Death-Scream Bloody Gore Drink from the goblet, the goblet of gore

Taste the zombie's drug, now you want more

1. Infernal Death Drifting from the living, joining with the dead
Zombie dwelling maggots, now infest your head
Piling the bodies
Burn them in the night Zombie ritual
Skin grows black and withered Zombie ritual
Decayed smell will rise
Zombie ritual
Existence fading Zombie ritual
Into ashes
3. Denial Of Life
Burn those bodies
To Infernal death In your dreams
The pain is so real
Human coals are burning Before the dead
Repulsive yet so true You'll have to kneel
Open graves are scattered Hear your future screams
When the work is through See your epitaph
As you scream
Existence fading The dead they laugh
Into ashes
Burn those bodies Pain, growing stronger
To Infernal death Life, exists no longer
Welcome, to a world of pain
2. Zombie Ritual
Death and despair
Revengeful corpse out to kill Denial of life (Vile denial)
Smell the stench, your guts will spill Denial of life
Vomit for a mind, maggots for a cock Denial of life
With his axe the corpse will chop
Created by your mind
Stare into his eyes To overtake your life
Now in his spell Sacrificial suicide
Kiss the rotting flesh End it with a knife
Now you're in hell Much too late
To change your mind
Drink from the goblet, the goblet of gore A bloody corpse
Taste the zombie's drug, now you want more Is left behind
Drifting from the living, joining with the dead
Zombie dwelling maggots, now infest your head Pain, growing stronger
Life, exists no longer
Zombie ritual Welcome, to a world of pain
Zombie ritual Death and despair

Ceremony now complete Denial of life (Vile denial)

Chosen one is now deceased
Denial of life
Fucking, raping zombie whores
Killing, feasting no remorse 4. Sacrificial
Stare into his eyes With chainsaw in hand
Now in his spell Your death I demand
Kiss the rotting flesh Slicing through your fat
Now you're in hell My awaited gore attack
Manipulating lies I celebrate a faggot's death, human disgrace
Is your way of life Hanging your mangled corpse for display
Riding on cheap glory
Your life is getting gory
My revenge was fulfilled upon this day
Watch you bleed to death
Gasping for last breath You must die in pain
Choking on your blood You must die in pain
I shit onto your guts You must die in pain
You must die in pain
Sacrificial cunt
I despise 6. Regurgitated Guts
Sacrificial cunt
No more lies Suicidal preacher hangs himself
Unfaithful servant goes straight to hell
Slabs of fat When he returns, your life will end
Lay on the ground Down from the skies maggots descend
Ram an axe Least expecting his horrible face
Into your mound Your decayed guts you soon will taste
Time to pay the gruesome price Unholy feeling grows deep inside
A stupid cunt we sacrifice Choking on your guts you open wide

Watch you bleed to death Regurgutated guts

Gasping for last breath Satisfy his needs
Choking on your blood Regurgutated guts
I shit onto your guts Now you're gonna bleed
Sacrificial cunt
I despise Visions of death are growing clear
Sacrificial cunt Life as a corpse is what you fear
No more lies Searching through the graves to be set free
From the curse of the priest that's come to be
Sacrificial cunt So unaware of what's to come
I despise Your guts are his when he is done
Sacrificial cunt Reaching for your cross to end this pain
No more lies Your life and blood he will have drained

5. Mutilation Regurgutated guts

Satisfy his needs
Massacred, hacked to death, my revenge Regurgutated guts
Slicing deep, into your flesh, the pain intense Now you're gonna bleed
Dreams of hate, misery, fill my mind
Puke in your face in disgust, it's time to die In his trance
Your eyes they bleed
You must die in pain Your guts come forth
You must die in pain For his own need
You must die in pain
You must die in pain 7. Baptized In Blood

Mutilation Under command a new-born child

Mutilation Submerged in blood, the dead they smile
Mutilation Growing possessed, burning inside
Mutilation A bloody feast for us tonight
Mutilation
Mutilation

