Time Judas - Whisper to the Thunder

(Verse 1) In the beginning, the amplifier screamed A heavy blues distortion, louder than they dreamed The sixties birthed the riff, the seventies the thunder Black Sabbath cast the spell that tore the world asunder Zeppelin climbed the stairway, Purple rocked the deep A standard ballad woke the souls who used to sleep. (Chorus) This is the ballad of all ballads, bridging the divide From the softest acoustic weep to the screaming tide Across the borders of rock and metal, the anthem rings Hear the evolution of a thousand iron wings. (Verse 2) The eighties brought the leather, the makeup, and the hair The power ballad conquered the stadium air Heartbroken solos wailed under neon lights Def Leppard and Guns N' Roses owned the nights But in the underground, a darker beast was born Thrash stripped the polish, leaving traditions torn. (Chorus) This is the ballad of all ballads, bridging the divide From the softest acoustic weep to the screaming tide Across the borders of rock and metal, the anthem rings Hear the evolution of a thousand iron wings. (Bridge) The family tree expanded, mutating through the years Sub-genres bleeding out their triumphs and their fears Death metal growled in symphonies of beautiful decay Black metal shivered cold in a tremolo array Progressive masters counted time in changing, complex math While grunge arrived in flannel to block the corporate path. Gothic operational, doom dragging slow and low Nu-metal bounced the rhythm, symphonic strings aglow. (Verse 3) Now the boundaries blur, the definitions fade An orchestra of chaos that the pioneers made From acoustic picking to a blast-beat wall of sound The spirit of the ballad is forever newly found. (Outro) Rock of ages, heavy metal spine Evolution marching down the timeline Turn the volume up, let the frequencies collide The eternal ballad never will subside.