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TEN THOUSAND FISTS
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survivor | one more goddamn day | when i know what i want | and my want will be considered
tonight | consider tonight | just another day | when all that i want | will mark me as a sinner tonight | i’m a sinner tonight, yeah | people can no longer cover
their eyes | if this disturbs you then walk away | you will remember the night you were struck by the sight of | ten thousand fists in the air | power unrestrained
| dead on the mark | is what we will deliver tonight | deliver tonight | pleasure fused with pain | this triumph of the soul | will make you shiver tonight |
we’ll make you shiver tonight, yeah | people can no longer cover their eyes | if this disturbs you then walk away | you will remember the night you were struck
by the sight of | ten thousand fists in the air | we are the ones that will open your mind | leave the weak and haunted behind | people can no longer cover their
eyes | if this disturbs you then walk away | you will remember the night you were struck by the sight of | ten thousand fists in the air
JUST STOP
just stop | enough of the limitless critical comments | on my life | just drop | the judgement and all of your pseudoinvolvement | in my life | step back | a moment, and look at the miracle started | in our life | don’t stop | the moment, and let the incredible happen |
knowing that | all that you want is to criticize | something for nothing | and all that i want, is forgiveness one more time | to be the best in the world | just
stop | with all your little deliberate problems | with my life | enough | of all of the crippling terrible pain | we feel inside | step back | a moment, remember
how the miracle started | in our life | take back | the torment, i won’t be enjoying this moment | knowing that | all that you want is to criticize | something
for nothing | and all that i want, is forgiveness one more time | i know that all that we want is to feel inside | some kind of comfort | and all that we’ve done
we can’t hide | we’ll be the best in the world | all i ever wanted was to be a real source of | compassion for the moment, that we find ourselves drowning in | all
that you want is to criticize | something for nothing | and all that i want is forgiveness one more time | i know that all that we want is to feel inside | some kind
of comfort | and all that we’ve done we can’t hide | we’ll be the best in the world | just stop | enough of the limitless critical comments | on my life | just drop
| the judgement, and all of your pseudo-involvement | in my life
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GUARDED
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guarding yourself from the love of another | left you with nothing tonight | why does it sound like the devil is laughing | leaving
me haunted tonight | you did decide | now i want you, when you’re gone, and now it’s like | you’re holding something, just in front of me | well then, i can’t
allow this to become another | one of those times that i’m left in the cold, dead | there’s no compromise | just another tie | i know i need to sever | guarding
yourself from the love of another | left you with nothing tonight | why does it sound like the devil is laughing | leaving me haunted tonight | you did decide
| ever haunted, by the trappings of this life | sweet redemption, just in front of me | well now, it seems once again that i’ve lost another | one of the ones that
have broke through the wall, damned | fate won’t compromise | i have sold my soul | and now the devil’s laughing | you did decide | you were bold and strong,
and ready to begin your life | all for nothing, you were sacrificed | you began alone, and so it will be when you die | all for nothing, will you be remembered? |
you did decide | guarding yourself from the love of another | left you with nothing tonight | so now you know why the devil is laughing | he left you with
nothing tonight | you did decide
DEIFY
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all my devotion betrayed | i am no longer afraid | i was too blinded to see | how much you’ve stolen from me | you want to know why
| i feel so horrified | i’ve let my innocence die | you want to know why | i can’t be pacified | you made me bury something | i won’t be sleeping tonight | i
only wanted a blessing made | now i’ve been labeled a renegade | it seems so clear now what i must do | you’re no immortal, i won’t let them | deify you |
