Dystopia
Tenth studio album Released 17 October 2011 by Century Media Records Total time 67:02 (incl. all bonuses)
Dystopia Anthem Boiling Point Anguish Of Youth V Dark City Equilibrium Days Of Rage End Of Innocence Soylent Green (bonus track) Iron Will (bonus track) Tragedy And Triumph Anthem (string mix) The Trooper (Iron Maiden cover) / Japanese bonus track The Mob Rules (Black Sabbath cover) / exclusive iTunes track
Dystopia (5:49)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer Enter the nightmare, this future does implore Hijack your city state, a prison nothing more Rounded up like cattle, you're forced in to the trains Nothing that you've ever known will bring you so much pain If you try to resist me you'll find me inhumane But if you just submit you'll live your life a slave Your love, your servitude will medicate your pain With our technology, we'll always keep you safe Microchipped by darts, their thoughts are not their own All that's left of human kind is now in their control Planned out through centuries, patient and contrived Pray on man's naivety, gullible and blind If you try to resist me you'll find me inhumane But if you just submit you'll live your life a slave Your love, your servitude will medicate your pain With our technology, we'll always keep you safe [Chorus] The nightmare unfolds before my eyes I will resist 'til the end of time A spirit born free has to break these chains We're lost, we must find our way We must find our way We'll find our way They say that you're a danger to everything that's pure There are too many of you, they're offering the cure Swift extermination if you refuse the game Arrested development, your vaccinated fate If you try to resist me you'll find me inhumane But if you just submit you'll live your life a slave Your love, your servitude will medicate your pain With our technology, we'll always keep you safe [Chorus] x2 The nightmare unfolds before my eyes I will resist 'til the end of time A spirit born free has to break these chains We're lost, we must find our way We must find our way We'll find our way
Anthem (5:54)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer In your eyes I see your desperate and in hunger Reclaim your future, your past uncertain See this child it's raised in hate and in anger His eyes wide open his rage so focused Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life A single mother she is strained and she suffers She slaves away her life in turmoil The homeless man had it all and now has nothing His spirit broken break fall injustice Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life (solo) We have the power to make our lives what they are to be Reconnect with our humanity Transcend to a higher place Accepting reality you are the key to the life that you seek
Boiling Point (2:47)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer I sit alone and watch hypocrisy I will fight My frustration ever building Tensions rise The air runs thick with hostility My thought are boiling and I'm full rage I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will I'll make this your darkest hour Hate will rise My force will devastate your power Hear them cry I vowed to cure my aggravation Your demise I'm coming forth to bring a world of pain I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will Satisfied eradication Deed is done Your spirit's dead and finally mine Now you're gone My sanity a fixed condition Not your pawn Vindication written in your blood I'm at the end Patience run thin I think I'll lose my mind Taking no more Your death I swore They will not break my will Boiling Point Boiling Point Boiling Point
Anguish Of Youth (4:41)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer The wind's crying softly Tears stream down her precious cheeks The last goodbye to those she loves Before the final sleep The pain is just too much She can't even face another day Oh, the past, it haunts her The wars won't fade away The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair A life of pain and anguish An empty shell yearns to be free To break out from this prison Of flesh and blood, she leaves Just one more shot of whiskey To chase the pills that help her sleep Now she's one step closer Her quest for inner peace The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair The figure stands above her Upon her lifeless chest he beats He draws the soul back to her She now begins to breathe Awakened from this nightmare Her body shivers and it shakes She's forged a new perspective The scars begin to fade The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to smile She wants to live Free from a life of despair The tragedy still haunts her The pain she cannot bear She wants to laugh She wants so love Free from a life of despair
V (3:39)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer His mind is worn and so tortured Suffering was part of the plan Blades flying swift with justice Remember the idea not the man Rising up from the fire Unified to be free Stoking our fears with their lies You are the key Sedated they kept us all dormant Unknowing, our lives lived in vain Like mindless drones we're devoted We've welcomed our fate as their slaves Prepare for victory Our minds have been awakened Rid your life of tyranny We are the resistance No fear, stand tall Resist Tyranny falls No lives, no war Resist Victory calls Rising up from the fire Unified to be free Stoking our fears with their lies You are the key In the end we were coiled with the serpent It took all we had to break free Our victory, it came without violence We vanquished, they fell to their knees Prepare for victory Our minds have been awakened Rid your life of tyranny We are the resistance No fear, stand tall Resist Tyranny falls No lives, no war Resist Victory calls
Dark City (5:42)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer This place is dark and grey Uneasy, I feel torn apart My mind is clouded and blurred This cry is interchanging Sacrifice memories past Unaware of what I've become Constant changes are imploring me Search my mind, look for the answers Finding nothing but this fear in me Immersing myself in his feeling Realizing I am not alone They are watching people changing Unconsciously twisting memory Gathering our human feeling Experimenting To understand the human soul Endangered they'll fade away The won't deceive me They'll never take my soul away Their life from fades Fill our heads with false identity Synchronizing our confusion Using the dead for their own need Parasitic infestation Imprisonment in celestial space Unlocking the human life force Escaping their grasp now we are free Their objective failed unknowing Experimenting To understand the human soul Endangered they'll fade away The won't deceive me They'll never take my soul away Their life from fades
