The Road to Ruin, by Jay A. Goin

The Road to Ruin

by Jay A. Goin

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1.	The Stranger From the East 05:09	lyrics	buy track
In rides the Stranger from the East Pursued by the Servants of the Beast His message will be blunt ‘Ere comes the nightly hunt Blood and death by steel in the heat Praying to the power of the Beast And rising with the Warlord of the East The power to behold Watching death unfold And lie until your power is increased When time to strike do not withhold your blade Or sacrifice all the plans you've made Kill them all in ambushes you've laid Cut their heads off with a lightning raid The power to live free is in your hands Destroy the growing filth of their demands We must live as our Nature commands Or live a slave to anyone's demands Now the Beast he comes to take our souls You laugh as this nightmare unfolds You call to empty skies A sinister demise But no one lives: not cravens or the bold At last the time for blood and death is here You can't fight what you don't know to fear The cemetery gates You come to soon or late Demolition of all that you hold dear
2.	Crimson Guardian 06:11	lyrics	buy track
He rides...he rides the night Blackened steel absorbs all the light He rules...he rules the day All you sinners now will feel my pain Convert to the light Feel now the power and the might To his glory all shall kneel in fear Kiss of the blade all that he holds dear Crimson Guardian Converted to the cross Crimson Guardian All your life is dross Iron sounds upon the road Bringing the light is a heavy load All shall kneel at the sound of your name To be forged anew in crimson flame Aces of Spades the card you deal Warlord of the road brings fire and steel The Fierce, the Black, the Wicked, they know your fear Crimson ruin of all they hold dear Crimson Guardian Warring for the cross Crimson Guardian Only Earthly loss If there's a way to turn this evil to my side A spray of crimson for my dying bride Another contest won, but can you bear the cost Heavenly voices sing of sorrow and of loss No greater love than this to lay down for ones friends I will bring forth a crimson flood that never ends Insanity and death are better than this pain I wield my crimson blade again and again Babylon approaches fast This new evil isn't going to last To fall beneath the blade The power and glory now unmade Foolish mistake brings him down again Stabbed in the back by his only friend Her man undone, sweet Lillith cries, Searing pain in hand and foot and side Crimson Guardian Nailed to the cross Crimson Guardian Cannot bear this loss Crimson Guardian All shall feel this pain Crimson Guardian Rage and fear and shame Crimson Guardian Your life is no more Crimson Guardian Your bride is the Whore...of Babylon!
3.	Fear of the Flame 06:33	lyrics	buy track
Blasphemy they scream at me beware the serpent’s charm You must repent is what they meant but I have done no harm Beware her lies between her thighs is what they really meant No one can see the road to Hell is paved with good intent Is it fear of Shame Or fear of the Flame That crushes your desire? The coward’s way On knees you’ll stay While we are rising higher Heresy they scream at me you may change no word Trust what they say the only way is so very absurd A bitter lie don’t ever try to make sense of it all To know what’s wrong gets us along ever since the fall Is it fear of Shame Or fear of the Flame That crushes your desire? The coward’s way On knees you’ll stay While we are rising higher Stranger in a strange land the infidel wanders at home Silent my questions no answers allowed to contradict things they all know Forever alone in silent despair no fellowship here for reason No thoughts except those contained in the words they allow me to know Alone in my mind all the things that I see so different from what I was told Imprison myself or speak and be damned for daring to think on my own Apostasy they force on me I am now cast out They’ve turned the cheek they are so meek all martyrs to self doubt The stones they throw a bitter rain that seeks to drown the mind An evil wish from the sign of the fish no thought for all mankind Is it fear of Shame Or fear of the Flame That crushes your desire? The coward’s way On knees you’ll stay While we are rising higher
4.	To the Pain 04:13	lyrics	buy track
Your time is up, your chips are down Are you all-in for this fight? To run away, fight another day No place you can go on this night Know your thoughts, see your every move, Taken every bit of the light Lock and load it's time to move Take with you all you love in this life Will you run? Will you fight? Will you scream all alone in the night? When they come for your life Will you let them have their way with your wife? Will your kids beg and plead While they watch you as you lie there and bleed? Will you go down that road? Or will you fight them to the pain? Now your back's against the wall You're balanced on the edge of a knife On the anvil are your balls The hammer's gonna come down twice They'll take your pride without consent Would you be governed or ruled? Go watch your sports and drink your beer You'll never know you've been fooled! Now were through, we're moving on To the next town down the road Another stage to vent our rage And in your face explode Rip your guts out through your nose ’Til you love tyranny Or fight for right against the might Of sheeple's insanity