they view you as the new messiah | deify you | renew belief in some demented man | you want to know why | it seems the passion’s died | we’ve all been
living this lie | you want to know why | my will’s been fortified | you made me hunger again | good luck sleeping tonight | i only wanted a blessing made |
now i’ve been labeled a renegade | it seems so clear now what i must do | you’re no immortal, i won’t let them | deify you | they view you as the new
messiah | deify you | renew belief in some demented man | all my devotion betrayed | i am no longer afraid | i was too blinded to see | how much you’ve
stolen from me | deify you | they view you as the new messiah | deify you | renew belief in some demented man
STRICKEN
you walk on like a woman in suffering | won’t even bother now, to tell me why | you come alone, letting all of us savor the
moment | leaving me broken, another time | you come on like a blood-stained hurricane | leave me alone, let me be this time | you carry on like a holy man
pushing redemption | i don’t want to mention, the reason i know | that i am stricken, and can’t let you go | when the heart is cold, there’s no hope, and we
know | that i am crippled by all that you’ve done | into the abyss, will i run | you don’t know what your power has done to me | i want to know if i’ll heal
inside | i can’t go on, with a holocaust about to happen | seeing you laughing another time | you’ll never know, how your face has haunted me | my very
soul has to bleed this time | another hole in the wall of my inner defenses | leaving me breathless, the reason i know | that i am stricken, and can’t let you
go | when the heart is cold, there’s no hope, and we know | that i am crippled by all that you’ve done | into the abyss, will i run
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I’M ALIVE
never again, will i be dishonored | and never again, will i be reminded | of living within the world of the jaded | they kill
inspiration, it’s my obligation | to never again, allow this to happen | where do i begin, the choices are endless | denying the sin | my art, my redemption
| i carry the torch of my fathers before me | the thing i treasure most in life | cannot be taken away | there will never be a reason why | i will surrender to
your advice | to change myself, i’d rather die | though they will not understand | i won’t make the greatest sacrifice | you can’t predict where the outcome
lies | you’ll never take me alive | i’m alive | change again, cannot be considered | i rage again, dispelling my anger | where do i begin, the choices are
endless | my art, my redemption | my only salvation | i carry the gift, that i have been blessed with | my soul is adrift, in oceans of madness | repairing
the rift, that you have created | i am not alone, brothers give me your arms now | the thing i treasure most in life | cannot be taken away | there will never
be a reason why | i will surrender to your advice | to change myself, i’d rather die | though they will not understand | i won’t make the greatest sacrifice |
you can’t predict where the outcome lies | you’ll never take me alive | i’m alive | i’m no slave, are you feeling brave | or have you gone out of your mind
| no more games, it won’t feel the same | if i hold my anger inside | there’s no meaning, my soul is bleeding | i’ve had enough of your kind | one suggestion,
use your discretion | before you label me blind | the thing i treasure most in life | cannot be taken away | there will never be a reason why | i will
surrender to your advice | to change myself, i’d rather die | though they will not understand | i won’t make the greatest sacrifice | you can’t predict where
the outcome lies | you’ll never take me alive | i’m alive
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SONS OF PLUNDER
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tell me you like it | you say you’ve found yourself a new sound | the shit’s loaded and ready to go |
a bit too much just like the old sound | already heard it for the hundredth time | one hundred more, all have the same sound | running around with all the
sheep that you know | “it’s so sublime, they’re breaking new ground” | “they’re sure to have another hit this time” | come on, can’t you just leave it alone | it
doesn’t have any soul | just find a thing of your own | and stop pretending to know | as the countless numbers hunger | for worldwide renown | all the
pimping sons of plunder | will roll up their sleeves | all searching for the answers | they don’t even care to know | give it to me, give it to me | you like it?
