Lyrics

Evil Slaughter

Demo One (1986), track 2 · Neck Breaking Fury (1990), track 6

Lurking in the shadows
Your know you face your death
You hear us somewhere chanting
Our strange and ghastly quest

You imagine what horrors await you
In those that you despise
We’ll haunt you till your dying breath
The truth your realize

The sound is drawing nearer
Louder it becomes
You know we’re coming somewhere near you
You have no place to run

Prepare for bloody battle
Won’t die without a fight
Your life will now expire
It’s certain death tonight

Assassins are the victims
They are the ones we hate
Their lust for violent murder
Will soon seal their fate — die

You know your life is on the line
You feel the fear from deep inside
Your evil ways too late to change
The cry of the innocent your feel their pain
You start to feel a deep regret
For the evil that you’ve done
You know in your mind that it’s time
The process of death has begun

Vigilantes dominate
Slaughtering at will
Evil is their target
Their task will be fulfilled

Deceive to escape us
Do not try to hide
Again I’ll find you in my grasp
No prepare to die

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Transcribed as written: straight off the band’s original insert sheet, misspellings and all.

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