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SLAUGHTER THOU LYRICS
"Lest We Forget" (2003)
1. In Fallout
2. Hide From Shells Behind Dead Comrades
3. Spearhead Assault
4. Hellfire Pass
5. Death from Above
6. Kill Or Be Killed
7. 100mm
8. Steel and Flame
9. One Shell Closer
10. Lest We Forget
1. In Fallout
A flash of pure white energy erupts
To spew forth with extreme prejudice
Spherical eruption, with every second it
Multiplies its size, to stare from above
The cloud enormous, dwarfs us
A scorched earth policy
In fallout, will continue
In fallout, will continue
In fallout, amid death
In fallout, will continue their agony
Bodies vapourize, engulfed in a firestorm
Shadows mark ones last breath
A fever of fire to cleanse the earth
Amid this hell, upon this Earth...
2. Hide From Shells Behind Dead Comrades
Sharpen the edges of your spade
Pull the pin from a hand grenade
Storm the trenches and barricades
Hide from shells behind dead comrades
Sharpen the edges of your spade
Pull the pin from a hand grenade
Sharpen the edges of your spade
Pull the pin from a hand grenade
Storm the trenches and barricades
Hide from shells behind dead comrades
Storm the trenches and barricades
Hide from shells behind dead comrades
3. Spearhead Assault
In the sea spray, a bayonet charge
From a beach landing, a spearhead assault
A broken line with heavy losses
Over the bodies our infantry come
Howls, screams, explosions
Blood, gore and hell
Fire, flamethrowers, and the stench of burning souls
A hail of bullets from pill boxes to kill
Wave after wave, foot before foot
Line after line, left before right
As we now, regroup and count the dead
Clear the murder holes
The tides now stir with blood and death
Our slaughter is now their own
Wave after wave, foot before foot
Line after line, left before right
Street by street, house by house
Village by village, a staggered retreat
In defeat...
4. Hellfire Pass
Zero's attack with deadly force
Our Lancaster lacks armour
The navigators dead
Fall like a rock to Burma
Flaming, we fall to Earth
The canopy breaks our fall
To a degree, if only
Eight on board now six remain
Now a prisoner of war to the Japanese
They'll march us to our deaths
On hellfire pass
Humidity and disease, exhaustion and famine,
Blasting at the rock, pick and shovel and blood
Barbarians and fucking cunts
We are at the mercy of
But we shall survive
Hellfire pass
Cut with Aussie blood
Hellfire pass
Cut with Aussie blood
Humidity and disease, exhaustion and famine,
Blasting at the rock, pick and shovel and blood
5. Death from Above
Laden to the brim with foul vengeance
In formation until the end
Seven squadrons strong
"Open bay doors, arm all bombs
Ten seconds to target
Deploy death"
A deafening drone at 10,000 feet
The fighters turn back now
It is the point of no return
A distant hum enthralls them
Who lie and and wait in darkness
Our metal storm is looming
Sirens, begin, their...SCREAMS!
Searchlights glance upwards
Hundreds of whistling bombs
Rain down now, death from above
In the trenches, death from above
Still, the deafening drone of our engines
Only now we fly above a sea of flames
Our utter victory is beneath us
Is their utter defeat from the skies
Until the next battle....
6. Kill Or Be Killed
Realistic intention, frenzied the tension
Unleashed upon the world, twist and whirl
Armies of brothers on either shore
Blooding the blade unsheathed by the great whore
Sensory depravation
Militaristic dedication
Building up your forces
Strengthening your resolve
Total capitulation
Fiendish medication
Survival of the fittest
Impounded to the core
Kill or be killed...
7. 100mm
Seen through a scope, a sea of flames
BOdies spilled across streets, heaped in gutters
Columns of soldiers, torn and bleeding
Burning houses and crumbling masonry
A shot and another and still more
Shells, grenades, anti-tank guns
A whole barrage, aimed at our destruction
Inside our steel cocoon, sounds of metal
On metal, heavy metal
Roofs collapse in a thunderous roar
A shower of sparks rain down upon us
Covered in mud, blood and oil
Inside our stinking, clanking, steel coffin
We push our way through the town
Moving slowly and cautiously
Flamethrowers set the very air alight
Troops surge around us in panic, fleeing for their lives
We advance on mercilessly
A line of tanks plowing through a human sea
Our tracks cannot distinguish between uniforms
Enemy dead and our wounded comrades
Squashed together and bounded in gore
We advance on mercilessly
A line of tanks plowing through a human sea
Our tracks cannot distinguish between uniforms
Enemy dead and our wounded comrades
Squashed together and bounded in gore
Roofs collapse in a thunderous roar
A shower of sparks rain down upon us
Covered in mud, blood and oil
Inside our stinking, clanking, steel coffin
We push our way through the town
Moving slowly and cautiously
Flamethrowers set the very air alight
Troops surge around us in panic, fleeing for their lives
But inside our steel cocoon
We gibber and howl like loons
Veins bulge with strain
Automation gone insane
Behind steel hard and thick
We are bullet proof...
8. Steel and Flame
Kneel before it, seeking atonement
LOaders lie prostrate, empty their eyes
Coiled guts in the bellies of those who control it
Red star shell unleashes a war that no-one survives
Rally on me men, follow my lead
Ready your blades and spare magazines
Stack your shells, close at hand
Train your sights on no mans land
Hold yourself for the next wave
Hurl them back with steel and flame
Burning churches of barbwire emplacements
Molten rivers of young, fresh replacements
Dripping steel, running blood, slime from its own man
Our cream of youth, feeds the man-made machine of war
Rally on me men, follow my lead
Ready your blades and spare magazines
Stack your shells, close at hand
Train your sights on no mans land
9. One Shell Closer
Broken links, burnt out clutch
Empty shell casings roll to and fro
Turret won't rotate, gun can't elevate
Burst fuel lines spray diesel like blood
One shell closer, each one ever closer
Always closer to the one with my name
Hollow charge
100mm won't save me...
10. Lest We Forget
How they fall and fell again
Mighty in their weight
To overcome sheer numbers
Are no match
Lest we forget, lest we forgot
Purpose, greater than one
Steadfast, unheard prayers
Fall upon, the god of war
White marble, fades
Elder visions dim
What shall remain
Lest we forget, lest we forgot
Lest we forget, lest we forgot
Pallid figures
Lifeless grey in their eyes
Silent as they march
Burdened with the scars
Of countless campaigns
As their memory dims
So our vision fades
Forgotten....
...Lest We Forget.
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