| i’m still surrounded by the “new sound” | i’ve had enough and i’m ready to go | a stranglehold throughout the world now | the new obsession will fade in
time | a thin reminder of the past now | all convoluted, hardly ready to go | their whines and moans will never last now | i think you’ve given us our fill this
time | come on, can’t you just leave it alone | it doesn’t have any soul | just find a thing of your own | and stop pretending to know | as the countless numbers hunger | for worldwide renown | all the pimping sons of plunder | will roll up their sleeves | all searching for the answers | they don’t even care to know
| give it to me, give it to me | you like it? | as it’s blown apart | hundreds thrown away | makes me question, just what i believe | brothers torn apart |
mindless drones enslaved | makes me search for an answer | i don’t want to know | it’s like a plague from below | killing all that i know | one hundred
voices, the same | drench their sorrow in flame | as the countless numbers hunger | for worldwide renown | all the pimping sons of plunder | will roll up
their sleeves | all searching for the answers | they don’t even care to know | give it to me, give it to me | you like it? | tell me you like it
OVERBURDENED
hell is still overburdened | i must stand and wait in line | i may never know for certain | when will be my
time | how was i considered evil? | pleasures taken in this life? | someone granted me reprieval | decades spent in strife | led to nothing | repeated in my
mind | led to nothing | if only i was born another time | hell is still overburdened | i must stand and wait in line | hell is still overburdened | how have i been
so determined malign? | it’s the closing of the curtain | in the play that was my life | countless chapters left unopened | tragedies inside | i was fighting for a
reason | holy blessed homicide | seems i have committed treason | all i’ve sacrificed | led to nothing | repeated in my mind | led to nothing | if only i was
born another time | hell is still overburdened | i must stand and wait in line | hell is still overburdened | how have i been so determined malign? | fate is so
unkind | now i should have known | blind leading the blind | reaping what i’ve sown | if it all amounts to nothing | why then am i standing in this line? | hell
is still overburdened | i must stand and wait in line | hell is still overburdened | how have i been so determined malign?
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DECADENCE
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yes, they know, that you’ve hurt yourself another time | don’t they know that you’re full of pain already? | yes, they know,
that you’ve hurt yourself another time | decadence isn’t easy | is it? | then you slowly recall all your mind | why your soul’s gone cold, and all hope has run
dry | dead inside. never enough to forget, that you’re one of the lonely | slowly recall all your mind | if i scare you now, don’t run from me | i’ve been
hiding my pain, you see?
FORGIVEN
forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | you’re just another dead man living to me | forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | how
can you let a dead man live | forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | you’re just another nightmare walking to me | you were driven to me | now you’re given
to me | how can i let the nightmare live | to be purified in fire | anesthetic for the pain | as the final words erupt from your mouth | who will remember your
name | forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | you’re just another dead man living to me | forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | how can you let a dead
man live | forgiven to me | you’re forgiven to me | you’re just another nightmare walking to me | you were driven to me | now you’re given to me | no
longer will the nightmare live | to be purified in fire | anesthetic for the pain | as the final words erupt from your mouth | who will remember your name |
walking the line that the world has drawn | fighting for balance alone in the dark | will you carry the burden the world has grown | will you destroy everything
| in your sight | you alone can give this one more try | you alone will bury me tonight | to be purified in fire | anesthetic for the pain | as the final words
erupt from your mouth | who will remember you now | who will remember your name
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LAND OF CONFUSION
i must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams | been haunted by a million screams | but i can hear the marching feet | they’re moving into the street | now did you read the news today | they say the danger’s gone away | but i can see the fire’s still alight | there
burning into the night | there’s too many men | too many people | making too many problems | and not much love to go ’round | can’t you see | this is
a land of confusion | this is the world we live in | and these are the hands we’re given | use them and let’s start trying | to make it a place worth living in
| ooh superman where are you now | when everything’s gone wrong somehow | the men of steel, the men of power | are losing control by the hour | this
is the time | this is the place | so we look for the future | but there’s not much love to go ’round | tell me why, this is a land of confusion | this is the
world we live in | and these are the hands we’re given | use them and let’s start trying | to make it a place worth living in | i remember long ago | ooh
when the sun was shining | yes and the stars were bright | all through the night | in the wake of this madness | as i held you tight | so long ago | i won’t
be coming home tonight | my generation will put it right | we’re not just making promises | that we know, we’ll never keep | too many men | there’s too
many people | making too many problems | and not much love to go ’round | can’t you see | this is a land of confusion | now this is the world we live in
| and these are the hands we’re given | use them and let’s start trying | to make it a place worth fighting for | this is the world we live in | and these are
