Line #11 TearJerker/IcedEarth


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6	[[Music/IcedEarth This heavy metal band]] [[TearJerker has a few sad songs]].
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9	* "Life And Death" with its angst-tastic lines of
10	--> "I came into this world a screaming infant,\
11	Forced entry into this life,\
12	As I grow the pain sustains deep inside my soul,\
13	But hate will never leave me."
14	* "Solitude" from their first album is a very melancholy acoustic tune, as are "Before The Vision" and "Reaching The End" from Night Of The Stormrider.
15	%% * "Dracula" from their album ''Horror Show'', especially at the beginning.
16	* There's a smattering of very powerful moments in the "Gettysburg (1863)" trilogy ("The Devil To Pay", "Hold At All Costs" and "High-Water Mark") that may induce tears.
17	** But the beginning of "Hold at All Costs", where Confederate Brigadier General Armistead speaks about his dear friend, Union Brigadier General Winfield Hancock may be one of the strongest. Even more powerful because it's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock TRUE]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Armistead HISTORY!]]
18	-->"The last time we were together,\
19	I grabbed his hand and I pledged,\
20	'If I ever draw my sword on you,\
21	May the Good Lord strike me dead'."
22	** Also includes a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]: In order to buy time for Union reinforcements to arrive, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain orders an almost suicidal bayonet charge against the rebels.
23	-->"On their next wave we charge at them,\
24	There is no other option.\
25	Disconcert them, force submission, on my command, fix bayonets!"
26	** Also tear-inducing, from "High-Water Mark".
27	-->(Armistead) "We're almost there my boys\
28	I've never served with finer\
29	We must push forward boys\
30	And bayonet the Yankee tyrants!\
31	To the copse of trees we charge\
32	To crush the union center\
33	And when they turn and run\
34	An open road leads us to freedom!"
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36	-->(Lee) "It's over now, we are retreating\
37	I never thought that we'd be beaten\
38	All this blood is on my hands\
39	The thousands dead due to my plan\
40	I am responsible\
41	All of this is my fault\
42	I thought us invincible\
43	Is this God's will, after all?\
44	I look across this blood-soaked land\
45	All this blood is on my hands!\
46	God forgive me, please, forgive me!\
47	It's all my fault! The blood is on my hands!"
48	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jGw3QXsnTY Watching Over Me]]" was written by Schaffer as a tribute to his best friend, who had died tragically about a decade prior. Additionally, said friend was the one who suggested the name "Iced Earth" to Schaffer, as the band was known as "Purgatory" until 1988.
49	%% * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWW6ebWsGwk A Question of Heaven]]". Yes, it's about ComicBook/{{Spawn}} -- but it's really sad.
50	%% * "Hollow Man"
51	%% * "When The Eagle Cries".

Context TearJerker / IcedEarth