Badass Creed/Music

"Midnight mare and blood-red roan
 * Heather Alexander's March of Cambreadth

Fight to keep these lands your own

Sound the horn and call the cry

How many of them can we make die?"

"Any poor souls, who trespass against us
 * Slipknot on (sic) has "You can't kill me cause I'm already INSIDE YOU!"
 * The Switch and the Spur by The Raconteurs

Whether it be beast or man

Will suffer the bite, or be stung dead on sight

By those who inhabit this land

For theirs is the power and this is their kingdom

As sure as the sun does burn

So enter this path, but heed these four words:

You shall never return"

"Do not injustice to another
 * "Sophia" by the Cruxshadows

Defend the weak and innocent

Let truth and honor always guide you

Let courage find a life within

Stand up when no-one else is willing

Act not in hatred or in spite

Be to this world as a perfect knight

Even if it means your life"

"To dream the impossible dream
 * The Impossible Dream:

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go"

"We have come to expel darkness.
 * In fact, the whole song is his Badass Creed.
 * As are the opening and the finale.
 * One might say the whole musical is.
 * It loses its rhyme in translation to English, but there's an old children's rhyme for the holiday of Hannukah:

In our hands are light and flame.

Every one of us is a small light.

And all of us are a firm light.

Fight darkness, drive back blackness!

Fight for the cause of the light!"

"You cannot restrain or tame an idea with idle threats.
 * The electronic dance song "Stop the Revolution" by D. Ramirez and Meat Katie:

Once it has crept into the mind, the mouth will not bite the tongue to keep it in silence.

The sheer promise of bondage and whips will not be enough to apprehend a thought as it travels from ear to misinformed ear.

We will protest, because you cannot tell a concept not to raise its fist in anger!

You cannot censor that which only exists in theory!

You cannot tell anarchy to stop in its tracks, when its feet only exist in the minds of the oppressed!

There is a force out there, greater than the media, greater than right or left, greater than empty lies or promises!

You can try all night to stop the noise... but you'll never stop the Revolution."

"Many relocated all across the land
 * "Prisoner of Our Time", "Branded and Exiled", "Chains and Leather"... Like many old school metal bands, Running Wild had many of these on it's earlier releases. Here's a example from "Branded and Exiled":

Together we've got the power in our hands

We are strong enough to fight mendacious laws

We've got the wrath, 'cause we are

Branded and exiled

Together, we can stand the night!

Branded and exiled

Together, we can stand the night!"

"I am the question that cannot be answered,
 * The Incredible String Band -- My Name is Death

I am the lover that cannot be lost,

Yet small are the gifts of my servant; the soldier,

For time is my offspring; pray, what is my name?"

"My name is Death."


 * Justifying note: Far from being a harsh metal song, this is a rather unsettling Folk song.

"No point asking when it is,
 * Iron Maiden has many:
 * One of note is "Die With Your Boots On,"

No point asking who's to go,

No point asking what's the game,

No point asking who's to blame,

'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,

'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,

If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,

If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,

If you're gonna die, die with your boots on,

If you're gonna try, well stick around,

Gonna cry, just move along,

If you're gonna die, you're gonna die."

"Sunlight, falling on your steel,
 * Then, from "Sun and Steel,"

Death in life is your ideal,

Life is like a wheel."

"You'll die as you lived
 * And, from "Flash of the Blade,"

In a flash of the blade

In a corner forgotten by no-one

You lived for the touch

For the feel of the steel

One man, and his Honour."

"You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
 * And of course The Trooper

You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through

So when you're waiting for the next attack

You'd better stand there's no turning back"

"The bugle sounds as the charge begins

But on this battlefield no one wins

The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath

As you plunge into a certain death"

"The horse he sweats with fear we break to run

The mighty roar of the Russian guns

And as we race towards the human wall

The screams of pain as my comrades fall"

"We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground

And as the Russians fire another round

We get so near yet so far away

We won't live to fight another day"

"We get so close near enough to fight

When a Russian gets me in his sights

He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow

A burst of rounds takes my horse below"

"And as I lay there gazing at the sky

My body's numb and my throat is dry

And as I lay forgotten and alone

Without a tear I draw my parting groan"


 * Victory Song -- Ensiferum

"Ei urhot kaukaisen pohjolan

Uhan eess?aipuneet

J?een pauhaa kansi taivahan

Veri valuu maahan lumiseen

Moni n??i saa en?huomista

Moni j?heit?aipaamaan

J?ipolville j?maa rauhaisa

Voiton laulut soi ainiaan"

"Translated:

The warriors of the north

Stood strong against aggression

Again the thunder rumbles

Blood stains the snow

Many will not see tomorrow

Many will be missed

But the land remains safe for our children

And songs of victory will sound forever"


 * For that matter, most Finnish marching music; The Jaeger March, The Pori Regiment's march, just to name a few.


 * The Show Must Go On, by Queen.

"The Show must go on!

The Show must go on! Yeah,yeah!

Ooh! Inside my heart is breaking!

My make-up may be flaking...

But my smile, still, stays on!

Yeah! oh oh oh"

"My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies,

Fairy tales of yesterday, will grow but never die,

I can fly, my friends!"

"The Show must go on! Yeah!

The Show must go on!

I'll face it with a grin!

I'm never giving in!

On with the show!"

"I'll top the bill!

I'll overkill!

I have to find the will to carry on!

On with the,

On with the show!"

"The Show must go on."