Staring your severed head in the face

The way of death
Is growing hear just take my hand
Skies grow black
Unholy corpses upon their land
The dead they gather around
Praising the child they found
Possessed, the child shall kill
The future is now revealed
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
Gather around, watch and see
A new creation of misery
Taking the place of the elderly dead
Forbidden ways now in his head
The way of death
Is growing hear just take my hand
Skies grow black
Unholy corpses upon their land
The dead they gather around
Praising the child they found
Possessed, the child shall kill
The future is now revealed
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
8. Torn To Pieces
Out to find the truth
Behind the myth of
Man eating man
Finding bodies tied
Up to a stake
You cannot understand
Filled with ignorance
You watch them eat your friends
Ask for evidence
A hook right through your tits
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
Trying to escape
They torture you by
Cutting off your cock
When you're dead
They'll feast upon your flesh
Your brains they'll
Eat and chop
Pray if you want
Pathetic rancid cunt
Face reality
Death your final pleasure
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
Torn to pieces
9. Evil Dead
Trapped inside a life which is not yours
Spirits within causing terror, fear and darkness
Evil dead
Evil dead
Voice speaks out, all will die tonight
Insanity fills your mind, you hear them calling
Evil dead
Evil dead
Covered in blood, all hope is lost
Forever to rot, controlled by the powers of the
10. Scream Bloody Gore
Decapitated head licking your cunt
Sucking all the blood from your stump
Intestinal guts taking their hold
Leaving you dead, stiff and cold
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream bloody gore
Scream bloody gore
Inject the reborn terror, the blood comes spurting out
Another to control, add it to your count
Orders to destroy, rip and tear apart
Wishing for the end, your dead is just the start
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream bloody gore
Scream bloody gore
Armies of the dead
Hail their leader's head
Hungry for the flesh
While it's warm and fresh
Through the smoke who will see
Who will come out alive?
Now it's your turn to feel the pain
Now it's your turn to die
11. Beyond The Unholy Grave
[BONUS TRACK]
12. Land Of No Return
[BONUS TRACK]
Mangled bodies falling from the sky
Grotesque mutation ripping out your eyes
Now a corpses slave you'll learn to rot
A life of endless gore is what you've got
[CHORUS]
Rotting till the end of time
In the land of no return
Here your screams remain unheard
Watch your flesh decay and burn
In this land there is no night or day
In pools of blood, the corpses sit and prey
Unholy carcas begging for relief
Existing everyday in morbid grief
Searching for your soul
Nowhere to be found
Wanting to return
Six feet under ground
[CHORUS]
Rotting till the end of time
In the land of no return
Here your screams remain unheard
Watch your flesh decay and burn
Chuck Schuldiner - Vocals/Guitars/Bass
John Hand - Guitars
Chris Reifert - Drums
Death-Leprosy
1. Leprosy
[music and lyrics - Shuldiner]
Bodies deformed way beyond belief
Cast out from their concerned society
Flesh contorting day after day
Freak of the dark world is what the people say
Their lives decay before their eyes
There is no hope of cure
Among their own kind they live
A life that's so obscure
First an arm and then a leg
Deterioration grows
Rotting while they breathe - Death comes slow
Leprosy will take control and bring you to your death
No chance of a normal life to live just like the rest
Leprosy will spread with time, your body soon to
change
Appearance becomes hideous a sight too much to
take
Tuberculoid the most severe
Decay of the nerves comes fast
Sense of feeling soon to be gone
Life will never last
No hope of recovery after the nerves are eaten away
Damage is done you feel no more pain
Bones decay deterioration grows
Origin of this horrid disease nobody knows
Their lives decay before their eyes
There is no hope of cure
Among their own kind they live
A life that's so obscure
First an arm and then a leg
Deterioration grows
Rotting while they breathe - Death comes slow
Leprosy will take control and bring you to your death
No chance of a normal life to live just like the rest
Leprosy will spread with time, your body soon to
changel
Appearance becomes hideous a sight too much to
take
2. Born Dead
[lyrics - Shuldiner, music - Shuldiner / Rozz]
Brought to this world to wither away
Naive about the ways of life is what they say
Millions live millions die, more are yet to come
Living skeletons - Where they come from
Born dead into this world
To starve and rot in agony
Born dead into this world
It's their choice, why can't you see
Life of misery, soon a corpse you be
As bones show through, nothing you can do
Relief does not exist
When you are born to die
Disease spreads fast across their dying world
Many cemeteries they will have to build
As process goes on for many years to come
A human waste land created when they are done
Born dead into this world
To starve and rot in agony
Born dead into this world
It's their choice, why can't you see
3. Forgotten Past
[lyrics - Shuldiner, music - Shuldiner / Rozz]
