Machine Head - Imperium

If there ever was a song that I felt described my life it would be Machine Head's Imperium. This song is most definitively among my top 5 favorite songs of all time. It is super inspirational and nothing short of amazing. This was the song that got me into Machine Head. Before this they were experimenting with a more Nu Metal sound. This album returned them to the sound they had on their first album. Overall this remains one of my favorite albums in its entirety, even nine years after its release.

To me this song is nothing short of a masterpiece. I had the privilege of seeing Machine Head perform this song live and I gotta say, it was most certainly a high point in my life, one of those moments you never forget.

Machine Fucking Head!

Song: Imperium
Artist: Machine Head
Album: Through the Ashes of Empires




The Lyrics:

Hear me now
Bearing down upon a path we choose
Chosen from the start living different
Rules
Existence something to cherish true
Will not succumb to doubts that I hold
Onto
Release the fear of my pain
In so much pain
Give me the will to fight
Every obstacle that I have inside
Release my fear and

Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets

Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different

I'll stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice

All my life
Always I've felt alone
Conditioned to believe
That I'm always wrong
Only truth will help to set me free
My every weakness
I must turn into strength
Every rage, every tear
Hate in so much hate
Never that pain will bind me
Ask of myself if I've the will to unwind
Every rage and tear

Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets

Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different

I'll stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice

Carved upon my stone
I will go on
Patience, belief
Love will ascend

Just listen to it
Voice so true inside calling
To stand you up and march you on
Keep from falling
Let go your sorrow
Sun will shine, this I promise
Rising tomorrow
Rising

Hear me now
I'm taking back the control
Of my
Life from societies hold
I vow
No more will I be a slave
Rise to
Challenge the whole human race
My spirit you cannot
Break
And we won't
Lose