5.	Last Ride of the Damned...Vengeance Without Mercy 07:33	lyrics	buy track
[Last Ride of the Damned…] Hell has no inferno the patriot warned No legion can match the wrath of the freeborn The shallow grave of Liberty cannot contain their fate Resurrect independence, lengthen freedom’s ring This is the last ride of the damned So join us as we ride to take our Crown Liberty for all born free, glory and renown With faces of our fathers firmly kept in mind We fight the tyrant everywhere the hope of all mankind Standing army can’t withstand assaults by day and night Those who fight for gold will fall to those who fight for rights Fight the world for every breath until the end of days Plant the banner of the hedgehog state in the soul of tyranny Treachery! We’ve been betrayed, sold out for security Freedom is slipping through our hands incrementally Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, electric eye up in the sky Terminate the fortunate, enslave who will not die Annihilate! Obliterate! Decimate! Exterminate! Expurgate! Eradicate! Eliminate! Extirpate! Mutilate! Incinerate! Assassinate! Liquidate! Slaughter! Massacre! Butcher! Murder! […Vengeance without Mercy] The futility of riding the tiger will be seen in the tiger’s smile Only humanity defers to anthropophagiac extinction With hate in my heart...vengeance without mercy Vengeance without mercy…with hate in my heart Forbearance for evildoers subverts the virtuous Deliberately abandoning the evidence subverts one’s continuance CUT! When there is no choice but battle CUT! All other options are trivial CUT! This is your primary mission CUT! This is your foremost function CUT! This is your only desire CUT! This is your paramount precedent CUT! No duty overrides the call to battle CUT! Let us sing our threnody, it shall become the earworm For sycophants to sing until their madness slays them all
6.	Mine is the Kingdom 03:47	lyrics	buy track
Satan falls as dust settles in Heaven I raise my sword as darkness falls Behold Lucifer, I mount the steps to the throne This my reward, the Underworld is my own Mine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory They shall sing his praises no more Blood black as sin stains the floor I take Lilith as my whore Mine is the Kingdom, forevermore Mine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory Darkness reborn, a new Hell on Earth None shall find any comfort after birth Darkness Death descend into Hell End of all life at the toll of the bell Mine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory
7.	Embrace your Evil 05:19	lyrics	buy track
I like to feel Violence makes me feel good I'd gladly kill Just for the thrill of it Don't even care Feeling bad just feels so good Contemplate evil Just like I knew it would Embrace the void Embrace the wonder Embrace the lies Embrace Your Evil Conceive the crime You'll never do the time Achieve psychopathy Finally set yourself free Believe the lies And dominate your world Deceive them all And own yourself you'll see If there's a world beyond this world I don't believe That there is nowhere you can go to and achieve A lasting tribute to the heretics like me And there is no one else in whom you'll misbelieve
8.	Legendary 05:37	lyrics	buy track
When I walk on to the scene Everybody stares at me They just know they can't compete With me- I'm legendary When I cruise through all the wildlife They all turn away My metal will crank all night I am legendary And when they're condescending I don’t want the things you crave Your boring life's unending And mine is legendary You want to come at me bro? Dirty rotten son of a ho Cut me down, I’ll come back stronger than before I'm legendary If I wanted any from you I’d scrape it off your teeth See you down in Hell Where I’ll be legendary Nameless begotten Your family is rotten To Hell with you all I AM legendary To be the Last Man Standing? That doesn't bother me Never give up my will For your security Those of us with Eagles’ soul Soar above every hero All the others’ fear and hatred I am legendary My name is on every blacklist Goin to Hell all the way down All of your hate makes me smile I am always free Only see the monster in me Scythe through them like ripened grain Thrashing the wheat from the chaff I am Legendary! If I wanted any from you I’d scrape it off your teeth See you in Hell Where I’ll be legendary Nameless begotten Your family is rotten To Hell with you all I AM legendary When you see me coming, you better step aside Know that I will burn