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Imperial Heretic

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Imperial Heretic

Release date: 8th September 2022

From Darker StillTrack 64:50

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About This Track

"Imperial Heretic" is a track by Parkway Drive, from the album Darker Still, released 8th September 2022. The track is 4:50 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Parkway Drive.

About the Artist

Parkway Drive

Parkway Drive

Lyrics

Imperial Heretic

Watch out
What will it take to get it into your head? (You want it)
A street painted blood, a climate of dread (you want it)
Yeah, you want it all
Fear, for the faithful
Fire, fuel the rage
Faith, in your profits
It's all
Hate from the pulpit
Acid in the rain
Blood on the altar
It's all
Fear, fire and faith
What will it take to clear the fog from your sight? (You want it)
The prism of profit warps the purest of mind (you want it)
Oh, you want it all
Fear, for the faithful
Fire, fuel the rage
Faith, in your profits
It's all
Hate from the pulpit
Acid in the rain
Blood on the altar
It's all
Fear, fire and faith
Fear, fire and faith
It's all the same sad mantra
But I won't, I refuse, I refuse to
Repeat it
Imperial heretic, oh
'Cause you want it all
You want it all
Fear, for the faithful
Fire, fuel the rage
Faith, in your profits
It's all
Hate from the pulpit
Acid in the rain
Blood on the altar
It's all
Fear, fire and faith

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Darker Still

4:502022

Listen

Album

9th September 2022

Track number

6

Release year

2022

1Ground Zero
4:09
2Like Napalm
3:45
3Glitch
4:22
4The Greatest Fear
5:29

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Parkway Drive — Like Napalm (from Darker Still) [3:45]
Parkway Drive — Ground Zero (from Darker Still) [4:09]
Parkway Drive — The Greatest Fear (from Darker Still) [5:29]
Parkway Drive — Glitch (from Darker Still) [4:22]
Parkway Drive — Stranger (from Darker Still) [0:51]
Parkway Drive — From the Heart of the Darkness (from Darker Still) [5:09]
Parkway Drive — Darker Still (from Darker Still) [6:51]
Parkway Drive — Land of the Lost (from Darker Still) [5:00]
Parkway Drive — If a God Can Bleed (from Darker Still) [2:41]
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Parkway Drive — Crushed (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [5:26]
Parkway Drive — Idols (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [4:32]
Parkway Drive — The Void (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [4:50]
Parkway Drive — Karma (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [4:27]
Parkway Drive — Würgegriff (from Viva the Underdogs) [4:25]
Parkway Drive — Schattenboxen (feat. Casper) (from Viva the Underdogs) [3:50]
Parkway Drive — Die Leere (from Viva the Underdogs) [3:54]
Parkway Drive — Prey (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [4:44]
Parkway Drive — Carrion (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [3:25]
Parkway Drive — Chronos (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [7:51]
Parkway Drive — Bottom Feeder (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [6:30]
Parkway Drive — Dedicated (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [3:41]
Parkway Drive — Wild Eyes (Live at Wacken, Germany, 2019) (from Viva the Underdogs) [5:18]
Parkway Drive — Wild Eyes (live at Wacken)
Parkway Drive — Cemetery Bloom (from Reverence) [3:10]
Parkway Drive — The Void (from Reverence) [3:53]
Parkway Drive — Prey (from Reverence) [4:15]
Parkway Drive — In Blood (from Reverence) [4:20]
Parkway Drive — Wishing Wells (from Reverence) [5:04]
Parkway Drive — I Hope You Rot (from Reverence) [4:50]
Parkway Drive — Shadow Boxing (from Reverence) [3:50]
Parkway Drive — Chronos (from Reverence) [6:20]
Parkway Drive — Absolute Power (from Reverence) [3:43]
Parkway Drive — The Colour of Leaving (from Reverence) [3:19]
Parkway Drive — Atlas (from Atlas) [4:09]
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Parkway Drive — Swing (from Atlas) [3:32]
Parkway Drive — The River (from Atlas) [5:27]
Parkway Drive — Dark Days (from Atlas) [4:05]
Parkway Drive — Wild Eyes (from Atlas) [4:19]
Parkway Drive — Snake Oil and Holy Water (from Atlas) [2:49]
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Parkway Drive — Blue and the Grey (from Atlas) [5:47]
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Parkway Drive — Dead Dreams (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [3:21]
Parkway Drive — The Negotiator (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [3:40]
Parkway Drive — You're Over (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [3:17]
Parkway Drive — Swallowing Razorblades (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [4:14]
Parkway Drive — Looks Like Yoda (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [2:56]
Parkway Drive — The Cruise (from Don't Close Your Eyes) [1:57]

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