High Water Mark Lyrics by Iced Earth

High Water Mark Lyrics

    It was very close, yesterday,
    I thought for sure, that they would break
    But this attack, that I have planned
    A massive strike across open land.

    In the center, they will break
    Plan it well, everythings at stake
    We'll hit em hard, not a silent gun.
    Before the infantry's begun

    Execute it well...we risk everything..its in Gods hands now..

    General Lee, I must tell you straight
    That I beleive this attack will fail.
    No 15,000 men ever made,
    will overtake that ridge today.

    A wild charge over open ground,
    with yankee cannon gunning down,
    we do our duty, we do what we must
    And in my plan, you will trust

    (Thooouusands diiie...)

    Execute it well...we risk everything..its in Gods hands now..

    The rebel cannons break the silence!
    One hundred fifty gunsmen on the cannons there
    We must destroy the union center

    Before the infantry can launch their grand assult
    The yankees are returning fire
    We must in turn fight its gods will that we are here this daay!

    What happens here this day
    The fate of a nation
    In the balance it will hang
    Consumed with the pain

    The COURAGE of the blue!
    The VALOUR of the gray!
    So very sad but true
    Consumed with the pain..


    The virginians are then chosen
    They went behind the trees on Cemetery Ridge
    They must be slow to give the orders
    THe light emerged from my own 15,000 men

    The charge begins in all its granduer
    For many are these men, they know it is their last

    The slaughter now ensues, bodies fall like rain
    They valiantly ensue, though doomed to remain
    At the double quick they charge
    The cannon still rips through them
    To the mouth of hell they march
    Glory the only gain!

    [Cannon Scene]

    We're almost there my boys
    I never thought we'd fire
    We must push forward boys
    And bayonet the yankee tyrants

    Through the depths of trees we charge
    To cross the union center
    And when they turn and run
    I hope they'll drop and beg for freedom!

    [Battle Ensues, Orchestra Solo, With people dying in the background]

    It's over now we are retreating
    I never thought that we'd be beaten
    All this blood is on my hands
    The thousands dead due to my plan

    I am responsible
    All of this is my fault
    I thought us invincible
    Is this gods will, after all?

    I look across this blood soaked land
    All their blood is on my hands

    God forgive me
    Please forgive me...

    ITS ALL MY FAULT!!!
    Their blood is on my haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaands....
     

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