you down in your foolish pride I’ll not mind to kick your ass, just like your pa before And I’ll treat your daughter just like a dirty whore You know naught about the fight between real men Pathos of your savior is the passing trend Take you out behind the barn and beat you black and blue Never-ending disrespect is all I have for you! Cronyism is so funny Strength in numbers is a lie All the power is within me I am legendary! Vote your profits from the tax purse Tyrannical majority Groupthink is a fool's curse Alone I am me When I walk on to the scene Everybody stares at me Metal cranked eternally I am legendary! To be the Last Man Standing? That doesn't bother me All others love to hate me, But I'll still be free If I wanted any from you I’d scrape it off your teeth See you in Hell Where I’ll be legendary Nameless begotten Your family is rotten To Hell with you all I AM legendary If I wanted any from you I’d unzip my fly See you in Hell Where at least I know why Nameless begotten Your family is rotten To Hell with you all I AM legendary
9.	Behold My Creation...The Keys to My Revenge 04:49	lyrics	buy track
Behold My Creation... (instrumental) ...The Keys to My Revenge A bleeding deviant The one you never can trust A dirty miscreant Hell-bent and filled with blood-lust One step away From twisting the knife I'll stick in your back The darkest hours Will cover my foulest attack But now I’ll stand on my own ‘Til your daughter brings the keys to my revenge I have beaten myself blind Now I use your mistakes against you Until the stars fall from the sky Your every nightmare comes true Never forgiven Your family earns utter disgust The mighty fallen Your victory booms into bust Your sons are crawling Your name trampled into the dust Your swords and your plowshares Covered with disuse and rust And now I’ll stand on my own ‘Til your daughter brings the keys to my revenge I have beaten myself blind Now I use your mistakes against you Until the stars fall from the sky Your every nightmare comes true I am your Master Commander of hope and of fate I am the Ruler Of all of your lands and estates Regretting forever The enmity you shouldn’t earn Eternal remorse This lesson you never learn And now I’ll stand on my own ‘Til your daughter brings the keys to my revenge I have beaten myself blind Now I use my mistakes against you Until the stars fall from the sky Your every nightmare comes true
10.	Gallop 06:02	lyrics	buy track
This is our greatest day We’ve gathered down in Hell Awaiting Armageddon Summoned by the Clarion’s call Thus always to tyrants (Sic Semper Tyrannis) Is our battle call We see the Tree of Liberty Is thirsty for ichor Galloping o’er amber waves Amber waves of grain Ride down purple majesty Below the spacious skies Charge across the fruited plain And by the grace of God To drive the bastards back into the sea Sea to shining sea First, kill all the lawyers The Bard’s greatest advice Butcher them in their sleep Or swing from trees on high They fill the trough of lazy pigs (Porcos in canalibus) With freedom’s poison lies Dull the spark of intellect With regulator’s maze Galloping o’er amber waves Amber waves of grain Ride down purple majesty Below the spacious skies Charge across the fruited plain And by the grace of God To drive the bastards back into the sea Sea to shining sea Eliminate the enemy Kick them in the face Hack the limbs of the living Hurdle the dead in place Skewer their bloody blackened hearts Spill their guts in the dirt Their empty heads ride our spears While bodies rot in the fields A parliament of whores Selling law to legislators Climbing higher on the backs Of hapless citizen sheeple The fall of all that’s sacred (In ruinam iniquitas) To men with logic minds Shall be avenged tonight We strike for all mankind!!! Galloping o’er amber waves Amber waves of grain Ride down purple majesty Below the spacious skies Charge across the fruited plain And by the grace of God To drive the bastards back into the sea Sea to shining sea We ride (We ride) Up from Hell (Up from Hell) War and Plague (War and Plague) Are ours to sell We ride (We ride) Up from Hell (Up from Hell) Famine and Death (Famine and Death) We bring as well
11.	Return of the Melungeon 05:09	lyrics	buy track
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12.	Project Perfect Citizen 05:13	lyrics	buy track
Is your mommy alright? Does your daddy sleep at night? Only Youth can tell us the truth. Is your sister a nun? Does your brother pack a gun? You must say it’s the only way. Come now child, take my hand; We’ll lead you to the Promised Land. Perfect Citizen Miss Anna’s Children Your only hope Is at the end of a rope. Is your daddy forlorn? Does your mommy make porn? Sneak a peek at their magazines... Do your cousins do right? Do they clean their guns at night? You know there’s just one way to go... Come now child, take my hand; Make this into the Promised Land. Perfect Citizen Miss Anna’s Children Grown-up liars Into the fire! Are your neighbors athought? Are your teachers distraught? All our tools are to help the fools. All your classmates and friends Come around in the end They see you, true perfect citizen. Come now child take my hand Spread our truth throughout the land Perfect Citizen Miss Anna’s Children Truth for the sane And a lifetime of pain Perfect Citizen Miss Anna’s Children Your final breath Brings blackened death!