Deep in your mind there is another side
A morbid truth one cannot hide
Unimaginable gore was your past time high
To hear people scream, to watch them die
Return back to the burial site
Face your dreams upon this night
Severed limbs not far away
Spirit past you now obey
Images of the forgotten past
Your first life revealed at last
Now you'll find to your surprise
All the corpses you left behind
A place you feel you've been to before
Where life would turn right into gore
You dig deep down through the years of decay
The truth is revealed, you found your way
Return back to the burial site
Face your dreams upon this night
Severed limbs not far away
Spirit past you now obey
Images of the forgotten past
Your first life revealed at last
Now you'll find to your surprise
All the corpses you left behind
4. Left To Die
[lyrics - Shuldiner, music - Shuldiner / Rozz]
Put your life into their hands
Die for someone else
Now you're in the real world
Where pain and death are felt
The first blood shed does not seem real
Reality is what you feel
Dropping to your knees you pray
God won't make this go away
You will not return alive - Left to die
Suffering until the end - Left to die
Time stands still as you pass away
No more tomorrow this is your last day
On this fucking earth
Bodies fall onto the ground
Blood flies through the air
Shredded victims lie in pain
Death is never fair
Legs blown off, all hope is lost
A human life is what it cost
Others follow close behind
A real adventure they will find
You will not return alive - Left to die
Suffering until the end - Left to die
5. Pull The Plug
[music and lyrics - Shuldiner]
Memories is all that's left behind
As I lay and wait to die
Little do they know
That I hear their choice of life
End it now, it is the only way
Too cruel, that is what they say
Release me from this lonely world
There is no hope - Why don't you
Pull the plug
Let me pass away
Pull the plug
Don't want to live this way
Once I had full control of my life
I now behold a machine decides my fate
End it now it's all to late
What has now been days, it seems like years
To stay like this is what I fear
Life ends so fast, so take your chance
And make it last
End it now, it is the only way
Too cruel, that is what they say
Release me from this lonely world
There is no hope - Why don't you
Pull the plug
Let me pass away
Pull the plug
Don't want to live this way
6. Open Casket
[lyrics - Shuldiner, music - Shuldiner / Rozz]
Approach the image filled with fear
As the image grows so clear
Future now takes full control
The one whose past you now behold
Touch - The flesh it is so cold
Turn away - You now have been told
Never to return, memories will last
In the future, you'll think about the past
Never to forget, what you have seen
People come to pay respect
Taking pictures of the dead
That is what life comes to be
Once they lived, now they're deceased
Death is oh so strange
The past no one can change
What you can't predict
Is how long you'll exist
Open casket - Open casket
Life will never be the same
Death can never be explained
It's their time to go beyond
Empty feeling when they're gone
Never to return, memories will last
In the future, you'll think about the past
Never to forget, what you have seen
What can not be real you now believe
7. Primitive Ways
[lyrics - Schuldiner, music - Rozz]
Go against the ways and experience pain
Leading a life which one might call insane
Bathe in the blood of the one you killed
Slaughter to survive, your needs are fulfilled
Using horrid waste
Some of them will taste
Removing deadly disease
With such primitive ease
Cannibals practising the art of butchery
Emotions don't exist, pain you can't resist
Primitive ways
Conducting ceremonies to meet the ancient ones
While having an outer body experience
Celebrate the kill of the day
Then walk among the guts of the fallen prey
Using horrid waste
Some of them will taste
Removing deadly disease
With such primitive ease
Cannibals practising the art of butchery
Emotions don't exist, pain you can't resist
8. Choke On It
[lyrics - Shuldiner, music - Shuldiner / Rozz]
Freedom is just a breath away
Will you live to see the day
As the heat intensifies
You start to choke, your insides fry
Seizure now sets in
Torture will begin
Twisted bodies lie
Waiting now to die
Choke on it - As your tongue goes down
Choke on it - Death is all around
Screaming fills your frenzied mind
No way out no more time
Example made from those to see
Your freedom turned to misery
World is all around
Of what they have found
Lesson to be learn
You will not return
Choke on it - As your tongue goes down
Choke on it - Death is all around
CHUCK SCHULDINER - Guitar, Vocals
RICK ROZZ - Guitar
BILL ANDREWS - Drums
TERRY BUTLER – Bass
Death-Spiritual Healing
1. Living Monstrosity
Every day blows by in a world of corrupt addiction
With life comes pain withdrawals and deformation
Breaking the mould human appearance
Contorting bodies with chamical interference
The guilty one, innocent she now cries
A life of hell, better off to die
Born without eyes, hands, and a half a brain
Being born addicted to cocaine
Living monstrosity
A freak for life they'll always be
Never knowing love or hate
Only pain the drug creates
[Solos: Murphy, Shuldiner]
Some say she's naive, she's a stupid bitch
Some say to forgive, guilty she should die