And the kicker? Brian May wrote this for Freddie Mercury, when people questioned if he could 'go on', considering his health was failing because of his battle with AIDS. Acording to The Other Wiki, May wasn't sure that Freddie would be able to sing the song, his health was so bad. Freddie's response? He took a swig of vodka and said 'I'll fucking do it, darling!'. May says he considers this one of Mercury's best performances. 'Scuse me, I have something in my eye..

"While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand,
 * Also from that same album (Freddie went out Badass!), the song "Innuendo". The whole song was a Badass Creed, like "Show Must Go On". Just the first verse:

While the waves crash from the sea to meet the land,

While there's the wind and the stars and the rainbow,

'Til the mountains crumble into the plains,

Yeah, we'll keep on trying,

Tread that fine line

Yeah, we'll keep on trying,

Just passing our time."


 * The Fire Dawn, by Oh Sleeper, exudes this trope. IN SPADES!

"Stand up, we'll be more than kings.

Show no mercy when the gates swing.

I've said it before but without accepting that my body

Was the only thing keeping me from living.

I wouldn't even let the surgeon touch me.

Though facing death, I dined on flesh...

But now I live to fight out-numbered.

I live to fight out-numbered at the fire dawn to live in rebellious honor.

I'll stand, you'll see me over all of your fallen.

I'll be knee-deep, knee-deep in a sea of their organs.

Send me all of hell and I'll face them,

I'll face them one on one-thousand."


 * Most, if not all, Professional Wrestling Theme Music.

"We'll do what we've always done
 * Enter Shikari's Badass Creed in "Juggernauts" also acts as a complete Crowning Moment of Awesome:

Shut our eyes and hope for the best...

NO! We're gonna face this

And step out onto the tracks

Stare it right in the face

THOU SHALL NOT PASS!"


 * Army of the Dead Part I/II and Odin by Manowar.

"Raise thy weapons on this day

Ye shall not die alone"

"Fight and die let Valkyries fly

For they shall take thee home"

"I promise thee that on this night

Ye shall be by my side"

"Asgard's halls await with heroes

Brothers that have died"

"For thee we wait at Asgard's gates

Come join us by our side"

"Valhalla waits so choose thy fate

For all of us must die!"


 * This excerpt that appears in the Manowar songs The Warrior's Prayer and Glory, Majesty, Unity :

"Gods of war I call You. My sword is by my side.

I seek a life of honor, free from all false pride.

I will crack the whip with a bold mighty hail.

Cover me with death if I should ever fail."

"Glory, Majesty, Unity

Hail, Hail, Hail"


 * Pretty much any Manowar song, actually. Here's one from Sons of Odin :

"Glory and fame

Blood is our name

Souls full of thunder, hearts of steel"

"Killers of men!

A warrior's friend!

Sworn to avenge our fallen brothers, to the end!"


 * Even more to the point, the band itself has one: "Death to false metal".

"Let us live short lives of glory
 * "Morituri", by Robin Wayne Bailey:

Let us burn bright like a flame

And when the gods call, let the poets remember our names!"

"Surrounded by the enemy
 * Level 70/80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, 'The Power of the Horde'

The wolf among the hounds

Thunder turns to silence, it took...

A hundred to bring me down

Wolf-brothers falling at my side

With honor I will die

Upon the altar of the storms

I will be reborn"

(Rest of the lyrics: ) "When all seems lost we count the cost
 * All That Remains has several, but the song "Some of the People, All of the Time" exeplifies it:

We still remain connected

We'll be made strong we are not wrong

we will not be neglected

Now Wake this doubt and cast it out

Weakness will be rejected

And through all wrongs we must stay strong

We will not be neglected"

"We fear not our mortality
 * "The Gears" by Dethklok

We'll serve to the best of our ability

We give our lives to our masters

We vow to smite our enemies"

"This is your time to pay,
 * Andrew W.K.'s "Get Ready to die" is one massive Badass Creed combined with a Badass Boast.

This is your judgement day,

We made a sacrifice,

And now we get to take your life."

"We shoot without a gun,

We'll take on anyone,

It's really nothing new,

It's just a thing we like to do."

"If we wait until tomorrow
 * Andrew gets another crazy-awesome one that encompasses the ending of "Totally Stupid". Might double as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for some.

Will tomorrow ever come?

This is where we're coming from

And we're not the only ones"

"When we find ourselves in trouble

We can find outselves a way

You can find a place to stay

And the place is always safe"

"If you have a heart that's in pain

Don't be afraid

You're not to blame

There's a better world inside of us

Where we always thought it was

You don't need to hide

You can open up your eyes

And you'll discover

That there is another world."


 * “Indestructible” by Disturbed - the whole song is one big Badass Creed

"And as I live
 * The Protomen provide one to Mega Man in "The Will of One".

There is no evil that will stand

And I will finish

What was started

The fight of Protoman!"


 * One from Within Temptation: "Why Not Me."

"Some may call it a curse

A life like mine

But others, a blessing

It's certainly a lonely life

But a fulfilling one and the best

It's my cross to bear

And I'll bear it gladly

Someone has to take a stand against evil

Why should it not be me?"


 * Clutch has many songs that qualify, but "High Caliber Consecrator" is a particularly straightforward example:

"We'll thresh the psyche, and till the pride

Distill the blood, proclaim the gun divine

Damn the foul ego, praise the promised swarm

We are the ploughshare, and yet we are the sword"