<em>(What follows are the song lyrics of Parabellum's better known songs. Most of these lyrics and song titles are taken directly from real-world tracks (and this is appropriately credited when so), whilst others are originals written by myself. Please note that the in-universe songs will sound different than the the real-world versions they're based on.)</em><br/><br/><strong>VIOLENT REACTION</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Refused</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>I'm a violent reaction<br/>I'm a violent reaction to you<br/>I'm a violent reaction<br/>I'm a violent reaction to you<br/><br/>Seduced by the charm in a charlatan's arms<br/>If you don't know the mark, you were it from the start<br/>Their profit, their yield, so repulsive to me<br/>I could not ever be just a pawn in the scheme<br/><br/>Serpent savior<br/>Dealer of regret<br/>Venomous betrayer<br/>Peddler of debt<br/>Identify with all counterfeit needs<br/>A spectacle so perverted by greed<br/>We can't but must be non-conformist sheep<br/><br/>Level it all, level it all<br/><br/>As the sun, it descends over mice and on men<br/>This tyranny feels like the safest of deals<br/>A prison to me you can't ever leave<br/>Complete sacrifice, where nothing's for free<br/>Tethered by the thought, this is all that we need<br/><br/>Level it all, level it all, destroy<br/>Level it all, level it all, restore<br/>Level it all, destroy, level it all, restore<br/>Level it all, destruction, level it all, restructure<br/><br/>We dragged the stones<br/>We broke our bones<br/>We fought the wars<br/>We fed the farce<br/><br/>We're a violent reaction<br/>We're a violent reaction to you<br/>We're a violent reaction<br/>We're a violent reaction<br/><br/>Serpent savior<br/>Dealer of regret<br/>Venomous betrayer<br/>Peddler of debt<br/><br/>Level it all, level it all<br/>Level it all, level it all<br/>Level it all, level it all<br/>Level it all, level it all<br/><br/>Always locked on target<br/>Since the day my fire was lit<br/>I'm a violent reaction<br/>To a world that's gone to shit<br/>I'm a violent reaction to you<br/>I'm a violent reaction to you</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>PIECE OF ME</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Battle Beast</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Hey you, what's going on<br/>The fire is burning hot<br/>No use, can't make this up<br/>We're gonna go and fuck shit up<br/>Going on and on<br/>All shame is gone<br/>You gonna scream and shout it loud<br/>You need<br/>Getting pleased<br/>Got to bleed<br/>Up to speed<br/>Come on<br/><br/>'Cause you want a piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>Just a little piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>You're burning<br/><br/>Dream on, you crazy fool<br/>Who the fuck do you think you are?<br/>Good lord, you need to pray<br/>No one's gonna save you now<br/>Twisting your head<br/>Ripping it to shreds<br/>Your ego undefined<br/>Gonna crush<br/>Gonna grind<br/>Gonna kill<br/>Gonna thrive<br/>I'm a queen<br/><br/>And you want a piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>Just a little piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>You're burning<br/><br/>And on and on it goes<br/>You need to take it slow<br/>And on and on it goes<br/><br/>You just want a piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>Just a little piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>You fool<br/>'Cause you want a piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>Just a little piece of me<br/>The only thing you ever need<br/>Dream on...</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>PREY</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Parkway Drive</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>I got an axe to grind, a crooked mind<br/>You better watch your back<br/>I got an axe to grind, a crooked mind<br/>You better watch your back<br/>Starved like a vampire chasing a vein<br/>Cruel disposition, sickness I crave<br/>Attention, attention, welcome to the stage<br/>Your new sacrifice, come sharpen your teeth<br/><br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow<br/>Our sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, we're prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, prey for the sorrow<br/><br/>I got an axe to grind, a crooked mind<br/>You better watch your back<br/>I got an axe to grind, a crooked mind<br/>You better watch your back<br/>Sick validation, gut full of pills<br/>Self-medication, it's making me ill<br/>Attention, attention, it's all eyes on me<br/>I'll burn at the stake while you ache for the kill<br/><br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow<br/>Our sorrow<br/>Prey for the sorrow, our sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, we're prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, prey for the sorrow<br/><br/>Our new gods are empty like the holes in our heads<br/>We dance upon the alter of envy and hubris<br/>A scourge of narcissism reaps depression in black waves<br/>If this is your salvation, you better pray<br/><br/>You better pray<br/>You better pray<br/>One, two, three, go<br/><br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, we are all prey for the sorrow, our sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, we're prey for the sorrow<br/>Prey, prey, prey for the sorrow</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>I WANNA WATCH THE WORLD BURN</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Refused</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>What we lost in the fire, we'll find in the ashes<br/>There's an untold promise, 'neath the rubble of the ruin<br/>Without the shedding of blood, there won't be forgiveness<br/>Don't need to list the reasons, 'cos I know you've felt it too<br/><br/>'Cos I know you've felt it too<br/><br/>One spark to set it off<br/>One match is all we need<br/>Wanna stack your values high<br/>And douse with gasoline<br/>One spark to set it off<br/>One match is all we need<br/>Wanna stack your values high<br/>And douse with gasoline<br/><br/>What we lost in the fire, we'll find in the ashes<br/>There's something calling, something outside the herd<br/>I'm trying to wield my privilege, in the