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Beast of Burden

by Iron Iris

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White man came unto this land Promising fortune in hand By the night the savage grew ill Pestilence the savage will kill And I know how you'll die Covering up the last of your lies The chieftain rides at night Terror striking before the light In secret the war parties meet To sweep the white man off of his feet Black paint on red cheeks and red chins This battle the savage will win And I know how you'll die Covering up the last of your lies The chieftain rides at night Terror striking before the light Now you reap what you sow With your greed and your hate Spread their blood all around Let it soak all the earth Watch the village burning down The bodies lie upon the ground Children cry, women weep Savage war clubs beat on their cheeks And I know how you'll die Covering up the last of your lies The chieftain rides at night Terror striking before the light
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Oh foul temptress you cast your spell on me With your voice so sweet But behind that voice lies a forked tongue Ready to feast on me The fire in your eyes The venom on your kiss I blindly intertwine Into your iron grip Oh foul temptress you drag me to your cave Where I lie on the bones of your former slaves Deeper you sink your fangs into my flesh Tighter your vices grip me The fire in your eyes The venom on your kiss I blindly intertwine Into your iron grip Oh foul temptress now I see all of your faults Now I writhe my way from your deadly grasp At the end of the blood stains in the snow I plot to avenge your stolen souls Free from your grasp Now I rule the land Sweet to see you burn Slain by my vengeful hand
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Stolen Child 06:51
Amid the rocky highlands and a blue highland lake Upon a leafy island the flapping herons wake There the fairies dance round and round their boiling vats Mingling hands and glances the child's in a trance Come away human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand From a world you can't understand In the moonlight the fairies tempt the child Closer and closer calling him into the wild Telling the child of this world Telling the child of the horrors it holds Come away human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand From a world you can't understand The child's heart is torn His family won't let him leave his home But how could they know Of the life the wild holds Now the child goes deep into the wild But he couldn't know the fairies saved his soul From a weeping world he could not understand From a weeping world that rots the souls of man Come away human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand From a world you can't understand
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Slave away for your dream Blinded by your yearning You can't see what's best for you Take the first thing that comes your way Sell your soul with a stroke of a pen You put your trust in the man with the white tooth grin He licks his lips with his forked tongue Now he slithers up and down your spine He fits you for your shackles and your chains Then he locks you in your sturdy cage Only let out to do your tricks You didn't think it'd be this way Now he wraps you in this vine of thorns There's no hope for escape Writhe until you can't take the pain The thorns cut you deeper and deeper
6.
Sludge 04:44
Come with me you know I've been there Pull yourself from the sludge Deeper you fall, you're suffocating The black fills your lungs To the bottom you have fallen Deeper I dive to save you Through the sludge I swim to your body Before I reach you it kills me too
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Foxy Lady 03:58
You know you're a cute little heart breaker, foxy You know you're a sweet little love maker, foxy Wanna take you home Won't do you no harm, no You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy Lady I see you on down on the scene, foxy You make me wanna get up and scream, foxy Well I've made up my mind Tired of wasting all my precious time You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy Lady Wanna take you home Won't do you no harm, no You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy Lady
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The beasts inside your head Latching their tubes to your heart Sucking your heart dry Their bellies are full of you The marks on your skin The beast of burden crawls Writhing inside yourself You have become your hell The beast of burden grows Bigger everyday Little did you know The beast of burden's you The marks on your skin The beast of burden crawls Writhing inside yourself You have become your hell Accept the beast within yourself You've never felt more at home Don't think of what you could've been For the beast of burden is you

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released February 25, 2016

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Iron Iris Fayetteville, Arkansas

Iron Iris is a Heavy Metal band from Fayetteville, AR. Formed in October of 2013, Iron Iris' music has a unique sound and style.

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