The beginning of the end begins at birth
Breeding masses of twisted screaming flesh
An example we should make out of theses creators
of misfortune
A serious crime that should not be forgiven
The guilty one, innocent she now cries
A life of hell, better off to die
Born without eyes, hands, and a half a brain
Being born addicted to cocaine
2. Altering The Future
Creating a life only to destroy
Saved from a life of the unemployed
Where crime is the only way to survive
Which is the best to be dead or alive?
Maybe a chance but maybe not
Born to be thrown in the trash to rot
To exist in this world may be a mistake
The one who is with child, it's their choice to make
Death and life taken so easily
Right or wrong, whose choice will it be?
Abortion, when it is needed
Execution, for those who deserve it
The giving and taking of life will always be
Altering the future
[Solos: Shuldiner, Murphy]
Look into the future to prepare us for our fate
Controlling our existence with every life we take
Life for a life should remain the rule
The innocent victim that is what's cruel
Look to the past is what we should do
When justice was done and justice was true
Using our laws to help their escape
An easy way out is what they create
Claiming insane is the way to freedom
People are stupid enough to believe them
Death and life taken so easily
Right or wrong, whose choice will it be?
Abortion, when it is needed
Execution, for those who deserve it
The giving and taking of life will always be
3. Defensive Personalities
One mind divided into three, for every problem a
personality
Each one trying to protect, for the crisis a person
they'll select
With sorrow comes reassurance, with confusion
there's ignorance
Deny who they are, a fantasy gone gone too far
Protecting the weak points of the mind
Defensive personalities
Violent one minute calm the next
Defensive Personalities
[Solos: Shuldiner, Murphy]
Passed down from generations, years of pain and
complication
Darkness was a punishment, memories time cannot
mend
Brutalised from the day of birth, to reality they can't
return
Existing in a world of three lives inside of one
Protecting the weak points of the mind
Defensive personalities
Violent one minute calm the next
Defensive Personalities
4. Within The Mind
Transforming your mind from the inside out
Overcoming fear that made you doubt
Observing what is stored in the subconscious
Trusting what you feel with your gut responses
See past the dark and use your energy
Learn from these images
Thoughts that we call dreams
This power lies within the mind
Gain wisdom through abilities
Change what's to come in future time
Avoiding pain and misery
[Solo: Murphy]
Look through the fake from what is real
Making desicions by what you feel
Live for the future and not the past
The weak of mind will never last
Perceiving visions that reoccur
Analyse your dreams to gain
A better perspective of your life
In control of your destiny with mind and soul
[Solo: Shuldiner]
See past the dark and use your energy
Learn from these images
Thoughts that we call dreams
This power lies within the mind
Gain wisdom through abilities
Change what's to come in future time
Avoiding pain and misery
5. Spiritual Healing
Always blocking the doors to your mind
Escaping the reality that surrounds you
Using faith as an excuse to kill
A sick way of life is now revealed
All the prayers in the world can't help you now
A killer a take of life is what you are
Speak no more lies
It's your turn to die
Preach the good word
Speak no more, perpare to burn
A justified torture?
From this may others learn
The life you took a holy death, a grave mistake
No changing your mind, your life you should pay
Practice what you preach
Your loved one is now deceased
Knowledge is at our hands
Never to understand
Spiritual healing
[Solos: Shuldiner, Murphy]
Blinded by the twisted ways you live
Kill for religion, will the Lord forgive?
Idiocy has stricken your mind
A real-life hell you will find
6. Low Life Replacing what is real by using technology
Population control, selecting those who will breed
Those who are a waste of life A specific type of form chosen for the unborn
Use up air that others could breathe A mind without emotion
Human leaches all around Progressive anatomy
Looking superion is what they believe
Genetic reconstruction
Fake is the word you represent Evolution in production
Your existence on earthj I resent
At the cost of others you get by 8. Killing Spree
Each word that you speak is a lie
To the world around he was the perfect person
Low life - That's all you'll ever be Planning for an alibi he then starts rehearsing
Lies in effect - That's what you like to see A human bomb just waiting to explode
This secret rage can't be controlled
Hiding behind material values
That help cover up your weakness Slaughtered the dreams of others
Never to change, always to look On left to recover
For an easy way out of life Self-inflicted wounds
Life he has comsumed
[Solos: Murphy, Shuldiner, Murphy, Shuldiner,
Murphy, Shuldiner] Planning a killing spree
Victim of a conspiracy?
A pathetic excuse for a human being
Getting bored with his current life
Nothing to back you up, never giving second thought Rearranging with a knife
Thinking you fool the world, into seeing something
you are not [Solos: Murphy, Shuldiner]