the names we’re given | stand up and let’s start showing | just where our lives are going to
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SACRED LIE
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my conviction is stronger today | as i fight to uncover your sacred lie | and the fear isn’t going away | as the soldiers still
die | let your followers know | that their lives have been sold | for the good of your sacred lie | for the truth to be told | and the plan to unfold | we must
start asking why | don’t you know the war is far from over now | what a stumbling block we’ve fallen over now | as our brothers die defending no one | the
war is far from over now | liberation, a moral charade | for the cause is a part of your sacred lie | damnation a moment away, in all the world’s eyes | it’s the
doom of us all | we give in to control | for the sake of your sacred lie | complications abound | you’ll get used to the sound | of alarms in your life | don’t
you know the war is far from over now | what a stumbling block we’ve fallen over now | as our brothers die defending no one | the war is far from over now
| give us a moment of peace in our lifetime | a moment of peace in our lifetime | a moment of peace right now | don’t you know the war is far from over now
| what a stumbling block we’ve fallen over now | as our brothers die defending no one | the war is far from over now
PAIN REDEFINED
fading falling, lost in forever | will i find a way to keep it together | am i strong enough to last through the
weather | in the hurricane of my life | can it be a conscious decision | that i look for ways to alter my vision | am i speeding towards another collision | in
the alleyways of my life | memories don’t lie | you know better than | those who have fallen in | please believe me | that my eyes deceive me | don’t
stand me up, just leave me | i have fallen again, this is the end | pain redefined | shaking, burning up with the fever | in the realm of pain i am the deceiver
| now i lie to myself, so i can believe her | as she disassembles my life | i cannot dispel the illusion | all my hopes and dreams are drowned by confusion |
can i find a way to make a solution | that will reconfigure my life | memories don’t lie | you know better than | those who have fallen in | please believe
me | that my ears deceive me | don’t stand me up, just leave me | i have fallen again, this is the end | pain redefined | and i know that stillness shatters |
we have all been frightened by the sound | of footsteps on the pavement of our lives | i stand and fight | i’m not afraid to die | elochai | bury me tonight
| please believe me | that the world deceives me | don’t stand me up, just leave me | i have fallen again, this is the end | pain redefined
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AVARICE
politics and evil | all one and the same | satan hides behind a different name | take these chains away | free my hands from
bondage | can’t explain away | avarice will kill you in time | violent upheaval | cities drenched in flame | wickedness we know we can contain | take these
chains away | free my hands from bondage | can’t explain away | avarice will kill you in time | who will we murder now | see what we are becoming | an
onyx veil that filters out the light | i’ll savor, this anger | my hate makes me stronger | free my hands from bondage | take these chains away | running from
destruction | avarice will kill you in time
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lyrics reprinted by permission. all rights reserved. | all songs written and arranged by disturbed, ©2005 mother culture publishing/wb music corp. all rights admin. by wb music corp. ascap “land of confusion”
written by tony banks, phil collins and mike rutherford, ©1986 anthony banks ltd./philip collins ltd./michael rutherford ltd./hit & run music (publishing) ltd. all rights in the u.s. and canada controlled and administered
by emi april music inc. (ascap). international copyright secured.
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D AV I D D R A I M A N : V O I C E / D A N D O N E G A N : G U I TA R S + E L E C T R O N I C S / M I K E W E N G R E N : D R U M S
BASS TRACKS: JOHN MOYER
produced by johnny k and disturbed | recorded at groovemaster studio, chicago, il | mixed by ben grosse | mixed at the mix room, burbank, ca | assisted
by paul pavao | mastered by ted jensen at sterling sound | studio guitar tech: aiden mullen | a&r: jeff aldrich
art direction: disturbed, ellen wakayama and matt taylor | design: matt taylor | artwork: todd mcfarlane and greg capullo | todd mcfarlane entertainment president and
executive in charge of music for tme: terence fitzgerald | photography: clay patrick mcbride | management: jbm | legal representation: jeffrey light for myman, abell, fineman, greenspan & light | business management: larry einbund/angela desimone for provident financial | north american booking: darryl eaton and rick roskin for caa |
international booking: emma banks for helter skelter
special thanks go to: jeff battaglia, dougie thomson and everyone at jbm; tom whalley, diarmuid quinn, jeff aldrich, rob “commissioner” gordon, phil costello, raymond mcglamery, lynn mcdonnell, jim baltutis, devin sarno, jeff watson, dave stein, robyn bechtel, jennifer bird, wendy griffiths, dave may, ellen wakayama, nick haussling and
everyone at warner/reprise; steve margo, john reid, michael nance, alex levy and everyone at warner international; rick shoemaker, greg sowders and everyone at warner chappell; jeffrey light; larry einbund; angela desimone; johnny k, tadpole, doyle, troy and everyone at groovemaster; ben grosse and everyone at the mix room; dennis brennan
and everyone in our touring family; aiden mullen; todd mcfarlane and his entire staff; rafa alcantara, adam cook and everyone at rafacore; darryl eaton, rick roskin and everyone at caa; emma banks and lucy at helter skelter; mitch schneider, kristine aston and everyone at mso; everyone at giant merchandise; bryan wengren; deb copelan; kenny
mcpherson; david andreone; midwest digital; chad vogelsong and everyone at jvc; pete bruce for the loft; darren and everyone at conrads harley-davidson; ea sports; the disturbed ones.
