Iced Earth
First studio album Released in November 1991 by by Century Media Records Total time 44:03
Iced Earth Written On The Walls Colors Curse The Sky Life And Death Solitude Funeral When The Night Falls Winter Nights (unreleased song)
Iced Earth (5:22)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer What do I see On the icy plains The desolate one It's my terrain The wind it blows cold Howling my name I am the king The king of this waste Can't you see this barren land Lain to waste Ravaged, scorched, yet frozen From your neglect I am the formless one I came to save You are the chosen ones You'll be my slaves I stand on the glacier Above it all Watching them crumble Watching them crawl Iced Earth has risen Nature will fall Death and destruction Mark them or fall (bridge) Can you feel the madness here Drawing you all too near Earth, fire, water and air Save yourselves from despair We are together now Crush the cowards, do it now End the light, end the one We have come to save the young ones So on an on The story goes Destroying yourselves The pain it shows
Written On The Walls (6:03)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver, Abell, Adam / Lyrics: Adam One the night the darkness fell Across the naked land A demon force was summoned up From the bowels of hell The stench of death grew thick that night We knew it was the end We run to find a place to hide The land was raped and bare The wind it blows a eerie cold A fog that never lifts Their tears will flood the land tonight And the thunder's drowned by screams As I lay here Freezing veins of ice What will be for me What will be the price Is it what they say Is it written on the walls Why can't we stop This shattered worlds' fate Why didn't we try at all Armageddon town life is gone We knew it was the way Written down so long ago Implanted in our minds Our fathers told us of this hell They read it on the walls It's written on the walls It's written on the walls The frightened children know not why And no one will explain We've brought it all upon ourselves An ending to this world Forgiveness for your soul you pray But it's written on the walls
Colors (4:50)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer Walking in the subway Alone late at night New York City gangs Everywhere in sight Your fell their anger upon you You feel their hateful eyes Walk a little faster now You're fighting for your life As they walk on closer Their eyes burn down your back You feel a thousand cries Not prepared for their attack A mission bell sent sign A sign that you board soon You've come this far, no turning back We hope you make it too (chorus) Don't expect, sympathy We don't know, the word Your walked my turf, insanity But in this place you die (bridge) Your life is wasted Your blood is tasted As it drips down the blade You didn't make it You couldn't take it You walked the subway you paid Your money's gone Your clothes they're torn You're lying in a pool of blood You know you're leaving We watch you grieving But in this place you die (chorus) Don't expect sympathy We don't know the word You walked my turf, insanity But in this place you die
Curse The Sky (4:41)
(sometimes written as "Curse In The Sky") Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer How much hate Can one man feel When his kingdom is crumbling How much pain Can one man take When his future is melting Eyes of fire blast his brain Cursing heaven and hell Nothing barred just asking why No answers to be heard Fire eyes, curse the skies Thanks maker for questions unanswered Falsify, disposition died You detest the faker (chorus) Eyes, lies I curse the skies Tell me something Tell me why Terror reigns, I'm in pain Why, why, I curse the sky Tattered times and brainwashed minds Cluttering up his thinking Boiled hate just can't wait There's no more self control (chorus) Eyes, lies I curse the skies Tell me something Tell me why Terror reigns, I'm in pain Why, why, I curse the sky
Life And Death (6:07)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer I came into this world A screaming infant Forced entry into this life As I grow the pain sustains Deep inside my soul Visions come and visions go But hate will never leave me As I grow the pain sustains Deep inside my soul Visions come and visions go But hate will never leave me Life and death never again I shall not return Soul sucking pious man I shall not return The reflection, an aging soul My body's old and cracked Death soon will be with me Coldness, inactive pain Soul sucked at the speed of light Trapped in someone else No please not again Evil reincarnated The cycle's spun once more Soul sucked at the speed of light
Solitude (1:44)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver Instrumental
Funeral (6:15)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver Instrumental
When The Night Falls (9:01)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer Look! Look out in the distant sky Open up your weakened minds Feel what's in store for you The jackals howling at the moon See the curtain of the night Falling down into your life Doom is headed straight for you The night comes shining through Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire (chorus) When the night falls, when the moon is full When the night falls, when the moon is full Recall the look in their eyes The sign of hate, it burns They've come for us, But we'll fight till death Hypnotizing, paralyzing Brings me to my knees Tantalizing suicide Drives me to the edge When the night falls When death crawls Frozen in my sleep Rippers slashing Terror laughing Numbers burning deep Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire (chorus) When the night falls, when the moon is full When the night falls, when the moon is full
Winter Nights (3:43)
(unreleased song from first album era - song is not included on the album) Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer I feel, you'll see, the night cold and dead But watch out, we walk proud Together now until the end In these times we walk that line These frozen times Winter nights Bridge Look up to the sky, see the moonlit night The winter night sends shivers up your spine But it's deep inside your mind that's where you may find Inner demons and your desire Don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't you ever give up If you find you've crossed that line Then it's time, a state of mind Believe in what you see Our sacrifice, reality In these times you walk that line these frozen times Winter nights
Gene Adam - lead vocal Randy Shawver - lead guitar Jon Schaffer - rhythm guitar, backing vocal Dave Abell - bass Mike McGill - drums