Planets Lyrics
Godless, meteoric war
Anger, our existence nevermore
You awoke the giants
Who were dormant in the sky
Comets raining down from a fiery eye
[Chorus]
Mother of all
Your time is coming
One with eternity
Planets collide
Planets collide
[Verse 2]
Damage, galaxy destruct
Endless, celestial orbit corrupt
You will be forgotten
Like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind
[Chorus]
Mother of all
Your time is coming
One with eternity
Planets collide
Planets collide
Take me to find that much is closing in
You can't defeat them on your own
Weapons are loaded for the final stand
And they're all aimed at you from heaven
[Bridge]
Planets collide
Planets collide
Planets collide
Planets collide
[Verse 4]
You will be forgotten
Like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind
[Chorus]
Mother of all
Your time is coming
One with eternity
Planets collide
Planets collide
About
Track 9 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s sixth studio album, Hail to the King. “Planets” comprises part one of a two part story that concludes the album. Said guitarist Synyster Gates of the song:
“Lyrically, Planets is the precursor to Acid Rain; it’s about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human species aligning together to go fight something much better than us, our individual trials and tribulations.
“Musically, the song was incredibly difficult to write and pull off – the elements of dissonance, tension and resolution. We wanted to have that friction throughout, but it still had to be palatable; it couldn’t be like listening to Penderecki or Stockhausen. There had to be a relatability and connectability to it."
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- 3.Doing Time
- 5.Requiem
- 6.Crimson Day
- 7.Heretic
- 8.Coming Home
- 9.Planets
- 10.Acid Rain
- 11.St. James