Cannibal Corpse Red Before Black 1. Only One Will Die A violent conflict Between two foes At close quarters Pound and slash, the blood will flow Barbaric melee A hateful duel Shared abhorrence gives the conflict Fuel Add to the fire Lies Resentment built For years Now It's time to end this Fight Until the death Striking to kill Only one Only one will die The cracking bones And shattered teeth Wounds are swelling Lacerations running deep Losing blood But still we fight Both resolved to end the other's Life The only answer Hate Can only end With death Now It's time to end this Fight Until the death Striking to kill Only one Only one will die Both of us are killers Both of us are evil men Unforgiving murderers today may kill again Both of us will throttle Strangling with rage Both consumed by madness, revenge has us enslaved Both are badly wounded And struggle to survive Both are fighting to the death but only one will die Both of us will bludgeon Both of us will pound Facial bones will splinter soon, the blood will drench the ground Both are rending flesh Both are gouging eyes Escalating violence, the brawl intensifies Both of us will throttle Strangling with rage Both consumed by madness, revenge has us enslaved Both are badly wounded And struggle to survive Both are fighting to the death but only one will die Kill The only answer Hate Can only end With death Now It's time to end this Fight Until the death Striking to kill Only one Only one will die 2. Red Before Black Knives brought the blood That's on the ground Blood will paint the sky Into darkness Overtorture lacerated sacrificial decimation Overviolent mutilation brutally eviscerated Dead beyond dead Red before black Made to suffer through the torture Red then black into the unknown With no coming back Red before black Disemboweling frantically Pure ecstasy pure misery Blood flows from the attack Cut for the blood Dried on the ground Blood painted the sky Through the darkness Overviolent mutilation brutally eviscerated Overkilling eradicated monumental crimson staining Dead beyond dead Red before black Made to suffer through the torture Red then black into the unknown With no coming back Red before black Disemboweling frantically Pure ecstasy pure misery Blood flows from the attack Bleed before death bleed during death bleed after death Perpetual bloodshed onslaught through hatred Solo – O'Brien Overtorture lacerated sacrificial decimation Overviolent mutilation brutally eviscerated Dead beyond dead Red before black Made to suffer through the torture Red then black into the unknown With no coming back Red before black Disemboweling frantically Pure ecstasy pure misery Blood flows from the attack 3. Code Of The Slashers Systematic in our ways of attack Deviant by nature this is our habitat Once you've entered there's no chance of escape Next thing you know cold steel in your face Your predetermined fate is in our hands Deliverance of pain upon the stroke of our knives Predatory impulses controlling our minds You make a sound we'll end your fucking life Gripping you right by the throat no chance to run Horror unfolds Ripping apart the souls of the ones we hunt The slashers code Extremely rapacious Insatiable bloodlust We'll kill anyone who comes at us Jagged are the knives we wield You know you're gonna lose this fight Your hands a useless shield Blood is gonna spray tonight Provided by our steel Accept the violence Gripping you right by the throat no chance to run Ripping apart the souls of the ones we hunt Jagged are the knives we wield You know you're gonna lose this fight Your hands a useless shield Blood is gonna spray tonight Provided by our steel Accept the violence [Solo: O'Brien] [Solo: Barrett] Jagged are the knives we wield You know you're gonna lose this fight Your hands a useless shield Blood is gonna spray tonight Provided by our steel Accept the violence Systematic in our ways of attack Deviant by nature this is our habitat Once you've entered there's no chance of escape Next thing you know cold steel in your face Your predetermined fate is in our hands Deliverance of pain upon the stroke of our knives Predatory impulses controlling our minds You make a sound we'll end your fucking life We'll end your fucking life We'll end your fucking life 4. Shedding My Human Skin Up from the depths of creation To dwell among a world for the weak Confined to this creature of foreign flesh substance Reformed from within A savage conclusion impending Demonic invasion of a dominant hierarchy Alternate paths of temptation In tongues an evil purity will speak Symbolic redemption through an imminent transformation Human in form but not of this earth, species reborn Blood uniform is worn in