Iced Earth - The Devil To Pay (July 1st, 1863) Lyrics
In July 1863, A nation torn in tragedyA trick of fate two great armies mergeGods of war at GettysburgDevastation lies ahead50,000 bodies..litter the landHell raises,three full daysThe reaper sows,and there's a devil to payThe press is on and the reb's attackThey Yanks must hold, they cant fall backJust two brigades, 2000 strongAgainst 20,000 they cant hold longGeneral Reynoldsmakes his wayExpect no mercy from the "Iron Brigade"Until he shows, theyre on their ownBut Buford's men have a will of stoneBayonet's gleam in the morning sunSmoke & fire belching from their gunsAnother volley and again they strikeThousands more coming to the site***?Chorus:The tragedy and what it bringsAll the devastation...Men will kill & blood will spillTo preserve the nationSound the tone down the Emmitsburg Road"The first corps are starting to showFor Buford's men they're here just in timeThe desperate need to stregthen the lineBodies droping, the blue & the greyMuskets fire and the cannon blazeThe union fight, defending the townbut their outnumbered and losing groundFor they know very well as more Rebel's arriveThousands more and the fight multipliesMcPherson's Ridge and the Black Hand StrikeA rebel sharpshooter takes Reynold's lifeChorus:The tragedy and what it bringsAll the devastation...Men will kill & blood will spillTo preserve the nationAttack! Attack!General Lee gives commandTheyre overwhelemed, the situation demandsThe Federals retreat, theyll rush out of townBut they are fortified and save the high groundThe day ends victory for the SouthLee scales defence, says God's will is profoundThey are invincible and theyre cause is justbut Longstreet is cautiousAnd lacking in trust..Across the way, the Union did cheerThe Round Tops Cemetary makes it hard to close inTheir lines are strong, no denying this dayWhen the Confederates strike, theyll be a Devil to payChorus
