DEATH "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" 1998
1. Scavenger of Human Sorrow 6:53
2. Bite the Pain 4:26
3. Spirit Crusher 6:44
4. Story to Tell 5:32
5. The Flesh and the Power it Holds 8:24
6. Voice of the Soul 3:40
7. To Forgive 5:53
8. A Moment of Clarity 7:20
9. Painkiller* 6:00
All songs written by DEATH
except * by JUDAS PRIEST
Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Studio, Tampa, FL in April - May 1998.
Shannon Hamm - Guitars
Richard Christy - Drums
Scott Clendenin - Bass
Chuck Schuldiner - Guitars and Vocals
"For anyone with a dream, this album is for you!".
- Chuck Schuldiner
1998 (c) NUCLEAR BLAST Records
SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW
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 yor written brand of misery
BITE THE PAIN
Look down at the body
you may see no trace of wounds
but in the eye
the eye of the beholder
one cannot asume.
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.
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.
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
multidimesional 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.
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.
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.
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.
(Solo Hamm / Schuldiner)
Life is like a mystery
with many clues, but with few anwers
to tell us what it is that we can do to look
for messages that keep us from the truth
(fade out solo: Schuldiner)
PAINKILLER
Faster than a bullet
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 fo steel
Evils going under deadly wheels
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 ressurrected
Forever to survive
Returns from Armageddon to the skies
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Wings of steel Painkiller
Deadly wheels Painkiller
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