Line #413 BadassCreed/Music


1	* No Surrender by Bruce Springsteen: No retreat, no surrender
2	* The Music/StanRogers song "Mary Ellen Carter", which actually saved the life of a shipwreck victim who sang it to stay awake in the icy water.
3	--> All you to whom adversity has dealt a mortal blow,
4	--> With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go,
5	--> Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain,
6	--> Like the ''Mary Ellen Carter'', rise again!
7	--> Rise again! Rise again!
8	--> Though your heart may be broken, and life about to end,
9	--> No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend,
10	--> Like the ''Mary Ellen Carter'', rise again!
11	* ''Die Gedanken Sind Frei'', German for "My Thoughts are Free." An old folksong sung by WWII prisoners, Cold War protestors, and modern freethinkers.
12	--> Die Gedanken Sind Frei, my thoughts freely flower
13	--> Die Gedanken Sind Frei, my thoughts give me power
14	--> No scholar can map them, no hunter can trap them,
15	--> No man can deny, Die Gedanken Sind Frei!
16
17	--> I think as I please, and this gives me pleasure
18	--> My conscience decrees this right I must treasure
19	--> My thoughts do not cater to duke or dictator,
20	--> No man can deny, Die Gedanken Sind Frei!
21
22	--> And should tyrants take me, and cast me in prison,
23	--> My thoughts shall burst free, like blossoms in season
24	--> Foundations will crumble, and structures will tumble,
25	--> and free men will cry, Die Gedanken Sind Frei!
26	* Music/HeatherAlexander's ''March of Cambreadth''
27	--> Midnight mare and blood-red roan
28	--> Fight to keep these lands your own
29	--> Sound the horn and call the cry
30	--> '''How many of them can we make die?'''
31	* ''Music/{{Slipknot}}'' on (sic) has "You can't kill me cause I'm already INSIDE YOU!"
32	* ''The Switch and the Spur'' by The Raconteurs
33	--> Any poor souls, who trespass against us
34	--> Whether it be beast or man
35	--> Will suffer the bite, or be stung dead on sight
36	--> By those who inhabit this land
37	--> For theirs is the power and this is their kingdom
38	--> As sure as the sun does burn
39	--> So enter this path, but heed these four words:
40	--> '''You shall never return'''
41	* "Sophia" by the Cruxshadows
42	--> Do not injustice to another
43	--> Defend the weak and innocent
44	--> Let truth and honor always guide you
45	--> Let courage find a life within
46	--> Stand up when no-one else is willing
47	--> Act not in hatred or in spite
48	--> Be to this world as a perfect knight
49	--> Even if it means your life
50	* [[Theatre/ManOfLaMancha The Impossible Dream:]]
51	--> To dream the impossible dream
52	--> To fight the unbeatable foe
53	--> To bear with unbearable sorrow
54	--> To run where the brave dare not go
55	** In fact, the whole song is his Badass Creed.
56	*** As are the opening and the finale.
57	*** One might say the whole musical is.
58	* It loses its rhyme in translation to English, but there's an old children's rhyme for the holiday of Hannukah:
59	--> We have come to expel darkness.
60	--> In our hands are light and flame.
61	--> Every one of us is a small light.
62	--> And all of us are a firm light.
63	--> Fight darkness, drive back blackness!
64	--> Fight for the cause of the light!
65	* The electronic dance song "Stop the Revolution" by D. Ramirez and Meat Katie:
66	--> You cannot restrain or tame an idea with idle threats.
67	--> Once it has crept into the mind, the mouth will not bite the tongue to keep it in silence.
68	--> The sheer promise of bondage and whips will not be enough to apprehend a thought as it travels from ear to misinformed ear.
69	--> We ''will'' protest, because ''you'' cannot tell a concept not to raise its fist in anger!
70	--> You cannot censor that which only exists in theory!
71	--> You cannot tell anarchy to stop in its tracks, when its feet only exist in the minds of the oppressed!
72	--> There is a force out there, greater than the media, greater than right or left, greater than empty lies or promises!
73	--> You can try all night to stop the noise... but you'll never stop the Revolution.
74	* "Prisoner of Our Time", "Branded and Exiled", "Chains and Leather"... Like many old school metal bands, Music/RunningWild had many of these on it's earlier releases. Here's a example from "Branded and Exiled":
75	--> Many relocated all across the land
76	--> Together we've got the power in our hands
77	--> We are strong enough to fight mendacious laws
78	--> We've got the wrath, 'cause we are
79	--> Branded and exiled
80	--> Together, we can stand the night!
