I Walk Among You EP
The EP album
Released in 16. June 2008 (in Europe) by SPV/Steamhammer
Total time 21:22
I Walk Alone
Setian Massacre
The Clouding
A Charge To Keep (exclusive iTunes track)
I Walk Alone (4:00)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer
I am your inner fear
Your kind refused to hear
I am the Light, I am the Way
But the fallacies of Man
Are easy to embrace
And I, in purest form
I always weather every storm
And though you fail to see
The Truth is the path that leads to me
Mankind's dishonesty lays them to waste
(I will divide)
I am the Truth and I walk alone
Human hypocrisy exacting their fate
(I will devour)
I am the the Truth and I walk alone
The flaws in your design
Are breeding fear inside your mind
And lies lead to disgrace
A failure to reform
The failed human race
Mankind's dishonesty lays them to waste
(I will divide)
I am the Truth and I walk alone
Human hypocrisy exacting their fate
(I will devour)
I am the the Truth and I walk alone
Setian Massacre (3:44)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer
Screaming in agony
Cries fill the air
Eyes once full of hope
Shedding tears of despair
All, that they've ever known is dead
Fire reigns from above
Iron birds of dread
All, that they've ever loved is dead
All, that they've ever dreamt is dead
Yet there's a glint of hope
If The Chosen can survive
In secret The Ten Thousand hide
East in the mountains
The chosen bide their time
The Clouding, our strike on Mankind
Temples are burning
Streets soaked with blood
Heed the prophecy
Destiny is done
All, that they've ever loved is dead
All, that they've ever dreamt is dead
Yet there's a glint of hope
If The Chosen can survive
In secret The Ten Thousand hide
East in the mountains
The Chosen bide their time
The Clouding, our strike on Mankind
The Clouding (9:13)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer
As I awake I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
But where I am confounds me
I see others, who appear the same as me
A look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly
What's the point, what does it all mean?
Who am I, show me a purpose, please
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please, tell me I am not alone and lost here
That there is something, that's made me feel this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please, give me something that's familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me
Twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming
I'll stay with those that resemble me
To survive this harsh reality
As the days pass most have gone their own way
Nomadic tribes discover life
On a world that feels so strange
But still I want answers
What's the point, what does all this mean?
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please, tell me I am not alone and lost here
That there is something, that's made me feel this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please, give me something that's familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
Lies, the Human core is lies
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate
The Clouding did divide
Fate, we sealed Human fate
Now they're ours throughout all time
To manipulate
Never trust in the motives of Man
They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early Clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate
Pain, Mankind will know pain
For their crimes on our kind
They'll never be the same
Death, they will know death
Suffering for centuries
At war with every breath
Never trust in the motives of Man
They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early Clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate
A Charge To Keep (4:25)
(exclusive iTunes track)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer
I must believe that, what's a memory now
Was the only way
To know that all of those you love
Were just stripped away
And now, if I'm The One to lead us
Into a brand new day
At peace I must be with the brutal truth
To truly lead the way
Please, God give me the strength to lead
It's my charge to keep
Make the sorrow, the fuel I need
It's my charge to keep
And now we must wipe the tears away
Gather up our inner strength
The loss of those we can't replace
Will bring about their fate
And though many lifetimes it will take
To bring justice on our way
We must never falter, we must never fail
This is our charge to keep
Please, God give me the strength to lead
It's my charge to keep
Make the sorrow, the fuel I need
It's my charge to keep
Matt Barlow - lead vocal
Troy Seele - lead guitar
Jon Schaffer - rhythm guitar
Freddie Vidales - bass
Brent Smedley - drums