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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Slayer
Slayer
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Hanneman
Jeff Hanneman
Composer
Tom Araya
Tom Araya
Songwriter
Kerry King
Kerry King
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Slayer
Slayer
Producer
Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Nightmare, the persecution
A child's dream of death
[Verse 2]
Torment, ill forgotten
A soul that will never rest
[Verse 3]
Guidance, it means nothing
In a world of brutal time
[Verse 4]
Electric, circus, wild
Deep in the infant's mind
[Verse 5]
Silent scream
Bury the unwanted child
Beaten and torn
Sacrifice the unborn
[Verse 6]
Shattered, another child
Bearer of no name
[Verse 7]
Restrained, insane games
Suffer the children condemned
[Verse 8]
Scattered, remnants of life
Murder a time to die
[Verse 9]
Pain, sufferaged toyed
Life's little fragments destroyed
[Verse 10]
Silent scream
Crucify the bastard sons
Beaten and torn
Sanctify lives of scorn
[Verse 11]
Lead: King
Lead: Hanneman
[Verse 12]
Life preordained
Humanity maintained
Extraction termination
Pain's agonizing stain
[Verse 13]
Embryonic death
Embedded in your brain
Suffocation, strangulation
Death is fucking you insane
[Verse 14]
Nightmare, the persecution
A child's dream of death
[Verse 15]
Torment, ill forgotten
A soul that will never rest
[Verse 16]
Innocence withdrawn in fear
Fires burning can you hear
Cries in the night
Written by: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, Tom Araya
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