Slayer Seasons in the Abyss - War ensemble 4:52 - Blood red 2:50 - Spirit in black 4:07 - Expendable youth 4:10 - Dead skin mask 5:17 - Hallowed point 3:24 - Skeltons of society 4:41 - Temptation 3:26 - Born of fire 3:08 - Seasons in the abyss 6:32 SONG: War Ensemble (Jeff Hanneman/Tom Araya) Propaganda death ensemble Burial to be Corpses rotting through the night In blood laced misery Scorched earth the policy The reason for the singe The pendulum it shaves the blade The strafing air blood raid infiltration push reserves Encircle the front llines Supreme art of strategy Playing on the minds Bombard till submission Take all to their graves Indication of triumph The number that are dead CHORUS Sport the war, war support The sport is war, total war When victory's a massacre The final swing is not a drill It's how many people I can kill CHORUS Be dead friend from abve When darkness falls Descend into my sights Your fallen walls Spearhead break through the lines Flanked all around Soldiers of attrition Forward their ground GRegime prophetic age Old in its time Flowing veins run on through Deep in the Rhine Center of the web All battles scored What is our war crimes (Era forever more...war) Propaganda war ensemble Burial to be Bones shining in the night In blood laced misery Campaign of elimination Twisted psychology When victory is to survive And death is defeat CHORUS Sport the war, war support The sport is total war When victory's a massacre When victory is survival When this end is a slaughter The final swing is not a drill It's how many people I can kill -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Blood Red (Jeff Hanneman/Tom Araya) Peaceful confrontation meet war machine Seizing all civil liberties Honest ballotation among banshee Spilling blood throughout humanity You cannot hide the face of death Oppression ruled by bloodshed No disguise can deface evil The massacre of innocent people Deviated lies fear blinding in your eyes Enforcing their truth through a gun Aggressive discipline and barbaric control Thousands of people cannot be wrong You cannot hide the face of death Oppression rules by bloodshed No disguise can hide the evil That stains the primitive sickle Blood red Growing opposition with words as ammunition Expressions of life's liberties Aggressive discipline and barbaric control Spilling blood throughout humanity -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Spirit in Black (Jeff Hanneman/Kerry King) Welcome to my world Involve yourself within my dream Experience a life Just like your mind thought not to be Take a look through time As past or present words to be I rule this inferno Enthroned for eternity CHORUS Coils of the serpent unwind Buried beneath you will find Deep in the halls of the damned Spirit in black till the journey's end Spirits damned to rot Amidst the brimstone fireballs Eyes of the dead Watching from their living walls Broken glass reflections Show your flesh eaten away Beyond the gates I 'll take you Where the blood forever rains CHORUS Afterlife confessions Tell me who you used to be Looking on in wonder As I show you it was me Burning from within You know one spark is all it takes Hear the piercing cries of all Who found that hell awaits Living nightmare can't you see You really have no choice Faded memories haunt you Listen clearly to my voice Feed me all your hatred Empty all your thoughts to me I can fill your emptiness With immortality Welcome to my world Involve yourself within my dream Experience a life just like your mind thought not to be Take a look through time As past or present worlds to be I rule this inferno Enthroned for eternity -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Expendable Youth (Kerry King/Tom Araya) Gun down cold on a raw deal Home turf my battlefield In no one's way caught in a crossfire Stray bullets can kill CHORUS Expendable youths Fighting for possession Having control the principle obsession Rivalry and retribution Death the only solution Inured soul lies on the ground Head blown off face down Lying in a pool of blood An accidental death homicide CHORUS Struggling to survive The drug induced warfare To have control and principle obsession Expendable youth fighting for possession Violence is only a friend CHORUS -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Dead Skin Mask (Jeff Hanneman/Tom Araya) Graze the skin with my finger tips The brush of dead cold flesh pacifies the means Provocative images delicate features so smooth A pleasant fragrance in the light of the moon CHORUS Dance with the dead in my dreams Listen to their hallowed screams The dead have taken my soul Temptation's lost all control Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes Lose all mind control rationale declines Empty eyes enslave the creations Of placid faces and lifeless pageants In the depths of a mind insane Fantasy and reality are the same Graze the skin with my finger tips The brush of dead warm flesh pacifies the means Incised members ornaments on my being Adulating the skin before me Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes Lose all mind control rationale declines Empty eyes enslave the creations Of placid faces and lifeless pageants CHORUS -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Hallowed Point (Jeff Hanneman/Kerry