Breathing Lightning

Album: For All Kings (2016)
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  • I have walked this world and back now
    Too many times to count or stop, how?
    Time is nothing, slow and focused
    I stalk this land with just one purpose

    A deal made the second that you choose to force my will
    An extension of my hand with the intent to kill by the white lightning
    You always have the chance to do the right thing
    Until the right thing comes undone
    And with a thunderclap I'm breathing lightning
    And this world has moved on

    My body's broken there's no quit
    My will intact and I can't stop it
    Hearts and minds can see the end
    Until it all happens again
    Like so many before you
    You'll see what death will bring
    After me there's no one else
    No angels there to sing just the white lightning

    You always have the chance to do the right thing
    Until the right thing comes undone
    And with a thunderclap I'm breathing lightning
    And this world has moved on
    I look inside myself is this the right thing?
    Is this the right thing, I don't know

    Ah
    Like so many before you
    We'll see what death will bring
    Can you hear the angels sing?
    Do you hear the angels sing?
    Like so many before you, I'd do anything
    Just to hear the angels sing
    Just to hear the angels sing

    You always have the chance to do the right thing
    Until the right thing comes undone (it comes undone)
    And then with a thunderclap I'm breathing lightning
    And this world has moved on (it moves on)
    I look inside myself is this the right thing?
    Is this the right thing, I don't know
    Ah
    Ah Writer/s: CHARLIE BENANTE, FRANK BELLO, JOSEPH BELLARDINI, SCOTT ROSENFELD
    Publisher: DOWNTOWN DLJ SONGS
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Ivan from Frankenmuth, MiMy personal favorite Anthrax song. The slow opening going into the heavy drums is one of the best transitions ever.
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