Iced Earth – High Water Mark

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

Planets will, everythings at stake

Well hit em hard, not a silent gun.

Before the infantrys 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 bridge 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 day

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 [something] 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]

Were almost there my boys

I never thought wed fire

We must push forward boys

And bayonet the evil tyrant

Through the depths of trees we charge

To cross the union center

And when they turn and run

I hope theyll drop and beg for freedom

[battle ensues, orchestra solo,

With people dying in the background]

Its over now we are retreating

I never thought that wed 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 hands….