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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Machine Head
Machine Head
Performer
Phil Demmel
Phil Demmel
Lead Guitar
Robb Flynn
Robb Flynn
Lead Vocals
Adam Duce
Adam Duce
Bass
Dave McClain
Dave McClain
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Phil Demmel
Phil Demmel
Composer
Robert Flynn
Robert Flynn
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Robb Flynn
Robb Flynn
Producer
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Juan Urteaga
Juan Urteaga
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sweet caress
Grazes my skin
It's loveless
These hooks sink in
Behind an angel's disguise
An insect preys
Mandibles cut like a knife
The reckoning
[Verse 2]
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Descending
[Verse 3]
Down they come
The swarm of locust
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
[Verse 4]
Surrender
These veins are bled
Devoured
Nothing sacred
Strings pull the marionettes
See how they dance
Upon the winds that beget
Our pestilence
[Verse 5]
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Descending
[Verse 6]
Down they come
The swarm of locust
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
[Verse 7]
Bleeding from my eyes
This plague is sent to erase us
Bleeding from inside
These vermin can't infiltrate us
[Verse 8]
Faith appears and holds a candle
Hark the angels sing
[Verse 9]
Lead: Demmel/Flynn
Lead: Demmel
Lead: Flynn
Lead: Demmel
Lead: Flynn
Lead: Flynn/Demmel
[Verse 10]
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Tear the veil
The lies derail
Purity ever will prevail
Trumpets sound
The shattered crown
Halos of truth now they surround
The charade comes down
[Verse 11]
Down they come
The swarm of locust
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
[Verse 12]
Down they come
The swarm of locust
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
Written by: Robb Flynn, Phil Demmel

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