Shadows of Dominion by Satan's Bride

Lyrics Shadows of Dominion Verse 1 Blackened skies, the war machines grind Crushing the weak under iron design I claw through the dirt, lungs full of smoke Every promise they made was a carefully crafted joke They wired my veins to the will of the throne Sold me a dream that was never my own Now the gears keep turning, the blood keeps the pace I’m the fuel in the furnace, the ghost in the race Pre-Chorus Pull the trigger, feel the weight Is this freedom or just another fate? Chorus Shadows of dominion, they own every breath Master and slave in the same dance of death I rise from the ashes, I spit in the flame But the chains are still laughing, they still know my name Verse 2 Mirror cracks, I don’t know who stares back A soldier of nothing in a permanent attack They fed me the anger, they starved me the light Now I swing for the throat in the dead of the night No heroes, no glory, just scars and the sound Of a million lost souls being ground into the ground I scream at the silence, it answers in kind We’re all just the meat that the machine left behind Pre-Chorus Pull the trigger, feel the weight Is this freedom or just another fate? Chorus Shadows of dominion, they own every breath Master and slave in the same dance of death I rise from the ashes, I spit in the flame But the chains are still laughing, they still know my name Bridge (Slow, crushing half-time riff, then accelerating into chaos) Cut the strings… Or wear them forever Cut the strings… Or burn with the tether No one is coming No one will save Just the silence after And the dirt of the grave (Extended solo section – wah-drenched, dive bombs, chromatic runs, then back into the main riff) Final Chorus Shadows of dominion, they own every breath Master and slave in the same dance of death I rise from the ashes, I spit in the flame But the chains are still laughing… They still know my name Outro (Riff fades under feedback and a final screamed) They still know my name! (End on a sustained power chord and decaying feedback)