Torn Between Scylla And Charybdis

Album: Shogun (2008)
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  • Within struggle, amidst horror
    Inside conflict, visceral war
    Make a stand here, vanquish all fear
    Don't hesitate, eradicate

    [Chorus]
    Torn between Scylla and Charybdis
    Feel the fear ripening, go taste it
    Torn between Scylla and Charybdis
    Feast fruits of valor, if you face it

    Walls of carnage surround your weakness
    Crash down like oceans, wait for the light
    In total darkness, drowning in bleakness
    Awaiting death's grip, cry out for life

    Divided by destiny
    Torn between death and doom
    Destruction by decision
    Fate shows me my open tomb

    Apprehension runs down your chin
    Masticate it, suck those tears in
    Life's a battle, perpetual crusade
    One against all, time to wield the blade

    [Chorus]

    In total darkness, drowning in bleakness
    Awaiting death's grip, cry out for life

    Divided by destiny
    Torn between death and doom
    Destruction by decision
    Fate shows me my open tomb

    A fight that tests the substance
    Of all that you call your life
    Destruction by decision
    Fate shows me my open tomb

    [Repeat: x2]
    Face down that which makes you bleed
    Turn it 'round and force your seed
    Down

    Torn between Scylla and Charybdis
    Feast fruits of valor, if you face it

    Walls of carnage surround your weakness
    Crash down like oceans, wait for the light
    In total darkness, drowning in bleakness
    Awaiting death's grip, cry out for life

    Divided by destiny
    Torn between death and doom
    Destruction by decision
    Fate shows me my open tomb

    A fight that tests the substance
    Of all that you call your life
    Destruction by decision
    Fate shows me my open tomb Writer/s: COREY BEAULIEU, MATTHEW HEAFY, PAOLO GREGOLETTO, TRAVIS SMITH
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Nick from Cairns, Australiai'm guessin your've been playin the song a lot to say that it never gets old. I'll admit its worth playing again and again simply cause its one of the best on the album
  • Matt from Darwin, AustraliaGreat song never gets old hahahaha never WILL
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