1. Descending Upon Us

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2. LifeWar

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3. Collapsing
(feat. guest vocals by Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork)

I... I see the weight of hollow death residing in you.
Take now your final breath. Exhale the truth.
I see the fear of nothing left. Dead fragments of youth.
You hold it in yourself. I feel it too.

I mourn your blindness. I die along.
And swallow darkness. In misery is where I belong.

Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... I try (I try)
Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... you deny

I... I know the light is burning dim and dying in you.
I know the pain that lies within. I feel it too.

I mourn your blindness. I die along.
And swallow darkness. In misery is where I belong.

Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... I try (I try)
Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... you deny

No vow of silence. No remission of truth.

Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... I try (I try)
Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... you deny

Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... I try (I try)
Collapsing in on yourself. I don’t know why... you deny


"When you get to a certain age, it seems like all of your peers have made up their minds regarding most issues of faith, and sometimes relaying the truth of Christ to these people may seem like a lost cause. This song is about never giving up that fight to reach these people. Even if their hearts have been hardened to the truth, it’s important for us, as believers, to continue to fight for these lost souls. The lyrics of the bridge are "No vow of silence, no remission of truth." This should be our stance in regard to sharing our faith with others." (Ryan Clark - Lead Vocalist)

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4. This Is the Line

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5. Driving Nails

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6. The World Is a Thorn

The gavel has fallen, along with the rest. Are we expected to settle for this?
Bring us the plague, lead us away. Blacken tomorrow with ash of today.
Can’t you see the fabric of our standards wearing thin?
See your world in its grave at the hands of the enslaved.

Won’t bow to man. Won’t bow to government.
Won’t trust in a failed system of self-fulfilling lust.
Won’t love a world where my God is mocked. I defy.

Oh, a kiss on the serpent’s head.
We walk in the line of deceit, the walking dead.
Can’t you feel the ground of our discretion giving way?
Refusal of hope, solution demise. Bury the truth in a mountain of lies.

Won’t bow to man. Won’t bow to government.
Won’t trust in a failed system of self-fulfilling lust.
Won’t love a world where my God is mocked. I defy.

This is what you try to sell me. Subjective nothingness.
Pull your sickness from my throat.
Let me breathe the truth. Let me breathe the truth.

Won’t bow to man. Won’t bow to government.
Won’t bow to greed. Won’t bow to false hope.
Won’t bow to self. Won’t bow to modern code.
Won’t sell my soul to a dead world. I defy.

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7. Tie This Around Your Neck

This is the age of the dead.
The generation of pagan and self-led.
You can feel the bones shatter beneath our feet.
The blood of lust staining our teeth.

We feed on pain (pain), disorder (disorder), delusion (delusion).
The filth of the modern plague.
And in this reign of Godlessness, the heathens will say…

Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck.
Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck. Fool.

Save your breath my son. Just carry on home.
Time will prey on you and take you through Hell.

I’ve heard every empty line.
Every curse, every word that you redefine.
I will turn my back on the coming storm.
Won’t lie in the grave, I will be reborn.
They say…

Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck.
Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck. Fool.

Save your breath my son, just carry on home.
Time will prey on you and take you through Hell.

Confusion reigns. Pride of the hopeless herd.
Blind to the will, blind to the word.
They will drown in the rule of man. Helpless and alone.

Save your breath my son, just carry on home.
Time will prey on you and take you through Hell.

They say…
Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck. Fool.
Tie this around your neck. Tie this around your neck. Fool... Fool... Fool.


"The world will tell you to lead yourself. This song is the antithesis of that ideal. We [Demon Hunter] believe that we [humanity] are a flawed people, and that man, given unto his own will, will fail. Therefore, using our flesh as a compass in life is a path that leads only to destruction. The burden of relying only on yourself is like a weight around your neck, and when the people and forces of the world encourage us to live this way, we tell them to ’save their breath’" (Ryan Clark - Lead Vocalist)

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8. Just Breathe

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9. Shallow Water
 

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10. Feel As Though You Could

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11. Blood in the Tears

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12. Desire the Pain [Bonus Track]
 

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13. Driving Nails (String Mix) [Bonus Track]

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"The World Is A Thorn" (Deluxe Edition) (CD+DVD) (Box Set) - (March 9, 2010)
 

Demon Hunter - "The World Is A Thorn" - (Solid State Records - March 9, 2010)