david would like to thank: first and foremost my brothers dan and mike for the gift of music that they have given me; john moyer for helping us out on bass;
jeff battaglia, dougie thompson, and everyone at jbm; johnny k, tadpole, doylethy, troy and everyone at groovemaster studio; dennis brennan, skitch, bull, dave, ron, aiden,
sonny, nate, and our entire crew; all the bands we’ve toured with and anyone i have shared a stage with in the past three years; my family and friends for all their love and
support; liz for inspiration; my dog, lisa for bringing me peace; and last but not least, all our brothers and sisters out there who have been so patient, the time has come.
dan would like to thank: my beautiful wife, nicole, for your love and never ending comedy you bring in my life and for the greatest gift i could ever dream of,
our amazing daughter, maya; our crazy pug, gwen; the donegans: mom & dad, tommy & dane; price family; wade family; the sardos: rocco & sue, rocky & michele and family; danielle & lexxus soristo; guzolek family; bob & karen la capra and family; john lazarz; misner family; steve macaluso; ria and baby gianna; keith & noel guest; mark “solid”
leavitt and the cpd; mcglammery family; steve kmak and family; brennan family and our entire road crew family; aiden mullen; larry jacobsen; berko; tommy lipnick; doug
reynolds and everyone at randall amps, david karon and everyone at washburn guitars; paul muniz and everyone at digitech; johnny k and staff; rae nimeh at united tech; jeff
“meat truck” battaglia; dougie thomson and family; chicago south-side; dimebag (r.i.p); all of our fans who give us life and for your patience; john moyer; my band brothers,
david & mike for all the hard work and dedication for the past 9 years plus. may we continue to inspire each other and enjoy this journey.
mike would like to thank: the peters/klein/radosevich clan; the wengrens; the satalas; the moreys; the lazarzs; patricia madai; the duszas; the budzinskis; the donegans; the draimans; the battaglias; the thomsons; the brennans; john moyer; steve kmak; marc leavitt; darren conrad; tom moriarty; jeff little; rae nimah; anthony lioce; pete
moran; mike farriss; derek wolfford and everyone at pearl; bobby boos, chris stankee and everyone at sabian; chad brandolini and everyone at vater; john ferrante, steve lobmeier and everyone at evans; johnny k and everyone at groovemaster; nate wlazelek; everyone at clark synthesis; ron sachen. a special thanks to my brothers, david and dan,
my partners in the passion to create the magic that is so very disturbing. an extra special thanks to tina peters, my angel eyes, my love, my confidence and my inspiration. and
to wilbur, my little bud.
we would like to dedicate this record to the memory of our late fallen brother,
dimebag darrell, one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the face of this earth.
dan endorses: washburn guitars/maya series, randall amps, digitech, tone pros, tc electronics, ghs strings, rocktron. | mike endorses: pearl drums, sabian
cymbals, vater sticks, evans drumheads, clark synthesis tactile sound. | disturbed endorses: shure mics. | also thanks to: mesa-boogie, roland, diezel,
bogner, dunlop, tascam, ultimate ears, ddrum, midwest digital.
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C 2005 reprise records. made in u.s.a.