- published: 26 Apr 2013
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The Sword is an American heavy metal band that formed in Austin, Texas, in 2003. Since its inception the band has comprised vocalist and guitarist John D. "J. D." Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt and bassist Bryan Richie, and since October 2011 has included drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III. Currently signed to New York-based independent label Razor & Tie, the group released debut album Age of Winters in 2006 which was largely written by Cronise prior to the band's formation. The band's second album, Gods of the Earth, was released two years later and gave the group its first Billboard 200 chart entry. Warp Riders, a concept album centered on an original science fiction narrative, was released in August 2010.
After writing and recording music on his own for "a few years", singer and guitarist J. D. Cronise formed The Sword in 2003 with guitarist Kyle Shutt and drummer Trivett Wingo; bassist Bryan Richie joined later in 2004. Cronise and Wingo had been in a band called Ultimate Dragons, based in Richmond, Virginia, while Shutt and Richie had been performing in Texas bands "united by a love of Led Zeppelin" Cronise had also performed with a local band called Those Peabodys, but left as he felt he "needed to do something heavier." After their first live performance together on March 18, 2004, the band released an eponymous demo, The Sword, which was followed the next year by an extended play (EP) entitled Freya. After performing at the 2005 South by Southwest festival, the band was signed by New York-based record label Kemado Records;
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A narrow road and no easy answers
Make a stand today
Small is the gate and hardship's what you'll face
Do you see what i've become
Or would you stop what i've begun
If your scorn is my gain then get out of my way
And i'll see you on the road
If i have the strength for this
Will i be the one to stand alone?
And if i can overcome
Will i be the better man for it?
This is the sword that divides us all
Make one wrong move and watch me fall
The burden of the choices made
How high the price
Never thought you'd pay
These wounds run deep, see
The fears as they creep
Now left alone
Abandoned and cold
Deserted, defeated
For the things that you believe in
If they turned their back to you
If they all just turned away from you
All from those who you thought you knew