Lamb of God - Hourglass (Lyrics on Screen Video 🎤🎶🎸🥁)

Lamb of God - Hourglass (Lyrics on Screen Video 🎤🎶🎸🥁)

This song comes out swinging for sure, the intro lick is real nice. In terms of interpreting the lyrics I'm pretty sure it has something do with the corruption of government and war. One of my favorite parts of Lamb's music is their lyrics and lyrics schemes, so insightful and fun to try and interpret! 1:02 is real nice and really drives the song forward. Also Lamb's spoken word parts are unique to them and always fits the song well. 2:08 is a really good lick, I don't know how they do it god damn! Enjoy!

🎤 Lyrics Start 🎤

[Verse 1]
Privileged, a chosen few
Blessed with our time in hell
Witness a divine vision
The day we all fell still
Rapture of the dying age
Our shattered hourglass
Wrath of the warring gods
And so this too shall pass

[Verse 2]
It's only getting worse
Not worth a moment's regret
Each dawn another curse
Every breath a twisting blade
What will be left behind in the ashes of the wake?
[Verse 3]
An ill wind blows this way
The edge of the envelope burns
Forbearance and my vengeance
Payment for your intent
Fear and death in the wings
In thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does
Witness the mass disgrace

[Bridge]
Fear and death in the wings
In thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does
Witness the mass disgrace

[Verse 4]
God forbid you read the signs
Watch for meanings between the lines
Gehenna has now arrived
No hindsight for the blind
Your trust has been misplaced
Believed the lies told to your face
Became another casualty and
Now it's too late
[Verse 5]
You finally made it home
Draped in the flag that you fell for
And so it goes
The ashes of the wake

[Outro]
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse

It's only getting worse
It's only getting worse

🎤 Lyrics End 🎤

**Wikipedia stuff**

Ashes of the Wake is the third studio album and first major-label release by American heavy metal band Lamb of God, released in 2004 via Epic Records. The album debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, selling 35,000 copies in its first week and was rated by Guitar World as the 49th greatest Guitar Album of all Time.[7] This album also was rated by Metal Hammer as the 5th greatest Metal Album of The 21st Century.[8] The album was inspired by the events that took place during the war in Iraq with songs such as "Ashes of the Wake" (which includes snippets of former Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey in an interview after his return from the Iraq War), "Now You've Got Something to Die For", "One Gun" and "The Faded Line". The quote at the beginning of "Omerta" is a paraphrase of the Sicilian Mafia's code of silence.[9] As of August 2010, Ashes of the Wake has sold 398,000 copies in the United States.[10] Ten years after its release, as of 2014, sales have topped 400,000 copies sold and is Lamb of God’s best-selling record.[11] The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2016.[12]

The first pressing came with a bonus disc titled "Pure American Metal", including songs taken from the band's previous albums (Burn the Priest, New American Gospel and As the Palaces Burn), a live recording of the song "Black Label" from DVD Terror and Hubris, as well as a pre-production demo of the song "Laid to Rest".

The Japanese edition included a bonus song "Another Nail for Your Coffin" which was released worldwide in 2010 in a three-CD box set called Hourglass: The Anthology. The song was later included on the 15th anniversary edition of the album.

A DualDisc version was released in the United States. The DVD side contained the album in LPCM 2.0, and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, as well as various video clips, including the promo videos for "Now You've Got Something to Die For" (intended to promote the Killadelphia release) and "Laid to Rest", a short on the New England Metalfest, a "Meet the Band" and a clip from the Terror and Hubris DVD. A production error in the 5.1 mix of "Break You" causes the vocals to pitch shift high and low throughout the song.

The album was generally well received; Blabbermouth.net gave it a 7 rating.[5] Johnny Loftus of AllMusic gave it a 4 out of 5 star rating.[4] He praised Blythe's vocals, saying they became, "Lamb of God's threshold of pain conduit."

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Lamb of God - Laid to Rest (Lyrics on Screen Video 🎤🎶🎸🥁)