disgust, will violently be shredded and torn Human in form, a vicious rebirth from not of this earth, species reborn Blood uniform is worn in disgust, will violently be shredded and torn Slow slicing Mutating through the blood Self carving Erupting from within Shedding my human skin Human in form but not of this earth, species reborn Blood uniform is worn in disgust, will violently be shredded and torn Human in form, a vicious rebirth from not of this earth, species reborn Blood uniform is worn in disgust, will violently be shredded and torn Savage conclusion impending In tongues an evil purity will speak Demonic invasion of a dominant hierarchy 5. Remaimed All that remains Are those that were remaimed Crush the village and plunder Like many times before Rape the women and slaughter all the children Everyone is mangled and deformed They all have lost a limb or two With another one to follow Decaying torn off penises Which the men were made to chew and swallow Subjected to these atrocities Like many times before The women bore bastard children who were mangled and deformed Born without a limb or two Like it fucking matters At most they'll live for several years until the next raid occurs The first time they came All were horribly maimed And every time after Remaimed through sick laughter Remaimed Remaimed until they die Die from being maimed again Remaimed The first time they came All were horribly maimed And every time after Remaimed through sick laughter Remaimed Remaimed until they die Die from being maimed again Remaimed 6. Firestorm Vengeance Venomous blood courses through our veins Poisoned by indignation So much blood on their callous hands Cruelty their ruination Firestorm vengeance Firestorm vengeance They sought to oppress Under duress Never thinking of this day No cheeks were turned Now the bodies burn And the tyrants writhe in pain No mercy for the merciless The time for that has passed Flagellate before they burn They scream with every lash Ravaging their halls of torture and death Craving retribution Winds of hatred fan the flames Reprisal's conflagration Firestorm vengeance Firestorm vengeance Firestorm vengeance Searing heat chars their flesh Burning judgment Punish them Furious inferno They cry in pain No mercy Firestorm Payback for their crimes No escape from this hell They will burn here Flames consume Bodies burnt to the bone Reduced to coals The oppressors pay Firestorm Persecution ends Firestorm Despot burn in hell Firestorm vengeance Firestorm vengeance Firestorm vengeance 7. Heads Shoveled Off Back in Nam he killed a man A shovel was used to cut his head off Now forever changed lust to decapitate Chop at the neck to keep the skull intact Going insane Come back deranged He buries his victims Only the heads exposed The screams don't bother him But he likes to make them stop Eyes wide open As they see the shovel Coming at them slowly Blood spurts through the air Head detaches from the body The eyes can still see but The brain starts to die rapidly Back in Nam he killed a man Many more would die Shovels used to cut their heads off Now forever changed lust to decapitate Chop at the neck to keep the skull intact Going insane Come back deranged The open neck holes fester Ravaged by the vultures Bodies for the insects and The skulls are for the collection Brains and eyes are eaten Gnaw the skin though rotten Only bones will remain but The skulls are for the collection Killings confirmed by the hundreds Were carried out after the war in due time Killings confirmed by the thousands Were carried out after the war with his mind Heads shoveled off 8. Corpus Delicti Enter the scene, horrific violence, deceptive pretense Feeble attempt to mislead with false evidence, corpus delicti Luminol reveals the truth Blood spatter throughout the entire room Virtue is choked out by foul ambition Welcome to the killing room Capricious malevolence No body, no homicide Imaginary intruder Contributing blood continuously Bleach the stains Forward to entropy Luminol reveals the truth Blood spatter throughout the entire room Virtue is choked out by foul ambition Welcome to the killing room Enter the scene, horrific violence, deceptive pretense Feeble attempt to mislead with false evidence, corpus delicti Capricious malevolence No body, no homicide Imaginary intruder Contributing blood continuously Bleach the stains Forward to entropy 9. Scavenger Consuming Death [Music and lyrics by Alex Webster] Hammers swing, cracking their skulls Blades slash, spraying their blood He waits, watching them kill When they're done, he will feed Scavenger consuming death Yield of violence gives him life Scavenger consuming death Parasite awaits your demise [Solo - O'Brien] Viscera, torsos torn Chopping off legs and arms Sounds of violence draw him near Soon he'll feed, soon he'll feed Scavenger consuming death Yield of violence gives him life Scavenger consuming death Parasite awaits your demise Scavenger consuming death Body parts and severed heads Scavenger consuming death Human vulture seeks your end Scavenger Gruesome forager Tracking murderers What they leave behind will feed this ghoulish fiend Cannibal Waits for you to fall Insatiable Your mangled corpse will soon become his latest meal They have died Eat their flesh Before they rot Gnaw and tear The fresh meat Leave only bones A morbid harvest, once alive Murdered, butchered, eaten, they're gone Exploit the carnage, he survives Hunting, waiting, reaping, death's spawn Eat them all [Solo - Barrett] Scavenger consuming death Yield of violence gives him life Scavenger consuming death Parasite awaits your demise Scavenger consuming death Body parts and severed heads Scavenger consuming death Human vulture seeks your end 10. In The Midst Of Ruin The present has become the past Mayhem and chaos foreboding Brought back to the dark ages Modern technology wiped from the earth A world darkened once again In the midst of ruin we will be Anarchy Malicious indifference ruling the land You'd better be ready to die It's kill or be killed Barely surviving through primitive warfare Only the strongest will thrive I will not be killed Every man for himself Most of them turn to suicide The populace forced to revert Lacking in normalcy Anarchy In the midst of ruin Most life will cease to exist Malicious indifference ruling the land You'd better be ready to die It's kill or be killed Barely surviving through primitive warfare Only the strongest will thrive I will not be killed The present has become the past Mayhem and chaos foreboding Brought back to the dark ages Modern technology wiped from the earth A world darkened once again In the midst of ruin we will be Anarchy 11. Destroyed Without A Trace Festering morbid decay Saturates the air again Stenches of a different pleasure Boiling blood hole deepens Filled with remains, once pitiful lives Slaughtered day by day Die without a face Destroyed without a trace Vanished when unfit for life Betrayal not uncommon Severed for the sacrifice Appease the inner demon Filled with remains, once pitiful lives Boiling blood hole deepens Die without a face Destroyed without a trace Given away Life is taken away Coordinate the mutilations Simplify the deviance Rectify the situation Bodies chopped with diligence Discarded humans melting fast Enveloped in putrid vapor Slaughtered day by day Destroyed without a trace Given away Life is taken away Morbid decay In vain they have suffered and died Gathered for the execution, brutal murders one by one begin They will die, they will die, they will die, they will die Dissected for incineration, chosen for annihilation They will die, they will die, they will die, they will die Never to be seen or heard Now just a memory gone for all eternity Cast into non-existence Given away Life is taken away Festering morbid decay Saturates the air again Stenches of a different pleasure Boiling blood hole deepens Filled with remains, once pitiful lives Slaughtered day by day Die without a face Destroyed without a trace Gathered for the execution Brutal murders one by one begin Dissected for incineration Chosen for annihilation Never to be seen or heard Now just a memory gone for all eternity Burnt into non-existence Given away Life is taken away Morbid decay In vain they have suffered and died 12. Hideous Ichor Decay, distinct and putrid Moldering remnants compel Fetor, the stench entices me Singular insanity guiding me, driving me Consume the putrefied rot Bodies of the dead Nourish me Madness, obsessive hunger Sickening urges demand Offal, I crave voraciously Cadaver in the cemetery beckoning, summoning Ghastly fumes diffuse retch Flowing from within I must drink Hideous ichor drips from the coffin Inside the corpse has stirred Horrors within my sustenance But is is truly dead? Hideous ichor exudes from the crypt Necrotic but somehow alive The eyes of the dead blankly stare But did it truly die? Siphoning of the blood Plunging my hands in rot Macabre desire, death Macabre desire, death Feeding this ghoulish urge To give me strength this way Macabre desire, death Macabre desire, death Was I hunting it Or was it luring me Macabre desire, death Macabre desire, death Hideous ichor drips from the coffin Inside the corpse has stirred Horrors within my sustenance But is is truly dead? Hideous ichor exudes from the crypt Necrotic but somehow alive The eyes of the dead blankly stare But did it truly die?