Thanks everyone for the kind words.... After 10 years in this game, even if I don't record a million seller, I can always look back at this occasion & say "It was totally worth it."
This was definitely a group effort... the result of the bass player's drunken noodling & the rest of the band running with it. I came up with the violin line while driving around with a rough mix for a week or two cranked at top volume...
Lyrics again, group effort, all of us bouncing ideas off each other. Normally I don't fuck with client's music, but this was one of those rare occasions where my ideas didn't fall on deaf ears!
Here's the song, well, the "single version" anyway... the album version is a bit longer and has a really wicked intro.
Final Stage - Infidel
And, as requested, the lyrics.
Infidel
I've said my prayers, for my penance I prepare
Salvation, is a prayer away
Prechorus:
A new crusade, on ancient sand
Kill to possess, the Promised Land
Martyr or murder, sustaining death
Those who sacrifice, will be blessed
Advance the doctrine, raised to hate
God deliver us, from those who speak in his name
Prechorus:
Interpretation, of his will
His divine plan, must be fulfilled
Religion or cult, the nation's dissolved
Slaughter for us, you'll be absolved
Chorus:
We lay down our lives, in the name of god
Cleanse our holy land, kill the heathen dogs.
Blind devoted will, ignorant desperate faith
Will time remember them, as insurgent or a saint?
The Gaza crusade, reclaim the holy land
An Inch is gained, more martyrs the for father's hand
2000 years of sacred animosity
...Forsaker of the cause
Blur the lines between malice and creed
...Holy scripture is your law
Elder tyranny, dispatcher of rights
...The fear of death impels
Believe in yourself, lead the fight
...I fight the Infidel
This was definitely a group effort... the result of the bass player's drunken noodling & the rest of the band running with it. I came up with the violin line while driving around with a rough mix for a week or two cranked at top volume...
Lyrics again, group effort, all of us bouncing ideas off each other. Normally I don't fuck with client's music, but this was one of those rare occasions where my ideas didn't fall on deaf ears! Here's the song, well, the "single version" anyway... the album version is a bit longer and has a really wicked intro.
Final Stage - Infidel
And, as requested, the lyrics.
Infidel
I've said my prayers, for my penance I prepare
Salvation, is a prayer away
Prechorus:
A new crusade, on ancient sand
Kill to possess, the Promised Land
Martyr or murder, sustaining death
Those who sacrifice, will be blessed
Advance the doctrine, raised to hate
God deliver us, from those who speak in his name
Prechorus:
Interpretation, of his will
His divine plan, must be fulfilled
Religion or cult, the nation's dissolved
Slaughter for us, you'll be absolved
Chorus:
We lay down our lives, in the name of god
Cleanse our holy land, kill the heathen dogs.
Blind devoted will, ignorant desperate faith
Will time remember them, as insurgent or a saint?
The Gaza crusade, reclaim the holy land
An Inch is gained, more martyrs the for father's hand
2000 years of sacred animosity
...Forsaker of the cause
Blur the lines between malice and creed
...Holy scripture is your law
Elder tyranny, dispatcher of rights
...The fear of death impels
Believe in yourself, lead the fight
...I fight the Infidel