Fake is the word you represent Greed before despair suspicion starts to grow
Your existence on earthj I resent His life was spared for this he does not know
At the cost of others you get by Screams filled the air there was no way to help
Each word that you speak is a lie The ones he mourns he killed himself

Low life - That's all you'll ever be Slaughtered the dreams of others
Lies in effect - That's what you like to see On left to recover
Self-inflicted wounds
7. Genetic Reconstruction Life he has comsumed

Extending a life with total resistance Planning a killing spree

To fatal disease, future methods of science Victim of a conspiracy?

Replacing what is real by using technology Chuck Schuldiner - Vocals / Guitars

Population control, selecting those who will breed Bill Andrews - Drums
A specific type of form chosen for the unborn Terry Butler - Bass
A mind without emotion James Murphy - Guitars
Progressive anatomy

Genetic reconstruction
Evolution in production

[Solos: Murphy, Shuldiner]

Producing a race of human machines

A new age of existence the world will see
 Death- Human
1. Flattening Of Emotions
Where is the person that could have been
Who, what took over, when did the end begin
Should we not prepare for the uncertain
Mysteries of our life, of our destiny
See things that are not there
Intruding voices
What went wrong to their picture perfect life
They once knew - Flattening of emotions
[Solos: Schuldiner, Masvidal]
A mind shared by an uninvited stranger
Which comes and goes as choose to appear
Should we not prepare for the uncertain
Mysteries of our life, of our destiny
See things that are not there
Intruding voices
What went wrong to their picture perfect life
They once knew - Flattening of emotions
2. Suicide Machine
Controlling their lives
Deciding when and how they will die
A victim of someone else's choice
The ones who suffer have no voice
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
How easy it is to deny the pain
Of someone else's suffering
[Solos: Schuldiner, Masvidal]
Robbed of natural abilities
In death they now seek tranquility
In a confused state of mind
Extending agony, they must be blind
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
3. Together As One
Labelled a creation of evil
Ridiculed for their shocking appearance
Sharing both please and pain
Two minds, two hearts, one soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy
Together - they absorb each other's lives
As One - they will live and they will die
A living hell has begun
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Displayed as a nightmare
Criticized through words and eyes
As they stare
To the normal it seems grotesque
Connected by a bond of flesh
Sharing both please and pain
Two minds, two hearts, one soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy
Together - they absorb each other's lives
As One - they will live and they will die
A living hell has begun
4. Secret Face
There is a mask
That covers up one's true intentions
Once removed, things become very clear
Analyze behavior patterns to see beneath
The person that is presented to you
Vulnerable through trust
Life is a twisted maze of obstacles
Presented by people with a secret face
[Solo: Schuldiner]
What's on the outside
Is not always all that is real
Live by caution, what I feel
When things are reversed
People are shown for what they are
The truth is revealed
Banish the false
Pacifying moments with an acquired disguise to
obtain
The things they want
By the anguish of someone alse
Materialistic motives are fulfilled
Cherich the true
Vulnerable through trust
Life is a twisted maze of obstacles
Presented by people with a secret face
5. Lack Of Comprehension
A condeming fear strikes down
Things they cannot understand
An excuse to cover up weaknesses that lie within
Lies
Laying your guilt and pain
On people that had no part in the molding of a life
That creates its destruction
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your part in the demise of a life
Lack of comprehension
Thriving on your cliche
Compelled by self-resentment
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Reaching into the minds of those that created
The depression in which they
In which they drowned their flesh and blood
Lies
So easy to blame the
Everlasting fear on a pathetic attempt
To justify the ending of life
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your part in the demise of a life
Lack of comprehension
Thriving on your cliche
Compelled by self-resentment
6. See Through Dream
Born into darkness
Where sounds portay the images that are out
Out of reach from my sight
Which has been denied
Hands change into my eyes
Body senses intensified
Sight so close yet far away
In dreams my thoughts take their form
To give memories identity
Through dreams I obtain
The ability to connect sight with sound
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Close your eyes and imagine to be without
What we take for granted every time we open eyes
A permanent shadow to never step away
Feel the dark in the cold
Feel the warmth of the light
Which has been denied
Hands change into my eyes
Body senses intensified
Sight so close yet far away
In dreams my thoughts take their form
To give memories identity
Through dreams I obtain
The ability to connect sight with sound
7. Cosmic Sea
[Instrumental]
[Solos: Schuldiner, Masvidal]
8. Vacant Planets
Mysterious object of flight on a voyage
To correct what they have done, what we are doing
Perhaps submerged, living in the inner most
Recesses of the planet - no choice but
To adapt to an underground world
Limiting our passages of thought
Are they the examples of regression
A life form's abusive progression
In a realm so vast, we sit among the Vacant Planets
[Solos: Masvidal, Schuldiner]
So many worlds yet to be seen that once have
shared
The same effects that come from greed, mass
production
Perhaps submerged, living in the inner most
Recesses of the planet - no choice but
To adapt to an underground world
Limiting our passages of thought
Are they the examples of regression
A life form's abusive progression
Chuck Schuldiner - Vocals/Guitars
Paul Masvidal - Guitars
Sean Reinert - Drums
Steve DiGiorgio - Bass
Bass on "Cosmic Sea" by Skott Carino
Death- Individual Thought Patterns
1. Overactive Imagination
Your existence is a script,
life for you is a perfomance,
play out the leading role.
Directing and premeditating every move
