Iced Earth - High Water Mark Lyrics

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Lee:
"It was very close, yesterday, 
I thought for sure, they would break 
But this attack, that I have planned 
A massive strike across open land
In the center, they will break (will they break?)
But plan it well, everything's at stake 
We'll hit 'em hard, not a silent gun
Before the infantry's begun

"Execute it well,We risk everything"
"It's in God's hands now"

Longstreet:
"General Lee, I must tell you straight 
I believe this attack will fail
No 15,000 men ever made 
Will overtake that ridge today
A mile charge over open ground 
With yankee cannon gunnin' us down"

Lee: 
"We do our duty, we do what we must 
And in my plan, you will trust"

(Thousands die, On this day) 
"Execute it well,We risk everything"
"It's in Gods hands now"

The rebel cannon break the silence
150 guns make up their cannonade 

They must destroy the union center 
Before the infantry can launch their grand assult 

The yankees are returning fire 
(The earth shakes violently)
In Washington D.C. Lincoln feels the earth shake

What happens here this day
The fate of this nation
In the balance it will hang
Consumed with the pain
The courage of the blue
The valour of the grey
So very sad but true
Consumed with the pain

The Virginians are the chosen 
In wait behind the trees on Seminary Ridge 

Longstreet's slow to give the orders
The lines emerge, a mile, 15,000 men 

The charge begins in all its granduer 
(To the copse of trees)
For many of these men, they know it is their last 

The slaughter now ensues
Bodies fall like rain 
They valiantly pursue
Yet doomed to remain 
At the double quick they charge 
The canister rips through them 
To the mouth of hell they march 
Glory, the only gain

Armistead:
"We're almost there my boys 
I've never served with finer 
We must push forward boys 
And bayonet the yankee tyrants 
To the copse of trees we charge 
To crush the union center 
And when they turn and run 
An open road leads us to freedom"

Lee:
"It's over now we are retreating 
I never thought that we'd be beaten 
All this blood is on my hands 
The thousands dead due to my plan 
I am responsible, all of it is my fault 
I thought us invincible
Is this God's will after all? 
I look across this blood soaked land 
All this blood is on my hands 
God forgive me, please forgive me 
It's all my fault, the blood is on my hands"

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lyrics submitted by Rafierno
lyrics corrected by Attila