GAUNTLET LYRICS

1. What Doesn't Kill Us...

[Instrumental]

2. ... Makes Us Stronger

Overwhelming pile of doubts ‘round my head
Barbed-wire scarf too tight on my neck
Running barefoot in a field of broken glass
Along the coldest river I swim against the tide

Working hard, the best I can, but that is not enough
Eaten up with anger and things you can’t control
Everything is telling me I’m in the wrong direction
But I’m not like the ones who yield to awkward situations

Clench your fist and show your teeth
We won’t give in, we still resist

You hit us once... you hit us twice
We can bleed, but we don’t change our minds
If you’re going through hell, just keep going
What doesn’t kill us... makes us stronger!

I can hear the children of the fascists
Instructing me in democracy
On the other side, betrayers selling out
They stole our parents’ dreams

You so-called our politics, you’re not representing me
Wasting all our time discussing ‘bout frontiers
Hard times for everyone but it could be even worse
Lucky to be born in the First-fucking-World

The same ol’ shit on my TV
Hypocrisy it’s all I see

You hit us once... you hit us twice
We can bleed, but we don’t change our minds
You should know, as we get older
What doesn’t kill us... makes us stronger!

Sometimes you don’t know where you are
Caught in the middle of your life
You hold your breath with all your might
Under a storm of sharpened knives

You hit us once... you hit us twice
We can bleed, but we don’t change our minds
My hopes and bones are almost broken
What doesn’t kill us...
Makes us stronger!

3. Winners Race

Ready, steady... go!!!

“Come along, children!
Have a good time with this race!
Where the first prize is a shattered life!”

Get rid of your innocence
And now you’re ready for success
Your bloody parents will be proud
If you take part in this event

Enjoy a golf game with your brand new friends
Where no one cares if you can’t play
See a fashion rock show, be a rebel for a day
Change your expensive suit for a Rolling Stones t-shirt

Just walk the road they set for you
Beware of getting lost
In the Winners Race
You are the number one
Men’s envy, high-class whores
Pats on the back and high-class drugs
You hold yourself in high esteem
But not so far is your fall

You have no time to lose
This is an offer you can’t refuse
If you crush each other,
You must have good values

Passing all the pricks at full speed
Reflection of your personality
You don’t get along with anybody
It’s something that you can’t conceive
Treading on the others to make it to the top in the firm

Just walk the road they set for you…

Your pretty girl is just for show
Does she really start you up?
Who cares?
She’s the perfect daughter-in-law

Just walk the road they set for you…

Can’t stand the loneliness
There’s nobody by your side
Those little things you miss now
Never again in your life

You wanna burn your land cruiser
You don’t give a shit ‘bout your loot
Your artificial family
Expected nothin’ but welfare from you

4. Decade

Face down in the mud
It’s not the first time, sure won’t be the last
Stand the fuck up once again
And there’s nothin’ more to say

Gathering my teeth up off the floor
I spit out the blood, I’m coming back for more… yeah
I have kissed the hard cold ground a thousand times before

The fire remains intact
We can feel it burn inside
Fan the flame and keep it up!

All the sweat & sacrifice is just a matter of pride
I just want to stand right here for all my goddamn life
It’s hard to walk this road
But I sure know it’s worth fighting for

Back in ‘98, when we were born
We were determined to bang down every fuckin’ door
As years go by, we came across the thickest walls
Yes, we kick’em harder ‘cos we have not had enough

We are the ones who have the right to say how hard it is
We have gone through shit
But it’s the price for livin’ on a will

The fire remains intact…

All the sweat & sacrifice…

All the sweat & sacrifice is just a matter of pride
I just want to stand right here for all my goddamn life
I just want to stand right here
Never thought of givin’ up
I just want to shout it loud and clear

5. In The Name Of ( )

Oh, say can you see
By the dawn’s early light
We, Defenders of the Earth
For Liberty we have to fight

I pledge allegiance to my guns
And my justice ain’t for all
We build the Empire, full of pride
We got The Almighty on our side, yeah!

