High Water Mark

Iced Earth

[Lee:]

"It was very close yesterday

I thought for sure they would break

But this attack that I have planned

A massive strike across open land

In the center they will break

But plan it well, everything's at stake

We'll hit 'em hard, not a silent gun

Before the infantry's begun

Execute it well, we risk everything

It's in God's hands now"



[Longstreet:]

"General Lee, I must tell you straight

I believe this attack will fail

No 15,000 men ever made

Will overtake that ridge today

A mile charge over open ground

With Yankee cannon gunnin' us down"



[Lee:]

"We do our duty, we do what we must

And in my plan you will trust"



Thousands die, on this day



[Lee:]

"Execute it well, we risk everything

It's in God's hands now"



The rebel cannon break the silence

One-hundred fifty guns make up their cannonade

They must destroy the union center

Before the infantry can launch their grand assault



The Yankees are returning fire

The Earth shakes violently

In Washington D.C. Lincoln feels the Earth shake



What happens here this day

The fate of this nation

In the balance it will hang

Consumed with the pain

The courage of the blue

The valor of the grey

So very sad but true

Consumed with the pain



The Virginians are the chosen

In wait behind the trees on Seminary Ridge

Longstreet's slow to give the order

The lines emerge, a mile, 15,000 men



The Ccharge begins in all its grandeur

To the copse of trees)

For many of these men, they know it is their last



The slaughter now ensues

Bodies fall like rain

They valiantly pursue

Yet doomed to remain

At the double quick they charge

The canister rips through them

To the mouth of hell they march

Glory, the only gain



[Armistead:]

"We're almost there my boys

I've never served with finer