Consequences Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MetallicaBowler 

Cover art for Consequences lyrics by Iced Earth

This song expresses our country's view of the world. We rape, pillage, enslave, and wipe out an entire race of people so that we can prosper. If we just stop justifying these wars, for religion, race, rocks, land, whatever it may be, we can change this world. It's called "Consequences" because, in the first verse, it says that "our world crumbles, it's happening within. Genocide and the chains that bind, the consequence ahead." And, as September 11, 2001 showed us, the consequences for our misuse and abuse of people finally caught up with us. And now we're all on the verge of a third world war, with possibly no victors this time. Our world is definitely crumbling, but "we can change the world that we're living in. Live and let live true freedom, let the reign begin."