HAMMERWITCH "Return To Salem"
				     Metal War Records



BURNED AT THE STAKES: 


Intro (the witch trial and sentencing) 

Burn her, burn her, burn her…. 

Shattering the quiet darkness, the angry mobs gathers on the hill 
The tourch lit masses, come together at this night 
Shouts of rage crack the air, screams of slander growing there 
As the hatred in their hearts, makes their sanity tear 

Burned at the stakes 
Her wicked life they must takes 
Burned at the stakes 
Her soul doesn’t die 
Its merely set free to possess you and I 

Them a nameless face, shouts out where they must go 
To the widows house, always dark, forever hollow 
They come without warning, they come without fear 
Driven by an evil, more evil than the evil they fear 

Grab her               she must die 
She is a witch      another cries 
Kill her                for god’s sake 
Then she is taken away to be burned at the stakes 


Watching out her wiwodow, as the time of death draws near 
They have broken her spell, they sense her fear 
They are coming to crucify her, her wicked life they must take 
Conjuring all her powers, cant save her from burning at the stake 



PSYCHO 


Out of the black night, he creeps 
Lurking in the shadows, he waits 
He is psycho, he is freak 
Driven by an evil that the darkness awakes 

Unholy night, bloody night 
Take the kight, take a life 

Walking by the playground in the middle of the day 
Watching all the children laugh and play 
You know he wants to lock them up 
And take their innocence away 

There’s a sickness in his brain 
Taking life in his game 
He is addicted to the thrill 
That he gets when he kills 
He is a psycho…. 
DIE!!! 



LIVE FOR METAL 
 

All your pretty boys who think you rule the stage 
Blinded by illusion, trapped in your own cage 
I want you all to listen all across the land 
We must live for metal, its out final stand 

Live for metal 

I see things that can not be seen 
I hear what no one hears 
I speak in tongues In the dead of the night 
But never will I fear 
For I know the change is coming 
It’s the time to call the shots 
You must live for metal 
And give it all you got 

No one can never stop what was meant to be 
No one will never know what it means to me 
To bang our heads together, fighting till the end 
We must die for metal, and die like men 



BRAINCHILD 


A child of fire of demon seed 
Put on this earth for an evil need 
Satan himself in human form 
Will grow among us without alarm 
Even as a child he knows his purpose 

He knows the way, he is the one 
He lives among us, he is a brainchild 
He has the answers, he has a plan 
He’s gonna save us all, he is a brainchild 

Even as he grows, he is wiser than his years 
He hides his identity, we have no fears 
His power grows, he’s praised by those 
Who blindly follow his organized plan 
The world slowly notices this man who’s risen by power 

Freedom is slavery, slavery is freedom 
Its his way, he is a brainchild 
Death to those that try and oppose 
For they just don’t know he is a brainchild 

So now through the years, he’s wiped away our tears 
He is slowly taken our emotions away 
The life within us no longer exists 
We now lay broken down and possessed 
He is a ruler with an iron fist, oh save us from this 

You will feel his anger, you will taste his fear 
Vengeance is upon us, he is a brain child 
Nothing is sacred as his demons are unleashed 
Upon our souls he feeds, he is a brainchild 



JUDGEMENT DAY 


blasts of thunder, the lightning strikes 
your eyes are blinded, by a brilliant light 
out of the heavens, as the skies open wide 
descends a band of angels, with a vengeance inside 
Judgment day 
Time to pay 

Ripping and slashing, through the flesh of your mind 
Calling up the spirit cause the flesh will surely die 
Satan wishes for a place to hide 
Angel of death patrols the sky 

Watching all your empires fall 
You had fair warning of the final call 
Have mercy on your soul 
As you learn to crawl 

The good are saved, no more sorrow or pain 
The evil perish, burning in Satan’s name 
Into hell the beast is cast with an iron rod 
For no one will escape the wrath of god 


RETURN TO SALEM 
 

Come with me as I take you, back through the sands of time 
I will tell you the story, take my hand and I will take your mind 
I will show you no mercy, for there’s no mercy in me 
Forgotten pages crumble, back to Salem we journey 

Return to Salem 
I’m the nightmare from the past 
I’m the future, I’m the ever last 

Yes, I’m the ghost of witches past 
Forgotten souls joined together pain 
We have become one with our unity 
Back from a fiery grave to reign 
Over this earth our new kingdom 
Reborn from our own deaths 
We are alive and well 
Long live the new flesh 

The wrath of the witch is upon you 
Only god can save you now, like a plague, we are among you 
Do you think you can break free somehow? 
You thought we had been killed off long ago 
But being tortured and put to death 
Was merely a ritual for everlasting life 
And our pain we shall not forget… 
NO! 

Return to Salem 
I’m a nightmare from the past 
I’m the future, I’m the everlasting one 
Who will take your soul with me 
Straight down to hell 

(*Mega blackened hails to Ghassan from Libya for these rare lyrics!*)