The Devil To Pay

Song The Devil To Pay
Artist Iced Earth
Album The Glorious Burden (Ltd. Digipak Edition) (2004)

Lyrics

[01:20.51] In July 1863
[01:25.58] A nation torn in tragedy
[01:29.59] A trick of fate, two great armies merge
[01:33.52] Gods of war at Gettysburg
[01:38.68] Devastation lies ahead
[01:41.92] Fifty thousand bodies litter the land
[01:46.84] Hell rages three full days
[01:50.24] The reaper sows, there's the devil to pay
[02:29.91] The pressure's on and the rebs attack
[02:33.50] The yanks must hold, they can't fall back
[02:37.42] Just two brigades, two thousand strong
[02:41.53] Against twenty thousand they can't hold long
[02:46.52] General Reynolds makes his way
[02:50.70] Expect no mercy from the iron brigade
[02:54.83] Until he shows they're on their own
[02:59.20] But Buford's men have a will of stone
[03:04.10] Bayonets gleam in the morning sun
[03:07.92] Smoke and fire belching from their guns
[03:12.24] Another volley and again they strike
[03:16.55] Thousands more coming down the Chambersburg Pike
[03:24.40] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[03:32.43] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[03:39.95] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[03:48.68] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[03:57.71] South of town down the Emmitsburg road
[04:01.76] The first corps are starting to show
[04:05.85] For Buford's men, they're here just in time
[04:09.68] The desperate need to strengthen the line
[04:14.68] Bodies dropping the blue and the gray
[04:18.72] Muskets fire and the cannon blaze
[04:22.86] The union fights defending the town
[04:27.20] But they're outnumbered and losing ground
[04:30.81] From the north and the west more rebels arrive
[04:35.77] Thousands more and the fight multiplies
[04:40.12] McPherson's ridge and the black hats strike
[04:44.80] A rebel sharpshooter takes Reynolds life
[04:51.86] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[05:00.54] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[05:09.70] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[05:19.13] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[07:06.60]When Jonny Comes Marching Home]
[07:09.51][Cannon ball roaring and Music]
[09:31.80] Attack, attack, general Lee gives command
[09:37.26] They're overwhelmed, the situation demands
[09:40.60] The federals retreat and rush out of town
[09:45.13] But they have fortified and saved the high ground
[09:49.61] The day ends, victory for the south
[09:53.51] Lee's as convinced as God's will is profound
[09:57.40] They are invincible and their cause is just
[10:01.64] But long street is cautious and lacking in trust
[10:06.42] Across the way the union digs in
[10:10.39] The round tops, cemetery ridge and out to Culps Hill
[10:14.34] Their lines are strong, no denying they'll stay
[10:18.48] When the confederates strike there'll be the devil to pay
[10:26.00] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[10:34.59] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[10:43.30] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[10:53.36] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[11:00.82] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[11:09.49] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)
[11:19.45] This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way)
[11:27.90] Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay)