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Testament - 2. Down for Life -The Gathering
When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
bad relation ripped apart
When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart
All the friends
We feel the same
the way it was
back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again
I... feel that...
I can't protect my friend from himself
All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be
When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self
You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...
still friends down for life...
can you still fight...
All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be
Now in the end
it plain to see
what kind of friend
He has been for me
all along he could never see
Who he was
and always be
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self
Testament - 2. Down for Life -The Gathering
When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
bad relation ripped apart
When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart
All the friends
We feel the same
the way it was
back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again
I... feel that...
I can't protect my friend from himself
All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be
When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self
You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...
still friends down for life...
can you still fight...
All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be
Now in the end
it plain to see
what kind of friend
He has been for me
all along he could never see
Who he was
and always be
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self




![Testament - Low
Testament - 1. Low - Low
[Music: Peterson]
[Lyrics: Billy]
Fuel the fire for war
Its man against mankind
Bruises that they bear
Been beaten down with time
Innocent people suffer the loss
Your broken hope so close to the cross
Sometimes, you just dont know
How low... how low you can go...
So low its sickening
Low... Low... show some mercy...
Hey you piece of shit
Just leave the kids alone
Why cant you bear
The things that we endure
Innocent people suffer the loss
Lost hope with faith to the cross
Sometimes, you just dont know
How low... how low you can go...
Show some sympathy
Low... Low... show some mercy...
[Solo: James]
I dont like you for your warped demented ways
I hope the lock you down, so you never get away
Low... Low... show some sympathy
Low... Low... show some mercy... Testament - Low](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DlWiXyY7lhU/mqdefault.jpg)



![Testament - Blessed In Contempt
Testament - 5. Blessed In Contempt - Practice What You Preach
[Testament / Billy, Skolnick, Peterson]
All that can escape me, all I realise
That it will come back to me the day my father dies.
His burning eyes would stare at you
I was born a masochist
I cried out in pain, as he clenches up his fist
Slowly as the years go by, the darkness builds inside
Trying to find a passage out, before I lose my mind
Incestuous temptation but what is wrong or right
Why must I fall victim of hereditary spite?
Soon! We will arise, forming despise
Conceptual intempt!
Blessed in contempt!
Thoughts have now come back to me
Its time to perpetrate
Take me to my sanity, before it gets too late
Hear me as I call to you, right here down below
Resurrect my will to live, come before I... go!
Soon! We will arise, forming despise
Conceptual intempt!
Blessed in contempt! Testament - Blessed In Contempt](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FEGj3aZlmZY/mqdefault.jpg)

