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The Fear Takes Hold

by Walking Corpse

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War! The shrieking faces, the burning flesh The ashes fell like snow that day Our efforts brought us, a dying earth ...and her funeral sky was grey The total destruction, of all life as we know it The splendorous majesty of the beckoning void The end of suffering, of the world we spoiled This is what we've seen...glimmering in the dust Radiation Mass eradication Hail the final salvation, the end of all things Erase all signs of life Wipe the slate Architects of our own demise Rigged the game against ourselves A glowing nuclear epitaph, for the kings and queens of self-destruction Total war! Radiation Mass eradication Wipe the slate Ashes fell like snow...and all the world was silent
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Born in dirt Burrow down, and as you dig towards the bottom Know it's only getting worse from here The fear takes hold, as you meet the empty stares of the cattle by your side Livestock, bred for consumption We were wrong And this is the terror...this it, isn't it? Hopelessly grasping at straws without substance The vain hopes of this speck of dust The masters who bind you, the bastards they lead Holding you down Their knives, and their teeth and the stench of disease Bleeding you, killing you No time for sleep Burrow down, dig faster little maggot If not, the eye will see... The fear takes hold, as you meet the empty stares of the cattle by your side Livestock, bred for consumption Their cold hands Killing...bleeding you They own you, and everything you'll ever have is theirs to take They tell you to smile To laugh while they're strangling you, bleeding you dry Smile! Aren't you thankful we whipped you? Aren't you happy to die? Souls defiled, dead alive Humanity is inhumane Absurd, grotesque existence Insanity is to be sane Souls defiled, dead alive Through the bottomless pit We exist to be broken Neverending defeat, at the hands of a lingering shadow As your face hits concrete, know it was always too late On your feet, to the end of the tunnel Where no light awaits... Another mangled carcass Another body for the pile Another meaningless, swiftly forgotten corpse Just more dirt in the ground
3.
Down is the only way now We're rats on a sinking ship... We'll spiral into ruin, into war 'til nothing's left Nothing here but bones, and the plague we left upon the land Lambs to the slaughter Heirs to a stillborn dream We are...doomed since before birth Death is all that awaits We are the blind Smiling as we fall We are the forsaken Dying alone A vision of the future A barren field of bones
4.
Bring forth the nectar of denial Unholy, liquid death Inject the dream of serenity Into that gaping wound Killing yourself just to feel...just to feel something I invade your every cell Like a cancer divine I am... I am what you most crave I am the bringer of death Let my tendrils Purge your mind Deny existence Deny! Give in...to oblivion Sink into my formless void Released from your prison Deep in dreamless sleep
5.
Pig Hunt 00:45
Fascist state controls our fate, monopoly on violence Time for payback little pig, ’cause now the hunt is on Macho asshole, braindead pig Licensed bully with a fucking gun Beating kids makes your dick real hard, keeping people scared Abusing your power To protect and serve the masters Cut you down! Pig hunt!
6.
We’re dying, keep trying but there is no use - no point to the ruse Won’t be long, all hope gone and buried in dirt - a pox on the earth We’re so lethargic, so fucking content Sleepwalking through our own grave Down here with the living dead Endless, faceless, spineless Drowning in a sea of corpses World dying, keep lying, keep telling yourself - it’s not too late Keep pissing on everything within your reach - sealing our fate We’re so lethargic, so fucking content Sleepwalking through our own grave Rotting away in the darkness Trapped here in eternal night We've sold everything Surrendered our souls to the blight
7.
All the hate, all the bile, all the rage Every beating you've been given, every twisted word they shrieked The regret, the denial, all the pain All the hate, all the pain Every promise that you've broken, every dirty lie you tell yourself Just to stay alive Pack it up and hand it one step further down the line All the hate, all the pain We are the legions of death Brought into this world to end it We are absolute destruction, absolute tyranny In your own image The virus multiplies In your own image While everything dies The rivers will run red This world will end in fire Through the curse of consciousness Self-replicating plague You think this time will be different? You think this time we'll be saved? Why?
8.
Repression! Deception! Brainwashed herd, invisible chains There is no exit From this sickening place At the breaking point Eyes bloodshot, hope dissolving as the bastards preach their gospel: Produce-consume-obey-repeat Be a good little monkey Regurgitate the bile Our hell, this cursed rock in space Crawling through the flood of shit we call the human race The only thing that I can see Tide of sickness drowning me Produce-consume-obey-repeat Be a good little monkey
9.
You think you stem from divinity You think you know, the secret You, true believer of the lie Hubris manifest Fractured, fragmented Exponentially distorted A vile disease, imagining itself into existence Apex virus An imperfection in the prism A tiny, pus-filled wound in the fabric of the universe This is all we are It's a lie There is no purpose Nothing is the truth Nothing
10.
Burn! Burn it all away! Every night is just the same Neverending ritual Prepare the oil, climb the stairs Every night is just the same Light leads the way Through worm-filled mouths and empty stares Through endless halls of repetition The light leads the way Every night is just the same "It's all a dream, my friend" That's what the hanged man said Ashes spilling from his mouth "It's all a dream and nothing matters" Eyes...like worlds long dead, expired A fistful of stars Black phlegm spilling from his mouth It's all a dream and nothing matters Strike the match, light flickers And trips along the skin Burnt flesh ballerina, dances in the end again Burn...lick the flame, absorb, devour A fistful of stars To burn it all away I SEE THE LIGHT

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released December 4, 2020

Walking Corpse is

Magnus Dahlin - Drums
Timothy Gramnaes - Bass
Fredrik Rojas - Guitars
Henrik Blomqvist - Vocals


Recorded, mixed and engineered by Oskar Karlsson at Elementstudion
elementstudio.se
Mastered by Audiosiege Mastering
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Artwork by Göran Nilsson at Hydra Grafisk Design
www.hydragrafisk.no
Logo by by Patrik Tegnander at Chainsaw Design
chainsawdesign.se
Bass on recording by Fredrik Rojas

Music and lyrics by Walking Corpse

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