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Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy


Background information
Origin Halmstad, Sweden
Genre(s) Melodic Death Metal
Years active 1996—present
Label(s) Century Media Records
Regain Records
Associated acts In Flames
Opeth
Mercyful Fate
Spiritual Beggars
Armageddon
Candlemass
Carcass
Carnage
Dismember
Eucharist
Liers in Wait
Mistress
Sinergy
Witchery
Website Website
Members
Sharlee D'Angelo
Angela Gossow
Michael Amott
Christopher Amott
Daniel Erlandsson
Former members
Peter Wildoer
Johan Liiva
Martin Bengtsson
Fredrik Åkesson



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Arch Enemy Album


The Root of All Evil (09/28/2009)
09/28/2009
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The Root of All Evil (intro)
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Demoniality (instrumental)
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Wings of Tomorrow (Europe cover; Japan bonus track)
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Walk In The Shadows (Queensrÿche cover; Japan bonus track)
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The Root of All Evil

[No lyrics]

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Beware the beast of man
For he's the devils pawn
Alone among god's primates
He kills for sport, lust or greed

The sacred scrolls...
The truth unfolds...

Shun him - or become like him
Shun him - the beast of man

Let him not breed in great numbers
For he will make a dessert of his home and yours
Shun him - drive him back into his jungle lair
For he is the harbinger of death

. . .


This liquid vision of euphoria
Living a life on borrowed time
Paying the price of immortality
Desperately avoiding our fate
Lead me through the halls of tortured souls
Alone, forlorn... human dignity dethroned
Forevermore - A life never ending
Time stands still as the immortals keep on breeding

The future is locked within us
All we need is the key
Crying at the fountain of youth
Eternal life is killing me

Triumphant in chariots they ride
On this arena of the undead
Anoher lap of honour for the...
Vacant galleries
Lead me through the halls of tortured souls
Alone, forlorn... human dignity dethroned
Forevermore - A life never ending
Time stands still as the immortals keep on breeding

. . .


Divine queen of evil
Sowing her seeds of hate
Mistress of pain
Diva satanica - Master of temptation

Medusa... abuser... both beast and beauty
Seducer... she'll use you... bring you to your knees

Blinded by her infinite beauty
you are lured into the temple
The smell of incense burning
this carnal pleasure yearning
Bride of satan
Transgress the rules of this world
Too late you realize
this love is ripping you apart

Medusa... abuser... both beast and beauty
Seducer... she'll use you... as fodder for her dreams

Drinking the blood
Eating the flesh
She's getting high on you
Watching you die gives her a thrill
...There is always more blood to spill...

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The human blood is far too thin
The life in it much too fragile
DNA code twisted into form
An ancient dream will now be reborn

Demonic! Science!
A high price for a passion so intense
Demonic! Science!
This world no longer makes any sense

Save the best - strip away the rest
Every weakness, every bleakness will be erased
New flesh for a new world!
Men in white clothes performing the ultimate test

This is the era - this is the time
A new dawn arrives...

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Symbolical and mystical
Between life and death we're torn
A constant struggle
Like an apocrypha
Nobody can be certain
A thousand days, spent in hell
The ultimate sacrifice
Your voyage starts
With a question mark
But the distant future
Will not tell

Chorus:
Bury me an angel
Set my black soul free!!

Blackened chariots
Bearing evil souls
Ride the surface of burning holes
Nocturnal…traveller
You represent the ruined spirit
Symbolical and mystical
You shall be damned for all time

. . .


Spiritual Isolation - The ultimate frustration
Scratch the surface, tuurn another page
The ugly truth or another pretty lie
You deceived me, I believed you
Why did everything go...

So wrong...
For so long...
So the truth comes out at last

I'm dead inside
(I'm burning up)
A hollow shell
(My private hell)
In my own misery
You leave me to dwell

Then we were young and strong
Now everything is wrong
Did you want me, did you need me
Could you not say you believed me?
Everything we had is gone...
Like an old forgotten song
The deceiver and believer
Now everything is...

So wrong... for so long.

