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From the 1999 album "Omega Conspiracy"
Rot in cages we crouch naked
Waiting for the rest to land
Extended faith they betrayed our friendship
Imprisoned us by our own hand
Time for us to wake and rise up
May be too late but we must attack
Either that or we�ll know forever
We�re born cowards and we can�t fight back
Prodded punctured probed and tested
Is this the way man was born to live?
Bred like cattle and raised for slaughter
Without a soul we�ve nothing more to give
Chorus:
And the war begins from behind cages
Feed no more, rot, we�re useless dead
The only way to win is to starve them
The way to win is to end our lives
Our sacrifice renders our flesh useless
Our death is life for the few outside
The future for these struggling rebels
Who gather armies for the final fight
Without strength our captors weaken
We do our best to do our best and die
From the 1999 album "Omega Conspiracy"
Rot in cages we crouch naked
Waiting for the rest to land
Extended faith they betrayed our friendship
Imprisoned us by our own hand
Time for us to wake and rise up
May be too late but we must attack
Either that or we�ll know forever
We�re born cowards and we can�t fight back
Prodded punctured probed and tested
Is this the way man was born to live?
Bred like cattle and raised for slaughter
Without a soul we�ve nothing more to give
Chorus:
And the war begins from behind cages
Feed no more, rot, we�re useless dead
The only way to win is to starve them
The way to win is to end our lives
Our sacrifice renders our flesh useless
Our death is life for the few outside
The future for these struggling rebels
Who gather armies for the final fight
Without strength our captors weaken
We do our best to do our best and die










![Blind Guardian - The Quest for Tanelorn
From the 1992 album Somewhere Far Beyond
By the ruins he stands
And hes waiting for me
To enter Tanelorn
His paths seems strange
But theyre always planned
Seldom he succeeds
About his own fate
He tries to conquer it
Again and again
But at last hes almost
A ruined man
Not a king or God
Whos searching for
A place called Tanelorn
Far beyond your dreams
Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
Hes waiting
Hes waiting for me
Hes waiting
Hes waiting for me
[Spiritus sanctus - vita aeterna]
Darkness falling down on me
Darkness - The eternal battle rises
I know the answers
Although they dont exist
Im just a mortal illusion
Ref.
(Solo)
So Im his companion
Through space and through time
His eternal servant
Hes calling me
So I must leave
To any life
To another world
Far beyond Your dreams
To know the truth
Just for a while
Hes longing for a place
Where he can find himself
Deliverance
It could be everywhere
How can he find
Hes waiting for me
And for Your Tanelorn
Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
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