Via Appia

from Via Appia by Heretics

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lyrics

Ten thousand sold each day
A human life no more than a unit
Tattoos on their foreheads, protecting investment
„Stop me, I'm a runaway!“

The sole purpose is to serve
Pleasure, amusement, decadence
Woe to him who fails
For he is forever condemned to the mines

Rise! Flee!
Escape this bond!
Fight! Kill!
With spit and knife

Walk with me, walk free
One last time, gladly
Before you die

About seventy escape
Starting legend, their life they shape

Roaming throughout the land
Unshackled hands but hunted all the same
Underestimated, victorious in battle
Triumph, thus growing stronger still

Every roman corpse leaves a sword behind
They strengthen the ranks of the uprising
As do servants that
Increase the numbers to seventy thousand strong

The siege is futile
An obstacle overcome
The will and spirit
Not broken so easily

The spoils of war
Shared just among all there are
So more yet join
The uprising at its peak

Loosing thirty thousand men
Yet winning with four times that number
Sacrificing captives, honouring the dead
Revenge for the fallen ones

Craven foes turn around and flee
Their fate just worsens on familiar grounds
Decimation will
Strengthen their spirit for the coming fight

Walk with me, walk free
One last time, gladly

March with me, be bold
And peace you may behold
before you die

In the last battle everything is lost
Whoever survives the sword still dies
Two hundred kilometers, the Via Appia
Six thousand crucified a warning to the world

credits

from Via Appia, track released September 25, 2019
Music and lyrics by Tim Lobner
Guest Vocals by Wayward Dawn and Heretic Legion

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about

Heretics Paderborn, Germany

After founding the band in 2009, the first gig was played in 2010. It took ten years, until the first album Via Appia was released - but the band has grown from a bunch of pupils buying instruments to a Death Metal steamroller.