the devil to pay

• the glorious burden albümünden bir iced earth eseri olan gettysburg 1863 isimli üçlemenin ilk bölümü.
  
  in july 1863
  a nation torn in tragedy
  a trick of fate, two great armies merge
  gods of war at gettysburg
  
  devastation lies ahead
  50,000 bodies litter the land
  hell rages three full days
  the reaper sows, there's the devil to pay
  
  the pressure's on and the reb's attack
  the yanks must hold, they can't fall back
  just two brigades, 2000 strong
  against 20,000 they can't hold long
  
  general reynolds makes his way
  expect no mercy from the iron brigade
  until he shows they're on their own
  but buford's men have a will of stone
  
  bayonets gleam in the morning sun
  smoke and fire belching from their guns
  another volley and again they strike
  thousands more comin' down chambersburg pike
  
  this tragedy and what it brings
  all the devastation
  (the reaper has his way)
  men will kill, blood will spill
  to preserve the nation
  (there's the devil to pay)
  
  south of town down the emmitsburg road
  the first corps are starting to show
  for buford's men, they're here just in time
  the desperate need to strengthen the line
  
  bodies dropping the blue and the grey
  muskets fire and cannon blaze
  the union fights defending the town
  but they're outnumbered and losing ground
  
  from the north and the west more rebels arrive
  thousands more and the fight multiplies
  mcphearson's ridge and the black hats strike
  a rebel sharpshooter takes reynolds life
  
  this tragedy and what it brings
  all the devastation
  (the reaper has his way)
  men will kill, blood will spill
  to preserve the nation
  (there's the devil to pay)
  
  attack! attack! general lee gives command
  they're overwhelmed, the situation demands
  the federals retreat and rush out of town
  but they have fortified and saved the high ground
  
  the day ends in victory for the south
  lee's as convinced as god's will is profound
  they are invincible and their cause is just
  but longstreet is cautious and lacking in trust
  
  across the way the union digs in
  the round tops, cemetery ridge and out to culps hill
  their lines are strong, no denying they'll stay
  when the confederates strike
  there'll be the devil to pay
  
  this tragedy and what it brings
  all the devastation
  (the reaper has his way)
  men will kill, blood will spill
  to preserve the nation
  (there's the devil to pay)
• iced earth'ün the glorious burden albümündeki ekstra üçlüden ilki. sözleri sanırım amerika'nın kıytırık iç savaşlarını anlatıyor, epey tırt yani. ama sözlere takılmadan, sanki bir romandaki gerçek olmayan bir hikayeyi anlatıyormuş gibi dinleyince epey sevdiğimi fark ettiğim bir parça. tim owens coşturuyor. şöyle bir parça mesela bizim çanakkale destanına uyarlansa tapardım, orası ayrı.
  
  sözleri;
  
  in july 1863
  a nation torn in tragedy
  a trick of fate,two great armies merge
  gods of war at gettysburg
  devastation lies ahead
  50,000 bodies litter the land
  hell rages three full days
  the reaper sows, there's the devil to pay
  
  the pressure's on and the reb's attack
  the yanks must hold, they can't fall back
  just two brigades, 2000 strong
  against 20,000 they can't hold long
  
  general reynolds makes his way
  expect no mercy from the iron brigade
  until he shows they're on their own
  but buford's men have a will of stone
  
  bayonets gleam in the morning sun
  smoke and fire belching from their guns
  another volley and again they strike
  thousands more comin' down the chambersburg pike
  
  this tragedy and what it brings
  all the devastation
  "the reaper has his way"
  men will kill, blood will spill
  to preserve the nation
  "there's the devil to pay"
  
  south of town down the emmitsburg road
  the first corps are starting to show
  for buford's men, they're here just in time
  the desperate need to strenghthen the line
  
  bodies dropping the blue and the grey
  muskets fire and cannon blaze
  the union fights defending the town
  but they're outnumbered and losing ground
  
  from the north and the west more rebels arrive
  thousands more and the fight multiplies
  mcphearson's ridge and the black hats strike
  a rebel sharpshooter takes reynolds life
  
  attack! attack! general lee gives command
  they're overwhelmed, the situation demands
  the federals retreat and rush out of town
  but they have fortified and saved the high ground
  
  the day ends in victory for the south
  lee's as convinced as god's will is profound
  they are invincible and their cause is just
  but longstreet is cautious and lacking in trust
  
  across the way the union digs in
  the round tops, cemetary ridge and out to culps hill
  their lines are strong, no denying they'll stay
  when the confederates strike
  there'll be the devil to pay!
• 12 dakikadan uzun bir parca, ne bicim riff'ler geliyor geciyor.. naki$ gibi i$lemi$ler lan $arkiyi, anlattigi oykuyu. cok, cok ba$arili.
  
  5:30'da elektro gitar ve sava$ trompetleriyle ba$layip 9:20'ye kemanlarla uzanan e$$ek gibi kaliteli bir solosu da vardir. tim owens a$mi$ vokal yapar bu parcada. ulan herifi de grupta tutmalilarmi$ bunlar matthew barlow'u geri cagirirken.
• johnny cash'in 1970 tarihli hello, i'm johnny cash adlı albümünden enfes bir parça. aslen kris kristofferson'a ait.
  johnny cash ile carl perkins'i, "johnny cash! the man, his world, his music" isimli belgeselin son dakikalarında bu parçayı kaydederken görürüz.
  
  hem de masmavi.
  
  edith piaf: stüdyo verdiyonun da değilde, söz konusu belgeseldeki icrada, "that's the price of the high life you're livin'" kısmında,
  cash'in o "high life..." telaffuzu ne güzel yarebbim. içim eriyor ulen, sigaraya gidiyorum.