That creates the act of manipulation
Mastering the art of deception.
That increases your sick addiction
It's an overactive imagination
that enslaves your empty shell
[Lead: Chuck]
Existing in dimensions of addictive obsession
[Lead: Andy]
Your script will run short of ideas
The story will soon end itself
People to trust come short in number.
Like a plague your lies spread
fast across the world
Mastering the art of deception
That increases your sick addition
It's an overactive imagination
that enslaves your empty shell
2. In Human Form
People of the earth beware,
It is here in human form
An atrocity laced with greed.
Filled with evil intentions.
Ready to attack
[Lead: Andy]
Look to the air for stories to choose,
Who will be your next victim
Profitting on visions of others,
dark emotions run through its veins
Its motives are false its mind is insane
A distant planet with no signs of life
To become a home for this alien breed.
Scientists of the world unite,
your services are more than needed
This creature in human form is out of control
[Lead: Chuck]
Looks can be deceiving, see beyond the shell
Flesh and eyes mean nothing.
The truth, time it will tell
Before you think you fool the world.
What comes around goes around.
Shown for what you are, a waste of life
[Lead: Andy]
3. Jealousy
What do you want from me,
what is it you expect
I have spoken my mind from deep inside my soul
Behind the eyes is a place on one will be able to
touch
Containing thoughts that cannot be taken away or
replaced
You want what is not yours, Jealousy
You want what you cannot have, Jealousy
Spiteful harsh words, it comes as no real surprise.
Tell me what you are.
[Lead: Chuck, Andy]
I cannot understand how you seem to exist
On what people create for you, good must turn bad.
Behind the eyes is a place on one will be able to
touch
Containing thoughts that cannot be taken away or
replaced
You want what is not yours, Jealousy
You want what you cannot have, Jealousy
4. Trapped In A Corner
I want to watch you drown in your lies.
The end of your masquerade, a matter of time
Interwining lies, domination, control
Feed his twisted nature
It is sickening to see dreams die
A word of advice, fate's patience is growning short.
Fake down to your mind and appearance
You will fall short of the dreams to destroy
In time you will find yourself trapped in a corner
These four words my friend, I promise you will not
forget
[Lead: Andy, Chuck]
I am one of many that see through your lies
Hiding will do you no good, many seek revenge.
Soon to become a victim of what you live to create,
and cannot have.
It is sickening to see dreams die
A word of advice, fate's patience is growning short.
Fake down to your mind and appearance
You will fall short of the dreams to destroy
5. Nothing Is Everything
Living like us and sharing our day.
In another world very far away
A diffirent existence, yet virtually the same.
Aggression is sadness and laughter is pain
Look deep into their eyes for what they have to say
Emotions take control of life everyday.
Unpredictable variations of behavior,
Hold the key to the mental door
Where nothing is everything, and everything is
nothing
Staring beyond the wall a thousand times over
[Lead: Chuck]
Seeing a part of them that is real
Just imagine how it might feel
To be denied of what life has to give
Behind mental shadows they must live
Look deep into their eyes for what they have to say
Emotions take control of life everyday.
6. Mentally Blind
You see your vision and no one else's
Your every word filled with sarcasm
Crucify people with invisible knowledge
Verbal destruction with each compulsion
We will see where you go
The future for you is nowhere
Every minute a cliche of your kind
Too much to say from a person with no respect
Your accusations you will regret
From the mentally blind come ideas that are poison
Take away the power, a shallow person you will find.
[Lead: Chuck]
What would you do without your pathetic narrow-
minded approach to life,
that reflects your lack of abilities
Your opinions are self-destructive
Despair is your gain, delight is corruption
Destined to fall prey to your stories,
creating problems for your consumption
We will see where you go
The future for you is nowhere
Every minute a cliche of your kind
Too much to say from a person with no respect
Your accusations you will regret
From the mentally blind come ideas that are poison
Take away the power, a shallow person you will find.
7. Individual Thought Patterns
So quick to judge, so easily we forget,
What it's like to be dissected
Where feelings are tossed aside
Like a drug it feeds the imagination of minds that go
unanalyzed
Followers to the leaders of mass hypnotic corruption
that live their lives only to criticize
Where is the invisible line that we must draw to
create individual thought patterns
[Lead: Chuck]
Prisoners of mental deception be free within singular
judgement
Twisting words to control the masses
To cover up one's self insecurities
Like a drug it feeds the imagination of minds that go
unanalyzed
Followers to the leaders of mass hypnotic corruption
that live their lives only to criticize
Where is the invisible line that we must draw to
create individual thought
8. Destiny
[Lead: Andy]
Time is a thing we must accept
The unexpected I sometimes fear.
Just when I feel there's no excuse for what happens,
Things fall into place
I know there is no way to avoid the pain that we must
go through
to find the other half that is true
Destiny is what we all seek
Destiny was waiting for you and me
[Lead: Chuck]
I believe behind confusion awaits the truth for us
Past the obstacles we face
I value our life and trust
Years of questioning why things happen the way they
do in life
Wishing that I could turn back time,
So we could join our souls
I know there is no way to avoid the pain that we must
go through
to find the other half that is true
Destiny is what we all seek
Destiny was waiting for you and me
[Lead: Chuck]
9. Out Of Touch Death-Symbolic
Trapped in a lost world of brutality 1. Symbolic
So weak are the ones that must rely on shock
to push this so called force that inspires their call I don't mean to dwell
to be extreme so it seems is a mental crutch But I can't help myself
To cover up for those that are completely out of touch When I feel the vibe
Say what you want, I know the truth when it comes to And taste a memory
your kind Of a time in life
[Lead: Chuck] When years seemed to stand still