81	--> Branded and exiled
82	--> Together, we can stand the night!
83
84	* The Incredible String Band -- ''My Name is Death''
85	--> I am the question that cannot be answered,
86	--> I am the lover that cannot be lost,
87	--> Yet small are the gifts of my servant; the soldier,
88	--> For time is my offspring; pray, what is my name?
89
90	--> My name is Death.
91
92	** Justifying note: Far from being a harsh metal song, this is a rather unsettling Folk song.
93
94	* Music/IronMaiden has many:
95	** One of note is "Die With Your Boots On,"
96	-->No point asking when it is,
97	-->No point asking who's to go,
98	-->No point asking what's the game,
99	-->No point asking who's to blame,
100	-->'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
101	-->'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
102	-->If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
103	-->If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
104	-->If you're gonna die, die with your boots on,
105	-->If you're gonna try, well stick around,
106	-->Gonna cry, just move along,
107	-->If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.
108	** Then, from "Sun and Steel,"
109	-->Sunlight, falling on your steel,
110	-->Death in life is your ideal,
111	-->Life is like a wheel.
112	** And, from "Flash of the Blade,"
113	-->You'll die as you lived
114	-->In a flash of the blade
115	-->In a corner forgotten by no-one
116	-->You lived for the touch
117	-->For the feel of the steel
118	-->One man, and his Honour.
119	** And of course The Trooper
120	-->
121	-->You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
122	-->You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
123	-->So when you're waiting for the next attack
124	-->You'd better stand there's no turning back
125
126	-->The bugle sounds as the charge begins
127	-->But on this battlefield no one wins
128	-->The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
129	-->As you plunge into a certain death
130
131	-->The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
132	-->The mighty roar of the Russian guns
133	-->And as we race towards the human wall
134	-->The screams of pain as my comrades fall
135
136	-->We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
137	-->And as the Russians fire another round
138	-->We get so near yet so far away
139	-->We won't live to fight another day
140
141	-->We get so close near enough to fight
142	-->When a Russian gets me in his sights
143	-->He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
144	-->A burst of rounds takes my horse below
145
146	-->And as I lay there gazing at the sky
147	-->My body's numb and my throat is dry
148	-->And as I lay forgotten and alone
149	-->Without a tear I draw my parting groan
150
151
152	* Victory Song -- ''Ensiferum''
153
154	--> Ei urhot kaukaisen pohjolan
155	--> Uhan eessä taipuneet
156	--> Jälleen pauhaa kansi taivahan
157	--> Veri valuu maahan lumiseen
158	--> Moni nähdä ei saa enää huomista
159	--> Moni jää heitä kaipaamaan
160	--> Jälkipolville jää maa rauhaisa
161	--> Voiton laulut soi ainiaan
162
163	--> Translated:
164	--> The warriors of the north
165	--> Stood strong against aggression
166	--> Again the thunder rumbles
167	--> Blood stains the snow
168	--> Many will not see tomorrow
169	--> Many will be missed
170	--> But the land remains safe for our children
171	--> And songs of victory will sound forever
172	** For that matter, most Finnish marching music; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6VqLkqxp7Y&feature=related The Jaeger March]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUpIhG0VsE&feature=related The Pori Regiment's march]], just to name a few.
173	* [[Music/{{Innuendo}} "The Show Must Go On"]], by Music/{{Queen\|Band}}.
174	-->The Show must go on!\
175	The Show must go on!\
176	Yeah, yeah!\
177	Ooh! Inside my heart is breaking!\
178	My make-up may be flaking...\
179	But my smile, still, stays on!\
180	Yeah! oh oh oh\
181	\
182	My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies,\
183	Fairy tales of yesterday, will grow but never die,\
184	I can fly, my friends!\
185	\
186	The Show must go on! Yeah!\
187	The Show must go on!\
188	I'll face it with a grin!\
189	I'm never giving in!\
190	On with the show!\
191	\
192	I'll top the bill!\
193	I'll overkill!\
194	I have to find the will to carry on!\
195	On with the,\
196	On with the show!\
197	\
198	The Show must go on.
199	** And the kicker? Brian May wrote this for Freddie Mercury, when people questioned if he could 'go on', considering his health was failing because of his battle with AIDS. According to Website/TheOtherWiki, May wasn't sure that Freddie would be able to sing the song, his health was so bad. Freddie's response? He took a swig of vodka and said [[PrecisionFStrike 'I'll fucking do it, darling!']]. May says he considers this one of Mercury's best performances.
