day
You made the sacrifice
Your pain from all their lies
You struggled and you will rise
Our boys we mobilize
Deception is the name of the game
Light the match, fan the flame
I need you, as a means to an end
Your minds, I will bend
In the name of freedom I rule
Every one of you is my fool
And when I can divide you
With my power I will crush you
Feel the rage deep inside
Makes you deaf, keeps you blind
Like a fire, it consumes
Like a blade, cuts right through
Mobilize my sons and daughters
Honor all your forefathers
Hear me now, have the power
Don’t relinquish, just devour
So you kill another man
Without questioning my plan
Like an animal you comply
So my pennant flag can fly
You think you fought for a cause
As you stepped in the lion’s jaws
You’ve turned a blind eye
My ascent forever high
Rise to arms, my boys, rise
To a cause in disguise
Don’t stop to ask why
Let the smoke fill the sky
War Chapter II: Brotherhood
Lyrics: Sameer Hilal
Music: Sameer Hilal & Gabriel Cyr
We can still hear the squeals
The loud thuds of hardened steel
Cars rattle and shake
As the steam turns the wheels
Dark clouds fill the skies
Station shrinks before our eyes
Path unfolds, twists and turns
Hidden destiny before us lies
Feel the wind on my face
As the engine starts to race
Feel as though I can fly
Travel through time and space
Far beyond, answer the call
Rolling hills they rise and fall
Far beyond, we hear the cry
To the frontline we fly
Greed and mad men’s lies
Brought us here together
We left all behind
For a brotherhood forged forever
Young faces All around
Think they’re fighting for their land
To our death, we march hand in hand
Iron snake Is battlefront bound
I hear the deafening shrills
As the cries echo, I feel the chills
Fire rains from the sky
All the dreams are lost beyond the hills
Freedom’s price we must pay
God and country, we say
Oh mother, hear me pray
That I’ll see the light of day
Tell me your story
And I’ll tell you mine
As we near
The end of the line
War Chapter III: Sacrifice
Lyrics: Sameer Hilal
Music: Sameer Hilal & Gabriel Cyr
In the stillness of dawn
Beneath the rising the sun
I lay quietly and hold the gun
Bell Tower that once stood tall
Has fallen in the squall
Once immaculate church is gone
Chirping birds flutter by
They scamper in the sky
The smoke is snaking on high
As we say our last goodbye
Into the distance, over the hills
Screams are an endless sound
Death and destruction, innocence killed
Bodies lie on the ground
Fight for flag
Kill or be killed
It’s a carnage of war machines
Fight for country
Destroy your enemy
Conquest by any means
Fire rains from above
Close my eyes, shudder from the sound
Barks from the hounds of hell
Rage and fury all around
We were just innocent boys
Fearless, or so we thought
Sent us to certain death
Sacrifice with no forethought
Mortars are endless
No end to madness
Corpses line the ground
Madman’s tyranny
Nothing but gluttony
Lucifer has been crowned
Clouds gather up above
Close my eyes, shudder from the sound
All my hope is gone
Can’t escape, can’t go on
Hold my hand, don’t let go
I don’t want to die alone
Is this the end, all that will be
Fear chills me to the bone
In the stillness of dawn
Beneath the dying the sun
Is the dream now gone?
War Chapter IV: Spark
Lyrics: Sameer Hilal
Music: Sameer Hilal & Gabriel Cyr
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
Who am I?
No sound, no fear
Can’t see
Can’t feel
Can’t taste
All effort’s a waste
Through the fog
I see a vision
A memory
Painted in crimson
There I stood
Next to those brave men
As they each
Laid down their weapons
In the dark
I see a light
Might be a spark
That lifts the night
There they stood
Those brave men
Stood for truth
Arms stretched to heaven
They would not
Give him the thrill
They took
His power, his will
His voice
No longer trolls
His madness
Has no control
A wake up call
The fog is gone
Night is darkest
Before the dawn
“We won’t fight
Our own kin
To kill your brother
Is the ultimate sin”
In the dark
I see a light
A sacrifice
That lifts the night
Have you heard
The story of those brave men
Who took a stance
Spirits rise to heaven
War Chapter V: Dawn
Lyrics: Sameer Hilal
Music: Sameer Hilal & Gabriel Cyr
New dawn
No more fear, no destruction
No more guns
No more scenes of horror on the ground
Smoke is gone
Skies are blue
A peaceful sun
The sound of laughter echoes all around
Months it’s been since I left the site of gore
Sounds of death, the cries of pain
The plight of greed
The wrath of war
Crimson washed by the rain
Someday
I may understand why people send their children off to war, to die
Someday
I may understand the miracle of my life, while others make the sacrifice
There she stands
Gently holds my hand
And takes me far beyond
To another world, another land
Don’t understand
How she found me
Resurrected
Born again
I was saved but others lost their sons
Months it’s been since I left the hills
Left the horrors and the shrills
There they lie, under the sky
Faces still, but spirits fly
Dark cloud filled the skies
I can still hear their cries
They went to the hills to die
Oh mothers I ask you why
Someday
I may understand why people send their children off to war, to die
Someday
I may understand the miracle of my life, while brothers make the sacrifice
Tyrants will rise
Beget the sacrifice
Tear us apart
Silence our hearts
Play to our fears
Mothers shed tears
Hope is all but gone
United
We stand tall
Divide us
Down we fall
For the sake of our young
Right the wrong
Must be strong
Brave men must rise
Open our eyes
Walk to the light
Stand for what’s right
Sunrise, it’s a new dawn
Someday
I may understand how brave men make the choice to die, to take a stand
Someday
I may understand the miracle of my life, while others make the sacrifice
Oh
Got to take a stand
Make the sacrifice
They’re far beyond
In the great unknown
Even though they may be gone
Their memory forever lives on
We have to change
We have to learn
For our daughters
For our sons
Months it’s been
Since I first held my son
He’ll grow and make a change
So they wouldn’t die in vain
Die in vain
Die in vain
Make a change