In time we'll see who lasts I close my eyes

In time you will disappear And sink within myself
Who are you to question my sincerity Relive the gift of precious memories
For now you are high on yourself In need of a fix called innocence
Drowning in your dreams of misguided hope
To be extreme so it seems is a mental crutch When did it begin?
To cover up for those that are completely out of touch The change to come was undetectable
The open wounds expose the importance of
10. The Philosopher Our innocence
A high that can never be bought or sold
Do you feel what I feel, see what I see, hear what I
hear [Chorus:]
There is a line you must draw between your dream Symbolic acts - so vivid
world and reality Yet at the same time
Do you live my life or share the breath I breathe Were invisible
Lies feed your judgement of others
Behold how the blind lead each other [Solo: Schuldiner / Solo: Koelble]
The philosopher
You know so much about nothing at all Savor what you feel and what you see
[Lead: Chuck] Things that may not seem important now
But may be tomorrow
Ideas that fall under shadows of theories that stand
tall Do you remember when
Thoughts that grow narrow upon being verbally Things seemed so eternal?
released Heroes were so real...
Your mind is not your own, Their magic frozen in time
what sounds more mentally stimulating is how you The only way to learn
make your choice Is be aware and hold on tight
So you preach about how I'm supposed to be, yet
you don't you know your own I close my eyes
sexuality And sink within myself
Lies feed your judgement of others Relive the gift of precious memories
Behold how the blind lead each other In need of a fix called innocence
The philosopher
You know so much about nothing at all When did it begin?
The change to come was undetectable
Chuck Schuldiner - Vocals/Guitars The open wounds expose the importance of
Andy LaRocque - Guitars Our innocence
Gene Hoglan - Drums and Propeller A high that can never be bought or sold
Steve DiGiorgio – Bass
[Repeat chorus]
2. Zero Tolerance
In the dark of night...
Abusing a portion of light
While others are sleeping
And some are escaping
A serpent spews out fantasy
Unjustified blasphemy
That cannot be condoned
[Solo: Schuldiner]
It must be strange to not have lived
So far into existence
This is not a test of power
This is not a game to be lost or won
Let justice be done
[Chorus:]
There will be zero tolerance
For the creator of hallowed intentions
There will be zero tolerance
Fate is your deciding God
[Solo: Schuldiner / Solo: Koelble]
Karma comes crashing down
Leaving a very deep scar
Exposing a door to the
Source of a verbal whore
Machines supply the altar
Where virtuous lives are sacrificed
[Solo: Koelble]
It must be strange to not have lived
So far into existence
This is not a test of power
This is not a game to be lost or won
Let justice be done
3. Empty Words
Ashes and promises share a bond
Through the winds of change
Words are blown away
When visions that should be
Are tattooed in your mind
The power to let go
Is sometimes hard to find
The answer cannot be found
In the writing of others
Or the words of a trained mind
In a precious world of memories
We find ourselves confined
Claws so razor sharp
Ripping at the spirit
[Chorus:]
Promises a potential to hurt
Is anything real?
When forever is to be until
Deep inside, in the world of empty words...
No escaping from those haunting
empty words...
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Do you ever feel it?
A craving that is so strong
To by thought rewind in order to find
Expectations that shined through the doubt
That soon would turn into the price
Of what a word will be worth
When tomorrow comes
To be and we are left
Standing on our own
And seeing what is real...
The answer cannot be found
In the writing of others
Or the words of a trained mind
In a precious world of memories
We find ourselves confined
Claws so razor sharp
Ripping at the spirit
[Repeat chorus]
4. Sacred Serenity
Wherever we go, whatever we do
Your shadow is not far behind our steps
And our breath
Protecting and watching all...
Observing spirits on the wall
What are they telling you?
Following all instincts that are pure
Oblivious to time that may be the cure
[Chorus:]
Sacred is the gift that they
have without knowing
Serenity is knowing it's safe
from destruction of time
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Maybe we could take a step back
And discover what leads us to attack
Time that is short - distance unknown
For them, each day life has just begun
Observing spirits on the wall
What are they telling you?
Following all instincts that are pure
Oblivious to time that may be the cure
[Repeat chorus]
5. 1,000 Eyes
Crossing the line into the other side
Emerging as prisoners
To the emptiness of time
To the left and to the right
From behind - they're out of sight
Plunging into a new found
Age of advanced observeillance
A worldwide, foolproof cage
Privacy and intimacy as we know it
Will be a memory
Among many to be passed down
To those who never knew
[Chorus:]
Living in the pupil of 1,000 eyes
Was it overlooked in front of all our faces?
Now, all the mistakes and secrets
Cannot be erased
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Viewing the blind complexity
By which laws were justified
To erase simplicity
To the left and to the right
From behind - they're out of sight
Plunging into a new found
Age of advanced observeillance
A worldwide, foolproof cage
Privacy and intimacy as we know it
Will be a memory
Among many to be passed down
To those who never knew
[Repeat chorus]
We are enslaved now...
6. Without Judgement
Guilty until proven innocent
We condemn your soul and fate
Never mind the possibilities
Too busy for logic or to calculate
Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished
[Chorus:]
Without judgement what would we do?
We would be forced to look
At ourselves emerged in lost time
Assuming what may be
Without judgement
Perception would increase a million times
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Distracted by imagination
That experiments with ease
If you could taste it, it might be addictive
Where life will crush those who defy
Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished
[Repeat chorus]
7. Crystal Mountain
Built from blind faith
Passed down from self-induced fantasy
Turn a page to justify
Conjuring power - it opens wide
On your seventh day,
is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive
all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your
cross-turned dagger
[Chorus:]
Inside crystal mountain
Evil takes its form
Inside crystal mountain
Commandments are reborn
All the traps are set to confine
All who get in the way of the divine
In sight and in mind of the hypocrite
A slave to the curse forever confined
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Shatter the myth
Don't cut yourself
On your words against
dreams made of steel
Stronger than any faith
That inflicts pain and fear,
is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive
all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your
cross-turned dagger
[Repeat chorus]
8. Misanthrope
From above and around,
observations are collected
Knowledge is taken in by curious life forms
That may bring hope from beyond
Beneath the giver of life, our sun
An examination of another kind is done
A view from those who stood high
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
[Chorus:]
Misanthrope
Hater of all mankind
There is some hope
For those who own their mind
They came, they saw and acknowledged
Some good, some bad
Opinion: Dangerous
[Solo: Schuldiner]
Stay where you are, don't get consumed
By what they created from sheer neglet
In denial of years and years of
shattered souls
That were lost to the power of
Fragile, frightful minds
A view from those who stood high
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
[Repeat chorus]
9. Perennial Quest
The journey begins with curiosity
And envolves into soul-felt questions
On the stones that we walk
And choose to make our path
Sometimes never knowing
Other times knowing too much
Filtering out the bad that holds us back...
Take hold of what is true to your hunger
A hunger that will not go away
Plans for tomorrow, they will remain
[Chorus:]
Won't you join me on the perennial quest
Reaching into the dark, retrieving light
Search for answers on the perennial quest
Where dreams are followed, and time is a test
No time for mental crutches
The maker has moved on
I will take it raw and be on my way
Those that stood beside me
I'm glad you understand
Behind these written words
I share the simple plan
To hang on to the way that we feel
[Solo: Koelble / Solo: Schuldiner]
From rivers of sorrow
To oceans deep with hope
I have travelled them
Now, there is no turning back
The limit, the sky
I ask my questions Why? What today?
When tomorrow? From those who starve
For a dream not their own to
Filtering out the bad that holds us back... Slash and scar
Take hold of what is true to your hunger
A hunger that will not go away Big words, small mind
Plans for tomorrow, they will remain Behind the pain you will find a scavenger
Of human sorrow
[Repeat chorus] Scavenger

Chuck Schuldiner - vocals, guitars Abstract theory

Gene Hoglan - drums, propeller & M-14 shell The weapon of choice used by a scavenger
Kelly Conlon - bass Of human sorrow
Bobby Koelble - guitar Scavenger

