Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jeff Hanneman
Guitar
Tom Araya
Lead Vocals
Kerry King
Guitar
Dave Lombardo
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Hanneman
Composer
Tom Araya
Songwriter
Kerry King
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Slayer
Producer
Rick Rubin
Producer
Andy Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Bill Freesh
Recording Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Mastering Engineer
Peter Kelsey
Recording Engineer
Steve Ett
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Cascaded darkness, walls close in on me
Nailed shut but my eyes still see
Severe anguish as my body evolves
The pain of life after death it resolves
[Verse 2]
Lead: Hanneman
[Verse 3]
Emptiness in twilight's rebirth
The faint sounds of shoveled earth
Madness growing as your mind dissolves
Merely secrets in my dreams
[Verse 4]
Lead: King
[Verse 5]
Night grows cold, twilight's near
On the edge of madness the wounds are sheared
Forms of hanging flesh, shredded carcass, no spared breath
Imprisoned in a shell, ready to explode
Dead soul
Stone cold
Out into the night
[Verse 6]
Voices inside my head hold me under
Voices oppress like roaring thunder
An echo bouncing inside my brain
How much can I take of the pain
The pain!
[Verse 7]
A war raging deep inside my head
A split decision that will end with me dead
You see the agony in my eyes
Protruding aimless I think it's time to
Die!
[Verse 8]
Lead: King
[Verse 9]
A cannibal's desire feeds the fire that burns in your head
[Verse 10]
Lead: Hanneman
[Verse 11]
Intense pain eats away at your brain
Thorazine pumping through your veins
[Verse 12]
Lead: King
[Verse 13]
Death walks inside you
Smell death around you
Hell's evil spell takes a soul
Hear the sound of the bell
Counting off death tolls
[Verse 14]
Lead: King
[Verse 15]
Laughing as you eternally rot
Searching for human flesh and life's blood
[Verse 16]
Lead: Hanneman
[Verse 17]
Live undead
[Verse 18]
Dead
Written by: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, Tom Araya