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Carry the Weight

from The Offering by Lords of the Trident

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The next evening, the foreboding and dread building for months inside the Guardian’s mind has
finally manifested itself into reality. Tragedy has struck. One of the wolves’ new recruits - a
particularly bloodthirsty and violent individual - has attempted to expedite his enlistment by very
publicly - and very violently - murdering a young child.
Another slaughter on the street tonight
But this time no one looks the other way
The cries of agony and anger
At the child’s tattered body on display
You know who held the knife
You could have saved her life
And now I carry
(Carry the shame, you are to blame)
The heavy burden of my choice
I am haunted by her voice
“You could have saved me”
(Why did you wait, to keep us safe)
Suffocated by the weight
Of the life my vow would not allow to take
Sovereign city in my care
Full of people who now spit upon my name
I am a child of the balance
Once again I am abandoned all the same
Bound to the oath I swear
But do they even care
And now I carry
(Carry the shame, you are to blame)
Watch them tearing at the walls
As the statues start to fall
Will I bury
(Bury her name, your honor slain)
All the hope of better days
And a familiar voice
that’s screaming “run away!”
How can I carry
(Carry the shame, you are to blame)
With my spirit running thin
Knowing I will never win
Forever wary
(Your privilege gone, where you belong)
That no matter what I choose
I will always be the one condemned to lose

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from The Offering, released April 1, 2022

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Lords of the Trident is the most METAL band on earth. Their metal's so pure that only diamonds can scratch it, and usually the diamonds are the ones that end up getting hurt in the end. Their amps are so loud, Manowar knocked on their door and asked them to "please turn down". ... more

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