200
201	** Also from that same album (Freddie went out Badass!), the song "Innuendo". The whole song was a BadassCreed, like "Show Must Go On". Just the first verse:
202	--->While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand,
203	--->While the waves crash from the sea to meet the land,
204	--->While there's the wind and the stars and the rainbow,
205	--->'Til the mountains crumble into the plains,
206	--->Yeah, we'll keep on trying,
207	--->Tread that fine line
208	--->Yeah, we'll keep on trying,
209	--->Just passing our time.
210
211	* The Fire Dawn, by Oh Sleeper, exudes this trope. IN SPADES!
212
213	-->Stand up, we'll be more than kings.
214	-->Show no mercy when the gates swing.
215	-->I've said it before but without accepting that my body
216	-->Was the only thing keeping me from living.
217	-->I wouldn't even let the surgeon touch me.
218	-->Though facing death, I dined on flesh...
219	-->But now I live to fight out-numbered.
220	-->I live to fight out-numbered at the fire dawn to live in rebellious honor.
221	-->I'll stand, you'll see me over all of your fallen.
222	-->I'll be knee-deep, knee-deep in a sea of their organs.
223	-->Send me all of hell and I'll face them,
224	-->I'll face them one on one-thousand.
225
226	* Most, if not all, ProfessionalWrestling ThemeMusic.
227
228	* Music/EnterShikari's {{Badass Creed}} in "Juggernauts" also acts as a complete SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
229	-->We'll do what we've always done
230	-->Shut our eyes and hope for the best...
231	-->NO! We're gonna face this
232	-->And step out onto the tracks
233	-->Stare it right in the face
234	-->THOU SHALL NOT PASS!
235
236	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfs_-tyJH9w Army of the Dead Part I]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV-BmFUoVt8 II]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MguJyPOlOoE Odin]] by Manowar.
237
238	-->Raise thy weapons on this day
239	-->Ye shall not die alone
240
241	-->Fight and die let Valkyries fly
242	-->For they shall take thee home
243
244	-->I promise thee that on this night
245	-->Ye shall be by my side
246
247	-->Asgard's halls await with heroes
248	-->Brothers that have died
249
250	-->For thee we wait at Asgard's gates
251	-->Come join us by our side
252
253	-->Valhalla waits so choose thy fate
254	-->For all of us must die!
255
256	* This excerpt that appears in the Manowar songs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb46TxwEaZw The Warrior's Prayer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diLCzRJEJRg Glory, Majesty, Unity]] :
257
258	-->Gods of war I call You. My sword is by my side.
259	-->I seek a life of honor, free from all false pride.
260	-->I will crack the whip with a bold mighty hail.
261	-->Cover me with death if I should ever fail.
262
263	-->Glory, Majesty, Unity
264	-->Hail, Hail, Hail
265
266	* Pretty much any Manowar song, actually. Here's one from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431ghP7AWf0 Sons of Odin]] :
267
268	-->Glory and fame
269	-->Blood is our name
270	-->Souls full of thunder, hearts of steel
271
272	-->Killers of men!
273	-->A warrior's friend!
274	-->Sworn to avenge our fallen brothers, to the end!
275
276	** Even more to the point, the band itself has one: "Death to false metal".
277
278	* "Morituri", by Robin Wayne Bailey:
279	-->Let us live short lives of glory
280	-->Let us burn bright like a flame
281	-->And when the gods call, let the poets remember our names!
282
283	* [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Level 70/80 Elite Tauren Chieftain]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGROC4USto 'The Power of the Horde']]
284	--> Surrounded by the enemy
285	--> The wolf among the hounds
286	--> Thunder turns to silence, it took...