13.	Destroyer of Hope 05:31	lyrics	buy track
I am the hater, the annihilator of you You are the coward, taking golden showers, it’s true! Fall down faster, soon to give the Master his due I have the power, crushing all the cowards, like you To your knees, fall and be freed ‘Cause the pain you bear is the reason for me Overpowered, dying cowards! You fools! I have the power to ruin all the powers in you You are the hated, the mental masturbated, it’s true! Crush all opposition, never ask permission of fools For mine is the glory of the power I have over you To your knees, fall and be freed ‘Cause the pain you bear is the reason for me Overpowered, dying cowards! You fools! I followed Charlotte to the depths of Hell’s Gulf The gates of Heaven I have opened I carried the Shadow into the Heart of Seattle My scars bear witness, never shall they heal ‘Til the throat of the Dragon is under my heel Before the end of time, over all I shall rule Mine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory over all So it shall be, to live and rule forever over all My feints and thrusts will spring the final trap for your soul When I give you death the world shall fall under my control To your knees, fall and be freed ‘Cause the pain you bear is the reason for me Overpowered, dying cowards! You fools!
14.	The Road to Ruin 06:48	lyrics	buy track
I burn my word into Steel For nothing not etched in Metal can be trusted This is for the Greater Good—The voice of every tyrant We must win at any cost – We must beat the virus Stick your heads down in the sand – The cure worse than the sickness We will control every man – And pre-dictate his business We’re all done Gone to hell Damned will tell We’re on the road to ruin This is bad we must act now – Just to save the planet Give up everything for this – Oh godammit Margaret No plastic bag, no drinking straw – No more modern convenience Give it up, you’re glad you did – How weak is independence We’re all done Gone to Hell Final bell Along the road to Ruin Save the planet, kill yourself – Such a catchy slogan Your final chance, the Reaper’s odds, Will satisfy this moment The brutal truth – deny yourself – so others live like monarchs Soothsayer’s Doom – unwoven loom – to satisfy their bloodlust. Eight billion dead, the lives they led, are cast away forever Half a million slaves are left to satisfy their owners Peasantry beneath the tree a solace to ‘til the graveyard A life of toil their control illuminated slaviours All Man’s lies murder corners of the world Every lie annihilates Man’s dignity Without reason, Man lies endlessly to lovers and friends The well-known truth is commonly a lie If the ends are a lie, violence is the only means Terror murders Reason The truth you know persuades you The Truth I know is wrong The virus lies inside you We’re On the Road to Ruin Terror murders Reason On the Road to Ruin I will not go quietly I will rise above With rage of life inside me I will not give up The only way to Heaven Is live through Hell below Along the Road to Ruin You count on gods above Terror murders Reason On the Road to Ruin I will not go quietly I will rise above With rage of life inside me I will not give up You will never break me Won’t give up what I love I will pray to myself Not to one above Road to Ruin Road to Ruin Road to Ruin Road to Ruin

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“The Road to Ruin” is the first one-man-metal album from Jay A. Goin. Made up of songs written over the past decade, the album draws from the structures of traditional Heavy Metal and NWOBHM, with the tones of more modern instrumentation. Lyrical themes range from the exposition of evil to the triumph of liberty over tyranny to the power of the one against the many. This is the power of Heavy Metal.

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released December 7, 2020

Jay A. Goin: Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
Recorded and Mixed by Jay A. Goin at Abandon Studio, Keizer, Oregon, USA.
Mastered by Tom Nunes at Atomic Disc, Salem, OR, USA.
Artwork by Daniela Camacho.

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Jay A. Goin Keizer, Oregon

A life-long resident of the Pacific Northwest, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jay A. Goin discovered his love of Heavy Metal in the mid-eighties. After playing in a fistful of local bands, Jay now releases his debut solo album, "The Road to Ruin", a one-man-metal affair steeped in the traditions of Heavy Metal, and flavored with modern approaches to the genre. ... more