In the name of ( )
All in Thy name

Non-believers be prepared
We bring the hell upon your race
This is the Book, guidance sure
Slay you all in Holy War

We teach our people how to die
They will rest in paradise
Shed our blood for The Mission
Beat the world into submission

In the name of ( )
All in Thy name

You and I know we could live in peace
Despite our different minds
Tell me you don’t want to see
Your children playing free with mine

In the name of ( )
All in Thy name

6. Cross Of Shame

The gods in man's form have descended on our lands
We received them with arms wide open and offering our wealth
And without provocation they took all our possessions
With the benediction of their kings, in the name of a god and a nation

How dare you judge me as a savage?
I adore the Sun, the Rain and the Stars that guide my way
Use my blood to wash away the white man’s sins
I won’t reject my beliefs for two crossed woods that mean nothing to me

Our paradise has turned to hell
No mercy, no justice
Under The Cross of Shame
Black Legend spreads like disease
Murder and death walk everywhere
Under the shadow of The Cross of Shame

The convicts of your bulging prisons stand out in our fields
You razed our culture to the ground; you changed our gold into misery

An empire built with greed and pride
Converting by fire and sword
In the New World heads are rolling
While in Europe people burn!

Our paradise has turned to hell
No mercy, no justice
Under The Cross of Shame
Black Legend spreads like disease
Murder and death walk everywhere
Under the shadow of The Cross of Shame

7. Inner Enemy

Into the void I am
The conspiracy of my mind is taking control
I'm losing the fight, I can’t breathe, no ask for mercy
Life is passing me by
Loneliness is taking me to darkness
You’re watching me from above
As I’m sinking in these quicksand
Will you throw me a rope?

It seems that I’m falling deep
Into the twilight of my life
I’m just a shadow of what I used to be
Man, it’s hard to carry on like this
When sadness keeps on devouring me

I am my Inner Enemy
The only one I can’t defeat
My deadly foe, my archenemy
All the time it’s me versus me
I am my Inner Enemy
The only one I can’t defeat

In my nightmares I always lose

Now I’m back on the road again
Too many miles of sorrow under my wheels
Hours become days as they turn blue to gray
I don’t have the right to complain
‘Cos this is the path that I’ve chosen
Always feeling selfish because I’ve got it all
Trapped in a circle of melancholy
And I can’t take no more

You are the only one that will never disappoint me
The only one that will never leave me
Guide me through this sea of sadness
I’ve always known you’re my true love

I am my Inner Enemy…

Don’t you hear my call?
I’m helpless
If I ever meant anything for you
Please, heal me!

8. Seeds Of Hate

I don’t know how it begun
Were you an insecure boy?
Did the other children treat you like a broken toy?
You saw the force in them
And all your fear became hate
Blaming everyone, the easy way

In hell a madman smiles
His crop is feeding mankind

All of us feel the fear sometimes
Bearing the rage inside
I can´t conceive what’s wrong with you
What the hell are you trying to prove?
Sowing the seeds of hate
Seeds of hate

You show emblems you don’t understand
You cover your face and skin
I believe your soul is rotten and mean
Alone you have no guts
Without your legion of clones
You’re nothin’ but the Dead Man’s puppet

In hell a madman smiles
His crop is feeding mankind

All of us feel the fear sometimes
Bearing the rage inside
I can´t conceive what’s wrong with you
What the hell are you trying to prove?
Sowing the seeds of hate
Seeds of hate

Hate!

9. The Hole

The straw that breaks the camel’s back
Blood stains on broken glass
Primal reactions I can’t repress
Refresh the demon again and again and again...

Down in the basement I shut my wrath away
But there’s no more room in this rusty cage
Like a pressure cooker where my air is getting thin
The air is getting thin

Storming around the place
Gritting teeth, cursing under my breath
I feel better if I hurt myself
I’m still searching for the hole
Where all my anger began to flow
It’s an ugly trip inside
I’m afraid… I know just what I’ll find

There’s something here that isn’t right
I don’t wanna hurt you
I don’t want to see you cry
Hidden in a corner, my hands cover my face
I must admit that I need help

Down in the basement I shut my wrath away
But there’s no more room in this rusty cage
Like a pressure cooker where my air is getting thin
The air is getting thin

Storming around the place
Gritting teeth, cursing under my breath
I feel better if I hurt myself
I’m still searching for the hole
Where all my anger began to flow
It’s an ugly trip inside
I’m afraid… I know just what I’ll find

Angry for this, angry for that
I am done for, there’s no turning back
In my mouth a bitter taste
Molotov cocktails to quench my thirst

10. A Last Advice

Be careful…
Because the hole leads you to the place
Where the fear begets the rage
You must break this vicious circle at some point,
Or you will be forever enslaved
In a spiral without beginning
And without end







GAUNTLET LYRICS