287	--> A hundred to bring me down
288	--> Wolf-brothers falling at my side
289	--> With honor I will die
290	--> Upon the altar of the storms
291	--> I will be reborn
292	** (Rest of the lyrics: [[http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/l70etc/#share]] )
293	* Music/AllThatRemains has several, but the song "Some of the People , All of the Time" exeplifies it:
294	--> When all seems lost we count the cost
295	--> We still remain connected
296	--> We'll be made strong we are not wrong
297	--> we will not be neglected
298	--> Now Wake this doubt and cast it out
299	--> Weakness will be rejected
300	--> And through all wrongs we must stay strong
301	--> We will not be neglected
302
303	* "The Gears" by Dethklok
304	--> We fear not our mortality
305	--> We'll serve to the best of our ability
306	--> We give our lives to our masters
307	--> We vow to smite our enemies
308
309	* Andrew W.K.'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlBnJ0egT_4 "Get Ready to die"]] is one massive Badass Creed combined with a Badass Boast.
310	-->This is your time to pay,
311	-->This is your judgement day,
312	-->We made a sacrifice,
313	-->And now we get to take your life.
314
315	-->We shoot without a gun,
316	-->We'll take on anyone,
317	-->It's really nothing new,
318	-->It's just a thing we like to do.
319
320	** Andrew gets another crazy-awesome one that encompasses the ending of "Totally Stupid". Might double as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for some.
321	-->If we wait until tomorrow\
322	Will tomorrow ever come?
323	-->This is where we're coming from
324	-->And we're not the only ones
325
326	-->When we find ourselves in trouble
327	-->We can find outselves a way
328	-->You can find a place to stay
329	-->And the place is always safe
330
331	-->If you have a heart that's in pain
332	-->Don't be afraid
333	-->You're not to blame
334	-->There's a better world inside of us
335	-->Where we always thought it was
336	-->You don't need to hide
337	-->You can open up your eyes
338	-->And you'll discover
339	-->That there is another world.
340
341	* “Indestructible” by Music/{{Disturbed}} - the whole song is one big BadassCreed
342
343	* Music/TheProtomen provide one to [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]] in "The Will of One". [[spoiler:It gets a ''lot'' darker in "The Sons of Fate".]]
344	-->And as I live\
345	There is no evil that will stand\
346	And I will finish\
347	What was started\
348	The fight of Protoman!
349
350	* One from Music/WithinTemptation: "Why Not Me."
351
352	-->Some may call it a curse\
353	A life like mine\
354	But others, a blessing\
355	It's certainly a lonely life\
356	But a fulfilling one and the best\
357	It's my cross to bear\
358	And I'll bear it gladly\
359	Someone has to take a stand against evil\
360	Why should it not be me?
361
362	** There's also the refrain from "Stand My Ground":
363
364	-->Stand my ground\
365	I won't give in\
366	No more denying\
367	I've gotta face it\
368	Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside\
369	If I don't make it, someone else will\
370	Stand my ground
371
372	* Music/{{Clutch}} has many songs that qualify, but "High Caliber Consecrator" is a particularly straightforward example:
373
374	-->We'll thresh the psyche, and till the pride\
375	Distill the blood, proclaim the gun divine\
376	Damn the foul ego, praise the promised swarm\
377	We are the ploughshare, and yet we are the sword
378
379	* The entire song of Otherwise's song 'Soldiers' could count, but especially the chorus:
380	--> We are the one who will never be broken\
381	With our final breath, we'll fight to the death\
382	We are soldiers, we are soldiers\
383
384	** Especially:
385	--> You can't erase us\
386	You'll just have to face us
387
388	* Music/TheOffspring has "Defy you":
389	--> You may push me around\
390	But you cannot win\
391	You may throw me down\
392	But I'll rise again\
393	The more you say\
394	The more I defy you\
395	So get out of my face\
396	\
397	You cannot stop us\
398	You cannot bring us down\
399	Never give up\
400	We go on and on\
401	You'll never break us\
402	Never bring us down\
403	We are alive! \
404
405	* Coheed and Cambria's "The Crowing" has:
406	--> I fought the decisions that called and lost.
407	--> My mark is the relevant piece in this,
408	--> I will come reformed.
409	--> In short, for the murders of those I court,
410	--> I bless the hour that holds your fall.
411	--> I will kill you all!
412
413	* Shinedown has a pretty good one at the beginning of their music video for "Unity"
414	--> We will not fall
415	--> Because we have each other,
416	--> We will not fall
417	--> Because we are brothers.
418	--> We will not fall
419	--> Because we have love,
420	--> We will not fall,
421	--> Because we will rise above.
422
423	* Slayer's Jihad is frighteningly inspiring.