service of a dream<br/>It's not impossible to me, that one morning we'll see (we'll see)<br/>A new seed scattered on a level field<br/><br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what we've become<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn<br/>I wanna watch the world burn<br/><br/>One spark to set it off<br/>One match is all we need<br/>Wanna stack your values high<br/>And douse with gasoline<br/><br/>One spark to set it off<br/>One match is all we need<br/>Wanna stack your values high<br/>And douse with gasoline<br/><br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what we've become<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what we've become<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what we've become<br/>I wanna watch the world burn for what it's done<br/>I wanna watch the world burn<br/>I wanna watch the world burn<br/><br/>'Cause I know you felt it too<br/>'Cause I know you felt it too</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>IF I COULD SEE YOU</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Iced Earth</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Where can I turn?<br/>You've gone away<br/>I grieve in silence<br/>So much I've learned in life today<br/>Still I need your guidance<br/><br/>You always found the words to say<br/>To ease my troubled mind<br/>Now you're gone<br/>I feel alone<br/>If I could see you one more time<br/><br/>If I could see you now<br/>You'd help me find my way<br/>If I could see you now<br/>You'd help me find my way<br/><br/>Where can I turn?<br/>You've gone away<br/>I need your words of wisdom<br/>Sometimes I'm lost and in the rage<br/>Taking things for granted<br/><br/>You were the one who did believe<br/>When no one else could see<br/>If I could share what's on my mind<br/>If I could see you one last time<br/><br/>If I could see you now<br/>You'd help me find my way<br/>If I could see you now<br/>You'd help me find my way<br/><br/>If I could see you now<br/>You'd help me find my way<br/>I'll find the strength somehow<br/>I'll fight to seize the day</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>DEFIANCE</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Iced Earth</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>They will try to crush your spirit<br/>Everyday just trying to bear it<br/>Dire thoughts to escape this suffering<br/>Tear this pain away<br/>With the blade in your wrist<br/>Something in you says you must resist<br/>They are weak you are strong<br/>Accept this<br/>You must take control<br/><br/>You are rising<br/>The strength inside you<br/>With your defiance you will not be broken<br/>This torment<br/>Has its reasons<br/>Your defiance takes your spirit higher<br/><br/>Parasites that try to hurt you<br/>Manipulate and strip your virtue<br/>You are the master of yourself<br/>They will never take away<br/>Smash through the wall of their hate<br/>Just pawns to Insecurities<br/>They decay in sorrow and rage<br/>Their malice fades away<br/><br/>You are rising<br/>The strength inside you<br/>With your defiance you will not be broken<br/>This torment<br/>Has its reasons<br/>Your defiance takes your spirit higher<br/><br/>Never falter<br/>Find your solace<br/>(Rise! Fight!)<br/>No more weakness<br/>(Rise! Fight!)<br/>Exile, torment<br/>(Rise! Fight!)<br/><br/>Wiping tears and blood from your face<br/>Rise above the cowards of disgrace<br/>Realize they're just as beaten<br/>Overcome the fear<br/>You must know they can't break your soul<br/>You are strong, stronger than you know<br/>Their power inside is fiction<br/>Oppressor is defied<br/><br/>You are rising<br/>The strength inside you<br/>With your defiance you will not be broken<br/>This torment<br/>Has its reasons<br/>Your defiance takes your spirit higher<br/><br/>You are rising<br/>The strength inside you<br/>With your defiance you will not be broken<br/>This torment<br/>Has its reasons<br/>Your defiance takes your spirit higher</em></span><br/><br/>(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/26/26391.png)<br/><br/><strong>ABSOLUTE POWER</strong><br/>(Real-world creators:<strong>Parkway Drive</strong>)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Your heart, your home, your voice, it's got a price tag<br/>Sign in blood, bury your rights in a body bag<br/>They're feeding fear through the fault lines<br/>You heard it here first, they got your freedoms on the front line<br/>Primetime, the noose at our throats<br/>Our liberties hands run with blood of the scapegoats<br/>So tell me how can we demonize<br/>When we can't see life through another's eyes<br/><br/>Pay 'em off and play 'em off<br/>Fear rolls like a reaper through the streets of the lost<br/>Pay 'em off and play 'em off<br/>But in the eyes of the storm<br/><br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The battle is on<br/><br/>Hands in chains for a fist full of dollars<br/>Who do we blame for the holes in our knowledge?<br/>The past you know has been written by the victor<br/>So I ask you now, who is it writing your future?<br/>The butcher, the liar, the thief or the killer?<br/>Your freedom died quiet in the halls of power<br/>Starved for peace, we'll eat war until it kills us<br/>Six feet deep with a belly full of bullets<br/><br/>Pay 'em off and play 'em off<br/>Fear rolls like a reaper through the streets of the lost<br/>Pay 'em off and play 'em off<br/>But in the eyes of the storm<br/><br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The battle is on<br/><br/>The hate runs deep, but our hopes cut deeper<br/>Now we walk through the valley in the shadow of the reaper<br/>Money talks, and it's speaking in tongues<br/>They put a price on our soul like they had already won<br/>Now open wide, I see their jaws locked tight<br/>Silent in the moment like prey in the floodlights<br/>The signal is static, baptised in fire<br/>Now we see how they talk with a mouth full of barbed wire<br/><br/>Absolute power, absolute power, absolute power<br/>Absolute power corrupts absolutely<br/>Absolute power, absolute power, absolute power<br/>Absolute power corrupts<br/><br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The truth drops like a bomb<br/>The battle is on<br/>The truth drops like a...<br/><br/>Absolute power corrupts absolutely</em></span>