Iced Earth - "Melancholy (Holy Martyr)" (audio)

Make the sadness go away
Come back another day
For years I’ve tried to teach
But their eyes are empty
Empty too I have become
For them I must die
A sad and troubled race
An ungrateful troubled place

I see the sadness in their eyes
Melancholy in their cries
Devoid of all the passion
The human spirit cannot die
Look at the pain around me
This is what I cry for
Look at the pain around me
This is what I’ll die for

Make the sadness go away
Come back another day
The things I’ve said and done
Don’t matter to anyone
But still, you push me to see
Something, I can never be
Why am I their shattered king?
I don’t mean anything

I see the sadness in their eyes
Melancholy in their cries
Devoid of all the passion
The human spirit cannot die
Look at the pain around me
This is what I cry for
Look at the pain around me
This is what I’ll die for

I see the sadness in their eyes
Melancholy in their cries
Devoid of all the passion
The human spirit cannot die
Look at the pain around me
This is what I cry for
Look at the pain around me
This is what I’ll die for

I see the sadness in their eyes
(Make the sadness go away)
Melancholy in their cries
Devoid of all the passion
(For them, for them I must die!)
The human spirit cannot die
Look at the pain around me
This is what I cry for
Look at the pain around me
This is what I’ll die for

Το καλοκαίρι του 1998 κυκλοφορεί ο πέμπτος δίσκος των Iced Earth υπό τον τίτλο "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Πατάς το play, "σκάει" ο power metal κεραυνός "Burning Times" κι ακολουθεί το "Melancholy" και κάπου εκεί ξέρεις ότι κρατάς στα χέρια σου ένα ξεχωριστό και ιδιαίτερο album...

Band: Iced Earth
Country of origin: United States
Location: Tampa, Florida
Formed in: 1988
Genre: Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Horror, Fantasy, Literature, Mythology, History, War
Years active: 1984-1985 (as The Rose), 1985-1988 (as Purgatory), 1988-present

Audio: "Melancholy (Holy Martyr)"
Album: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
Type: Full length
Release date: June 22nd, 1998
Label: Century Media Records

Band members:
Jon Schaffer - Guitars, Vocals (backing), Lyrics
Matt Barlow - Vocals (lead), Lyrics
James MacDonough - Bass

Guest/Session:
Larry Tarnowski - Guitars (lead)
Mark "The Creeper" Prator - Drums
Susan McQuinn - Flute
Howard Helm - Piano (intro)
Tracy Marie LaBarbera - Vocals (backing)
Roger Hughes - Mandolin
Jim Morris - Keyboards, Vocals (backing), Guitars (lead)

Miscellaneous staff:
Jim Morris - Producer, Engineering
Jon Schaffer - Logo (band)
Travis Smith - Artwork
Greg Capullo - Artwork
Olga MacRae - Photography (Egyptian element)
Michael Haynes - Photography (band)
Carsten Drescher - Layout, Design