424	--> Be optomistic, happy, and calm
425	--> show no fear, or anxiety
426	--> smile at the face of God
427	--> and your reward will be eternity
428	--> Holy Warriors, your patience will be justified
429	--> Everything is for Him
430	--> You must not comfort the animal before you kill it
431	--> Strike as champions at the heart of the non-believers!
432	--> Strike above the neck, and at all extremities!
433	--> For it is the point of no return for Almighty God!
434	--> GOD will give victory to his faithful!
435	--> When you reach Ground Zero, you will have KILLED the enemy:
436	--> THE GREAT SATAN!!!
437
438
439	* PowerMetal band Bloodbound has one in their song, Together we Fight
440	--> I pledge allegiance,
441	--> To goblins and heathens,
442	--> March by my side,
443	--> Together we fight.
444	--> Join my battalion,
445	--> And serve the medallion,
446	--> Slay by my side,
447	--> Together we fight.
448
449	* [[Music/DragonForce Through the fire and the flames we carry onnnn!!!!!!]]
450
451	* Music/BlueOysterCult did one for the Tarachian warriors in [[WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal Heavy Metal the Movie]]:
452	--> To defend, this is the Pact!
453	--> But when life's scorned, and damage done
454	--> To avenge, this is the Pact!
455
456	* The badass opening to "The Devil's Deadly Weapon" by British heavy metallers Hell:
457	--> Who live by the sword shall likewise die, and in their bloody beds shall lie
458	--> I pledge myself to slay this beast, and when this deed is done shall I
459	--> In noble death or glory rest, when breath has fled its savage breast
460	--> This loathsome task I must perform, and thus my earthly fate is sworn
461	--> God's hideous carnage wrought upon - The Devil's Deadly Weapon!
462
463	* American metal band Oteps song 'Run for Cover'
464	--> Even Jesus worships me
465	--> I bow down to none
466	--> Your little light is like a candle
467	--> trying to outshine the sun
468
469	* Otherwise's "Soldiers" is one in total.
470	--> We are the ones who will never be broken
471	--> With our final breath
472	--> We'll fight to the death
473	--> We are soldiers, we are soldiers
474	--> We are the ones who will not go unspoken
475	--> No, we will not sleep
476	--> We are not sheep
477	--> We are soldiers, we are soldiers
478
479	* Music/{{Petra}} adapted the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed Apostles' Creed]] to ChristianRock, giving the stodgy old statement a much harder feel. Then they added this chorus for an extra BadassBoast:
480	--> This is my creed, the witness I have heard,
481	--> The faith that has endured, this truth is assured.
482	--> Through the darkest ages past
483	--> Though persecuted, it will last
484	--> And I will hold steadfast to this creed!
485
486	* Christian metal band POD with The Messenjah:
487	-->This I pledge and I'll take it to my death
488	-->I'll lay my life down for you and die over again
489	-->I and I, I'm not ashamed of the Most High
490	-->Even if I die tonight, if I die TONIGHT!
491	-->This I pledge and I'll take it to my death
492	-->You bet your life on my words and everything I say
493	-->You can't take away my love for this sacrifice
494	-->Even if I die tonight, if I die TONIGHT!
495	-->MAKE WAY!!!
496
497	* "The Herald's Creed" by Mercedes Lackey. Although it's never quoted in the actual prose of the Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar books, it is about them and captures very well the ideals that Heralds live and die by:
498	--> I pledge this day my sword, my heart to build and help preserve;
499	-->Although I live my life apart from those that I must serve.
500	-->The laws of truth I will obey in every thought and deed,
501	-->Stand fast while others turn away, upon The Herald's Creed.
502
503	-->I vow to heal the wrongs I see as long as I shall live.
504	-->My heart will guide me faithfully and teach me how to give,
505	-->I'll render aid as best I can to those who are in pain
506	-->And by the strength of my own hand restore the peace again.
507
508	-->The deeds of those who lived before, have bound my life to theirs.
509	-->Their legends opened up the door and taught me how to care
510	-->The touch of my Companion's thoughts bring friendship, song and joy.
511	-->It is a bond that love has wrought and time cannot destroy.
512
513	-->I swear to guard and keep the Crown defending all that's just,
514	-->No force will ever bring it down, this is our sacred trust.
515	-->My path is clear before me now, my choices all are made
516	-->In Honor's name I take a vow to face life unafraid.

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