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Weak and sick I crawl
In the dust of past mistakes
Leaving for the darkness
Of tears and cold heartaches
Suffer in this grief
Of forever burning hate
The ashes of my life
By the torment you create

[Chorus:]
On my knees... remembering
The wasted years of dark insanity

The rage increases fast
As the memories eat me alive
God, I wish this to end
But I'm not prepared to die
No more a human being
Just a fool of anxiety
Unable to escape
The darkest insanity

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From the womb, to the tomb
An eternal struggle for the holy truth
We are not the first, nor shall we be the last
We shall be followed by thousands more
Study the scriptures – Intensify the faith
The works of men much greater than you or I
From the cradle to the grave
Thousands of immoral souls just waiting to be saved!

Chorus:
Pilgrim man – What are you searching for?
Believe the tales when everything else fails
Pilgrim man – Deep in your heart you know
Your faith is already bought and sold

All my life I served the cross
Always believing my God was a just one
I maimed for you – I killed for you
But looking back at my life
I just don't know anymore

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Demoniality

[No lyrics]

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Trapped in a downward spiral of pain
Horrific memories, your life flashing by
There is no life left for you to live
You've had your share and more
Act of transfusion - blood child!
Transmigrate into the future or the past

Eternal damnation awaits you my love
In the kingdom of the sick and the rotting dead
You will suffer excruciating pain
You shall now reap the twisted fruit
Of what you once sowed
Transparent - revealing the lies
Transmutation - What you have become
Act of transfusion - blood child!
Transmigrate into the future or the past

[Chorus:] Transmigration macabre

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Fly with me on a starlit sky
I'll set you free... Yes, it can be
A dream unchased is a life at waste
Never let them conquer your pride
Our love is warm here
Like the image of a distant sun
This star will always shine
And never, ever fade away

Fly on... Silverwing
Fly with me... Stay free... Silverwing

Seeking truths in spirit skies
Which one of you will guide me tonight?
The milky way tastes sour,
Has heaven lost its power?
So let us set sail on this sea of dreams
The moon gets lost in the morning sun
Just let the spinning wheel spin
And let your life begin

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Standing at the bridge of destiny
So long since I tasted fear
Lurking in the darkest holes
Awaiting my minds weakest moment
Old words from an old world
Against the laws of nature
They say the truth is overrated
Wall of anger corrupts my thought

Standing at the bridge of destiny
Show me a sign
On the verge of losing my sanity
Free my soul

My inner demons torture me
Flapping their wings in my face
Damn you! You twisted illusion
I am no longer afraid
See through their liquid souls
Evil eyes that will hypnotize
You can no longer hurt me
I am my own worst enemy

Unleash the trapped souls of the dead
Spirits since long forgotten
Guardians fo the lost faith
Destined for glory?
Watch them all turn into sand
And the wind blow them away
Wisdom pours into my soul
...endlessly...

. . .


You must be dreamin'
Or going out of your mind
There's no way of changin'
The world over one night

I know, baby, you need to recover
From all the things you've been through
Baby, you need to discover
It ain't much left to do

But ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
Ride, ride, ride to change the world
(To change the world)

You feel sorry for the nations of 1984
And it cuts you like a razor
'Cause you've seen it all before
You've seen it all before

You've seen one war after another
So many lives on the line
You must take care of one another
Or it's the end of time

Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
Ride, ride, ride to change the world
(To change the world)

Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
Ride, ride, ride to change the world
(To change the world)
To change the world

You must be dreamin'
Or going out of your mind
There's no way of changin'
The world over one night

I know, baby you need to recover
From all the things you've been through
Baby, you need to discover
It ain't much left to do

Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
Ride, ride, ride to change the world
(To change the world)

Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
Ride, ride, ride to change the world, baby
(To change the world)

. . .


What? You say you're through with me? I'm not through with you
We've had what others might call love
You say it's over now, what's done, what's through?
You can't stay away, you need me, oh, I need you

When the fire starts the pain's too much for your mind
You need attention, what's good is only mine
I can cure the hunger that burns in your heart
So just come to me, I'll take you home

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream
(Walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows

You say you don't feel safe alone tonight
'Cause you feel the pressure building in your head
Our secret's safe for one more night
But when the morning comes, remember I'll be with you

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream
(Walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows

One day you'll be home with me
If only you believe

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream
(Walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows
You'll get to stay with me

Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)
Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)
Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)

Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)
Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)
Walk in the shadows
(Walk with me)

Walk with me

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