Death- The Sound Of Perseverance 2. Bite The Pain

1. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow Look down at the body

What pain will it take
to satisfy your sick appetite
go in for the kill
always in sight-prey
the time always right-feast
feed on the pain-taste
sorrow made flesh-sweet
live how you want
just don't feed on me
if you doubt what i say
i will make you believe
shallow are words from those who starve
for a dream not their own to slash and scar
Big words, small mind
behind the pain you will find
a scavenger of human sorrow
scavenger
abstract theory the weapon of choice
used by scavenger of human sorrow
scavenger
[Solo: Schuldiner / Hamm]
So you have traveled far across the sea
to spread your written brand of misery
Always in time, prey
The time always right, feast
Feed on the pain, taste
Sorrow made flesh, sweet
you may see no trace of wounds
but in the eye
the eye of the beholder
one cannot assume.
Not a drop of blood is drawn
but you know how it bleeds
beware of the sharp edged weapon
called human being
It is a shield of passion
and strong will
from this I am the victor
instead of the kill
I will not feed your hunger, instead
I bite the pain
looking not back, but forward
I bite down hard
try to cover up the trail of deceit
and daggers spawned from your soul
[Solo Hamm / Schuldiner]
Acid, the tears of remorse
flow in vain, too late for regrets
save it
for the next ill fated game.

Live how you want

Just don't feed on me
If you doubt what I say
I will make you believe
Shallow are words
3. Spirit Crusher
It comes from the depths
of a place unknown to the
keeper of dreams
if it could then it would steal
the sun and the moon from the sky
beware
Human at sight, monster at heart
don't let it inside it could
tear you right apart
No guilt, it feeds in plain sight
Spirit Crusher
Stay strong and hold on tight
Spirit Crusher
Speaking in killing words
The vicious kind that crush and kill
no mercy, its pleasure to taste
The blood that it bled.
[Solo Schuldiner / Hamm]
When it's time to feed to fulfill
the need to consume a breath
some will rise standing tall
breathing out all the breath from
the voice of a soul.
4. Story To Tell
Drifting into the lives
seep into the soul where emotions hide
dark skies were beating me down
with shadows of deceit slashing at
trust till it forever bleeds
with doubt, with pain, with trust
is pain.
When you think of me in your
multidimensional mind, try and wash the
"evil" from your mind and open it.
When you taste the truth you will
see like others before me, to you
I am past, a story to tell
tell it.
[solo Hamm / Schuldiner]
You may think you own the end
take another close look at the script of sadness
etched in the book.
5. The Flesh And The Power It Holds
I told you once but I will say it again
when you live the flesh it is the beginning
of the end
it will take you in
it will spit you out
behold the flesh and the power it holds
passion is a poison laced with pleasure bitter sweet
one of many faces that hide deep beneath
it will take you in
it will spit you out
behold the flesh and the power it holds
touch, taste, breathe, consumed
deja-vu. already knew from the first encounter
but know I know to let go of words to speak no more
like a wind upon your face you can't see it
but you know it's there, when beauty shows
its ugly face, just be prepared.
[Solo Schuldiner]
Passion burns like fire carried by the wind
the end of a time, a time to begin
it builds you up one way and tears
you right back down, a time to begin
the end of a time.
Touch, taste, breathe, consumed.
6. Voice Of The Soul
7. To Forgive Is To Suffer
Throughout our time a thought
escapes us to enforce a word, no
holding on to pain it may seem to some
The easy way to say o.k., twist your
knife a little deeper
words to sharp actions dark
hide the blade of the deceiver.
Enforce the words no more, be free
alone you might just find serenity.
To accept another day we choose
to give away another piece of life
to forgive is to suffer
[Solo Schuldiner]
Once or twice is kind
three or four is blind
it is not the end yet a way to begin
the power of words both good and bad.
8. A Moment of Clarity
I would describe it as an invisible darkness
casting a shadow, a blinding black
guarded by hope, my soul is kept from
the bloody claws.
Look beyond, what vision lets me see
time after time, unneeded misery
holding tight to my dreams
I own no price for you
I grip them tight and hope for sight.
Open my eyes wide to see a moment of clarity
confusion gone, it's in your hands
your turn to ask why.
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Faster than a lazer bullet
Louder than an atom bomb
Chromium plated boiling metal
Brighter than a thousand suns
Flying high on rapture
Stronger free and brave
Nevermore encaptured
They've been brought back from the grave
With mankind resurrected
Forever to survive
Returns from Armageddon to the skies
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Wings of steel Painkiller
Deadly wheels Painkiller

[Solo Hamm / Schuldiner]

Life is like a mystery
with many clues, but with few answers
to tell us what it is that we can do to look
for messages that keep us from the truth
All songs written by DEATH
except 9 by JUDAS PRIEST
Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Studio, Tampa,
FL in April - May 1998.

[fade out solo: Schuldiner] Shannon Hamm - Guitars

Richard Christy - Drums
9. Painkiller Scott Clendenin - Bass
Chuck Schuldiner - Guitars and Vocals
[JUDAS PRIEST cover]
"For anyone with a dream, these albums are for you!"
Faster than a bullet Chuck Schuldiner
Terrifying scream
Enraged and full of anger
He's half man and half machine

Rides the Metal Monster

Breathing smoke and fire
Closing in with vengeance soaring high

He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller

Planets devastated
Mankind's on its knees
A saviour comes from out the skies
In answer to their pleas

Through boiling clouds of thunder

Blasting bolts of steel
Evils going under deadly wheels