Slayer - Eternal Pyre Album Lyrics

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Cult

Oppression is the Holy Law
In God I distrust
In time His monuments will fall
Like ashes to dust
Is war and creed the master plan?
The Bible's where it all began
Its propaganda sells despair
And spreads the virus everywhere

[Refrain:]
Religion is hate
Religion is fear
Religion is war
Religion is rape
Religion's obscene
Religion's a whore

The pestilence of Jesus Christ
There never was a sacrifice
No man who upon the crucifix
Beware the cult of purity
Infectious imbecility
I've made my choice
666!

[Solo - Hanneman]

Corruption breeds the pedophile
Don't pray for the priest
Confession finds the lonely child
God preys on the weak
You think your soul can still be saved
I think you're fucking miles away
Scream out loud, here's where you begin
Forgive me Father for I have sinned!

[Refrain:]
Religion is hate
Religion is fear
Religion is war
Religion is rape
Religion's obscene
Religion's a whore

The target's fucking Jesus Christ
I would've lead the sacrifice
And nailed him to the crucifix
Beware the cult of purity
Infectious imbecility
I've made my choice
666!

Jesus is pain
Jesus is gore
Jesus is the blood
That's spilled in war
He's everything
He's all things dead
He's pulling on the trigger
Pointed at your head!

Through the fear you're sold into the fraud
Revelation,
Revolution,
I see through your Christ illusion!

[Solo - King]

The war on terror just drags along
My war with god is growing strong
His propaganda sells despair
And spreads this violence everywhere

[Refrain:]
Religion is hate
Religion is fear
Religion is war
Religion is rape
Religion's obscene
Religion's a whore

There is no fucking Jesus Christ
There never was a sacrifice
TO man upon the crucifix
Beware the cult of purity
Infectious imbecility
I've made my choice
666!

 

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Jihad

I have witnessed your death, I've seen it many times
Your tortured screams, your decrepit little mind
I've followed strong with, but then because it bleeds
Whence in the end again, let the pillars fall!

I will see you burned alive screaming for your God
I will hunt you down again for Him

God won't judge what I've down, He crawls upon my feet
A privileged pain beneath, bury all your dead
Unsplintered bones, I walk, sifting through the blood
Besieged to fear. Await the coming of the God!

I will watch you die again for Him

Blood is raining downward (the searing faces duck),
Conquered, divide within. Terrorize the mind
I seek the end, it's your holstering in hand
Your self reflection now spilling from the sky!

I will see you burned alive screaming for your God
I will watch you die

This is God's war!
God's war!
This is God's war!
God's war!

War of holy principles, I've seen God's helping your destruction
Slit the throat of heathen man and let his blood dilute the water
Bury your dead!

(Your God, he rapes his (???) believe we've switched shame with sorrow)
I'll take his towers from the world, bereaved upon your death bed

This is God's war!
God's war!
This is God's war!
God's war!
(The holy war!)

Be optimistic, happy, and calm. Show no fear or anxiety. Smile at the face of God and your reward will be eternity. Holy warriors, your patience will be justified. Everything is for Him. You must not confront the enemy before you kill it. Strike as champions at the heart of the non-believers. Strike above the neck and at all extremities. For this is a point of no return for Almighty God. God will give bahishti to his faithful servants. When you reach ground zero you will have killed the enemy; the Great Satan!

 

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Eyes Of The Insane

A soldiers heart, reflecting back at me,
I keep seeing mutilated faces, even in my dreams,
Distorted images, flashing rapidly,
Psychotically abusing me, devour my brain.

The eyes of the insane, on a demented campaign.

Tortured spirits, will not let me rest,
These thoughts of mutilated faces, completely possessed,
Fragmented images, flashing rapidly,
Psychotically abusing me, whirling through my head,

Shellshocked, battle fatigued, overwhelming anxiety,
Flashbacks, panic attacks, death raising his ugly face at me!

Got to make it stop, can't take it any more,
They're all dead, keep haunting me, they just keep coming back for more!

The eyes of the insane, on a demented campaign.
Flashbacks, panic attacks, death raising his ugly face at me!

Got to make it stop, can't take it any more!
Death's face keeps haunting me, and just keeps coming back for more!

[Solo]

Got to make it stop, can't take it any more!
Death's face keeps haunting me, and just keeps coming back for more!

A soldier, of misfortune,
I owe my pain and suffering, to this hell,
These demons, ripping through my soul,
Evil's relentless hostility, won't let me sleep,

Shellshocked, battle fatigued, devastating insanity,
Flashbacks, panic attacks, death's rotting, he's coming for me!!