Tears Of The Dead Lyrics - Burning Japan Live 1999 - Arch Enemy

Hideous crimes an' atrocities 

The slaughter of millions beyond belief 

Those were dark times so different from now 

The law of evil ruled our fatherland 

I was but a pawn in their game 

Why should I feel any guilt? 

Still when I close, close my eyes 

The words unfold, it all comes back 

I can't defy it, can't deny it 

I know it to be true 

In my sleep they come to haunt me 

They know it to be true 

Tears of the dead 

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We are all on the turning wheel of fate 

A young man standing proud in uniform 

I never stopped to hesitate 

Until it was far too late 

I was but a pawn in their game 

Why should I feel any guilt? 

Still when I close, close my eyes 

The words unfold, it all comes back 

I can't defy it, can't deny it 

I know it to be true 

In my sleep they come to haunt me 

They know it to be true 

Tears of the dead 

My hands are soiled, covered in blood 

Stains that never wash away 

Their hollow eyes confronting me 

Judging me 

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Now an old man at the end of my days 

Contemplating my life of sin 

Living is never simple, the road is hard 

I had no say, just a puppet in a sick play 

I was but a pawn in their game 

Why should I feel any guilt? 

Still when I close, close my eyes 

The words unfold, it all comes back 

I can't defy it, can't deny it 

I know it to be true 

In my sleep they come to haunt me 

They know it to be true 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

(Tears of the dead) 

Tears of the dead