Iced Earth
A Gift or a Curse?
[Verse 1: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
I feel a heavy burden (Burden)
A million souls upon me weigh

Though I've felt uncertain (Uncertain)
The more revealed (Revealed)
I've found my way

[Chorus: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
[Both]
Am I a gift? (Am I a curse?)
I'm one and all God and Earth

[Verse 2: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
And as the Order guides me (Guides mes)
The trials beckon (Beckon)
Brutal days

The art of the travelers (Travelers)
The ghost dance and the shifter's way

[Chorus: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
[Both]
Am I a gift? (Am I a curse?)
I'm one and all of God and Earth
[Verse 3: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
At times there's doubt within me (Within me)
To ask as much (To ask as much)
Of one so young

Yet I believe in the prophecy (In the prophecy)
And the framing that's been done

[Bridge: Matt Barlow & Both]
And I know I possess the strength
They've molded me from birth
The catalyst of all that's planned
Cleansing man from Earth
Inject the venom into my veins
Of the vile beasts of Earth
The transformation now takes place
The shifter's art is learned
The Dimension Gauntlet lies ahead
I master every age
I am a God that walks the Earth
The embodiment of rage

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
Now the trials are over (Over)
I am complete (Complete)
What I was born to be
The crown awaits the chosen (The chosen)
And I begin (Begin)
My destiny

[Chorus: Matt Barlow & Jon Schaffer]
[Both]
I am a gift (I am a curse)
One and all a God on Earth

[Instrumental Outro]