King/Tom Araya) High velocity bullet at close range Can damage the mind Shattering the skull shredding the brain Severing the spine Bury a round of lead in the chest It's quite an impression Imagine the innards of your soul The infliction CHORUS Instinctive regression With intent to kill No regard of human life Or the blood spilled Riddled convulsions Confetti of flesh Scattered helplessly Losting your control of physical Facilities Release the slide to cleanse inside Prepare to anoint Snap the tongue in the groove discharge To make my hallowed point CHORUS The power of a gun Used with conviction Disperesed on excursions Randomly kills its victims my sweet revenge Bitter in depression The thrilling release Of a hatred deep persuasion The power of a gun Used with conviction Diffused compulsions Unending repercussions Violent emotion Screaming revolution Spasmic convulsions Death an empty gun -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Skeletons of Society (Kerry King) Minutes seem like days Since fire ruled the sky The rich became the beggars And the fools became the wise Memories linger in my brain Of burning from the acid rain A pain I never have won Nothing here remains No future and no past No one could foresee The end that came so fast Hear the prophet make his guess That paradise lies to the west So join his quest for the sun Shades of death are all I see Fragments of what used to be The world slowly decays Destruction fills my eyes Harboring the image Of a spiraling demise Burning winds release their fury Simulating judge and jury Drfiting flurries of pain Deafening silence reigns As twilight fills the sky Eventual supremacy Daylight waits to die Darkness always calls my name A pawn in this recurring game Humanity going insane Shades of death are all I see Fragments of what used to be Minutes seem like days Corrosion fills the sky Morbid dreams of anarchy Brought judgment in disguise Memories linger in my brain Life with nothing more to gain Perpetual madness remains Shades of death are all I see Skeletons of society Fragments of what used to be Skeletons of society -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Temptation (Kerry King) Have you ever felt the need To see more than you can see Look into uncertainty Reflections of treachery Would you leave the world bbehind Endless life is here to find Can I interest you in lies Sell your soul for all it buys CHORUS Play with your insanity Shatter your reality Pulsing in yoru blood I can satisfy your greed For now all your debts are free I have all eternity To quench all the death I breed Recreate the rules of play >From now things arre done my way None have ever won my game Crucified them all in flames CHORUS Have you ever danced with the devil His temptation ever summoned you Ever penned your name in blood Let possession slowly swallow you When you stand under full moonlight The attraction mesmerizes you Have you ever wondered why It seems that evil you're attracted to Reach out to my hand Step back in time's sand Genetic wasteland Far beyond death -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Born of Fire (Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman) Join in my quest to leave life overturned Spanning the world wave of doom Spewing out death with the evil I've churned Awaken the dead from their tomb Love turns to lust the sensations I've felt Exploring the pleasures of sin Making the best of the cards I've been dealth Adjusting the odds so I win Unleash all my burning wrath Potential killing machine Take down all who block my path Enjoying all that's obscene...born of fire Prince of all darkness initiation Ritually baptized in flames Next to the throne my abomination Spreads horror throughout the domain Master the art that controls the impure Inherit the infamous keys Thousands of centuries I will endure Tyrant of all the prophecies Some have called me Satan's son A name I cannot deny Wielding fury that's second to none Far too vile to confine...born of fire All things dead must rise again When twilight's blanket falls Splattered red you'll find my den Blood dripping from the walls Dreams born of desire Shaped and forged within the fire Twisted, warped, deranged I see The world's corrupt insanity Dreams possess nightmarish figures Burning can't escape the embers Lost are those who trust the Liar Satan's son I'm born of fire -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- SONG: Seasons in the Abyss (Jeff Hanneman/Tom Araya) Razors edge Outlines the dead Incisions in my head Anticipation the stimulation To kill the exhilaration Close your eyes Look deep in your soul Step outside yourself a And let your mind go Frozen eyes stare deep in your mind as you die Close your eyes And forget your name Step outside yourslef And let your throughts drain As you go insane...insane Inert flesh A bloody tomb A decorated splatter brightens the room An execution a sadist ritual Mad intervals of mind residuals Close your eyes Look deep in your soul Step outside yourslef And let your mind go Frozen eyes stare deep in your mind as you die Close your eyes and forget yoru name Step outside yoruself and let your thoughts drain As you go insane...insane Innate seed To watch you bleed A demanding physical need Desecrated eviscerated Times prostrated