Equilibrium (4:31)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer Inject and suppress the human feeling Love, hate, and sorrow leads us to eradication Mankind survives, to see another lifetime What is the final price our people will be paying? Our lives so colorless and ruled with false devotion Destroying anything that triggers our emotion The enemy is one who feels the world around them Interrogated, now they're facing their own judgment Destroying our stimuli Force us too defy all that is human The serum keeps us pacified Stand to feel alive Our instinct will take over Annihilation of our feeling Emancipation our minds healing Determination defines existence Eradicate with our resistance If people awake they'll be free from this daydream Human instinct will break through and keep us feeling We will not medicate, their grasp will surely crumble Take back humanity and devastate their power Destroying our stimuli Force us too defy all that is human The serum keeps us pacified Stand to feel alive Our instinct will take over
Days Of Rage (2:17)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer They beat you black and blue You're fleeced, your anger's seething They turned their backs on you, betrayed! Fight or die, kill or be killed Society's collapsing You watch your world die and decay Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Unhinged and full of hate A time bomb clearly ticking No more, nothing left to lose Your money can't be found Anger, pain, starvation Betrayed! Domesticated fool Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Days of rage Lies destroy life Decadence and ignorance Led you to this suffering Prison camps created just for you Will you survive? What will you do? When the rug's pulled from under you Hell is what you future's coming to Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage Days of rage
End Of Innocence (4:07)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer Through the essence of your smile makes this fight all worthwhile oh, the perseverance of your life There you were, by my side giving me strength through your love and pride she says carry on, carry on Oh, the stars, they shine so bright are they there for you and I? I know you see the light Carry on, be strong my son this is the end of innocence carry on, when I'm gone this is the end of innocence this is the end, my friend Sacrifice is all we have finding solace in your laugh the freedom will ease your pain washing tides and season change things will never be the same oh, she says carry on, carry on Carry on, be strong my son this is the end of innocence Carry on, when I'm gone this is the end of innocence this is the end, my friend
Soylent Green (bonus track) (4:20)
Music : Jon Schaffer Instrumental
Iron Will (bonus track) (4:15)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer Alone... oh i know your lost and tryind to find your way You have been betrayed... led astray Anger... stirs inside and is tearing you apart Beating from this cold and broken heart You are stoned You will stand and fight this emptiness and pain Cast away your suffering, seize the day Fire... extinguish the flames that haunt your mind Take control of your life You are so, in your soul Overcome the trails and tribulations Live your life, take control You have broken through the threshold You have won, oh the battle deep within your soul is done Troubles washed away, a brand new day Focused... you have overcome the challenges of life You are the life you will survive You are so, in your soul Overcome the trails and tribulations Live your life, take control You have broken through the threshold
Tragedy And Triumph (7:44)
Music : Jon Schaffer Instrumental
Anthem (string mix) (4:51)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer In your eyes I see your death ricks and in hunger We claim your future your past uncertain See this child it's raised in hate and in anger His eyes wide open his rage so focused Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life A single mother she is strained and she suffers She slaves away her life in turmoil A homeless man had it all and now has nothing His spirit broken break fall injustice Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life Torn a sunder our destiny is in sight This is the anthem to celebrate your life We have the power to make our lives they are to be We connect with the humanity Transcend to a higher place Accepting reality you are the key to the life that you seek
The Trooper (Iron Maiden cover) (4:18)
Music / Lyrics : Steve Harris Japanese edition bonus track / not included on Limited Edition CD You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back The bugle sounds as the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As you plunge into a certain death The horse he sweats with fear we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And as the Russians fire another round We get so near yet so far away We won't live to fight another day We get so close near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow A burst of rounds takes my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body's numb and my throat is dry And as I lay forgotten and alone Without a tear I draw my parting groan
The Mob Rules (Black Sabbath cover) (3:07)
Music / Lyrics : Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi / Ronnie James Dio Exclusive iTunes track / not included on Limited Edition CD Close the city and tell the people that something's coming to call Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall You've nothing to say Oh, they're breaking away If you listen to fools The mob rules, the mob rules Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same Play with fire, you'll burn your fingers and lose your hold on the flame,, yeah It's over, it's done Oh, the end is begun If you listen to fools, The mob rules You've nothing to say Oh, they're breaking away If you listen to fools Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground Just remember it might stop rolling and take you right back around You're all fools The mob rules
Stu Block - lead vocal Troy Seele - lead guitar Jon Schaffer - rhythm guitar Freddie Vidales - bass Brent Smedley - drums