Napalm Death
Album • 2002
There's only one war to end all war It's the loathing behind the eyes And when the eyes stay out of focus Fixed on a point that spurns compassion And goads for challenge Thatcher, Reagan, Bush - that's one three-headed beast It's the loathing behind the eyes And when those eyes conceal the zealot Whiter than white, but the robots buy it They clap and cheer Kudos to bask in the belly of the beast Kudos to bask in the belly of the beast Procreation of the wicked Gifted remits to exceed Initiation of the witless Serve indignant dignitaries Trample, smoke out, pull all foreign weeds Don't cap oil stacks, guard the globe for keeps Only one war! Cozy with the Klan, treat withdrawal as attack Old boy network, new world prison camp Only one war! Not my president Nor his fellow sham - the charlatan Media mouthpiece screams "dignity!" Glaring irony - this is news to me
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025
Cut the line - I'm suffocating Cannot feel - without I'm aching Desire lost - my heart is racing I feel cursed - am I mistaken Doomed to walk the path that's chosen Regret - a mountain yet to climb Belief - that pain will ease in time Embrace - a life that I betrayed The icing on the hate... Trapped inside - this self-addiction Forced to see my own affliction Through the eyes - deceased reflections Kaleidoscopic - death in segments A second chance at resurrection Regret - a mountain yet to climb Belief - that pain will ease in time Embrace - a life that I betrayed The icing on the hate... The high of high's seemed endless The shapeless fear ascending Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment The days of dazed emotions And spells I cast seem broken Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment Ride the carousel of punishment Cards are down - a choice needs making Look at the past - or keep on dreaming Pulled the plug - for now I'm winning Closed the chapter - new beginnings Closed the chapter - new beginnings Regret - a mountain yet to climb Belief - that pain will ease in time Embrace - a life that I betrayed The icing on the hate...
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025
Scars dig deep, they bleed seeds Within wounds I feed The pools of life drain fast To quench my anger Selfish-isolating-persecution Conquered nothing Reckless-stupidity-hereditary Achievement stunted Forced to fear Forced to fear Forced to fear Thoughts cut hard, they burn numb Perhaps all is done? Has a piece of me been carved To feed my hunger? Selfish-isolating-persecution Conquered nothing Reckless-stupidity-hereditary Achievement stunted Got to crack the mold before it sets Escapist passion seems to be The only way I really feel The social lair that we infest Is pushing me towards the edge Forced to fear the force of fear For the first time in my life! Reached inside my heart Took what's pure and turned it sour Coarse lines map my fear The roots are soulless draining tears Forced to fear the force of fear For the first time in my life! The coarse is clear in what I fear An epitaph of apathy! Scavengers to the carnage The scars remain but putrefy Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Predators sense the weakness Swarm like flies to pick my bones Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Coiled in rage Forced to fear Forced to fear Forced to fear Forced to fear
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 24, 2025
In a daze for days Let normality blur the vision Perseverance is trauma I falter though I ought to take it in my stride See the bitter narcoleptic A perma-downer - narcoleptic I'm bursting with intention 'Til the cause hits the horizon The buck's too hot to handle When it's there to be passed See the bitter narcoleptic Dead-eyed, red-eyed narcoleptic Construct a weightless world to hold Aloft my shoulders Actions do speak louder than words But inaction leaves me undisturbed Free to embrace the finer trappings of a Barely functioning being Construct a weightless world to hold Aloft my shoulders
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025
The pulse of the world when it stopped for a day From a clear blue sky to a smouldering gray Unmerciful cruelty Awakening rudely Two evils grow Willingly exchanging blows Pentagon's financial goals exposed They were shot from the sky Duped - a nation in pain Sacrificing lives for financial gain Unmerciful cruelty Awakening rudely Two evils grow Willingly exchanging blows Pentagon's financial goals exposed Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified Paying with their lives Threatening whose will? Burning wreckage holes Time is standing still Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified Fiendish debates NATO inflates Fighting a cause with a biblical fate Fighting a cause with a biblical fate Out of sight, out of mind It ends in tears Distilling fears Believing the lie When cultures collide When cultures collide When cultures collide Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified Out of sight, out of mind Ground zero - petrified
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025
Admiration's one thing Lucid submission another Our gracious heads of state Our vacuous heads of state! Kings and Queens - order of the leech Majesty? Don't patronize me Several hundred years of burden Taken for a ride, but it swells our pride When you humble yourself And you bow at their feet You indulge these re-gal thieves You excuse these re-gal thieves Kings and Queens - order of the leech Majesty? Don't patronize me Several hundred years of immunity Taken for a ride, but it swells our pride Number one dysfunctional family But judge not the aristocracy Lower yourself Lower yourself Lower yourself Lower yourself Oh, such people people Break the backs of servants Watch wars, kill millions Milk praise, from the ruins People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion People people under an illusion
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 24, 2025
Shooting from the lip at those tired old clichés Well, it takes one to know one Same difference - roughed up for today Roughed up for today Roughed up for today Roughed up for today Every minute blemish is given that 'street' veneer Choreographed to cut the slack Just as long as you learn to sneer Learn how to sneer Learn how to sneer Learn how to sneer Paper-thin, paper-weight - how's that demographic? A disempowered herd, minds cloud with static Minds cloud with static Lowest common denominator Give them hard luck fables Give them middle fingers Give them surface tension Spoon-feed them to the system So what's 'nu'? Sullen view - it's the clued you Fighting third world war on parental torpor Fighting third world war Give them hard luck fables Give them middle fingers Give them surface tension Spoon-feed them to the system Give them hard luck fables Give them middle fingers Give them surface tension Spoon-feed them to the system Feed them to the system
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 24, 2025
"Must have peace" - under arsenals in the sky "Must have peace" - though we'll strike at any time "We must have peace" Forewarned is disarmed? Conduct postmortems As trigger fingers twitch to right a wrong "Must have peace" - through the megaton decree "Must have peace" - warn the global police "We must have peace" Forewarned is disarmed? Just do as we don't And be subservient as the right your wrongs Star Wars no more! After all, it's (perfectly) acceptable To pervert that which you enforce Subhuman death squads - good Christian soldiers Subhuman death squads - good Christian soldiers Free will is unconditional With vision primed over your head Subhuman death squads - good Christian soldiers Subhuman death squads - good Christian soldiers Forewarned is disarmed? Never again At least until we need to right your wrongs Star Wars no more!
Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025
Countless opinions - a hotbed of riches Last remaining entitlement Feeling valued? (Or) devoutly subdued? Per capita All placated and humored A billion voices shall all register - they say Diversity for the diverse Feeling valued? (Or) devoutly subdued? Per capita All placated and humored The movers, the shakers - largely abject fakers Scale their ivory towers Democracy sours, peasant Democracy sours, peasant! Democracy sours, peasant! Self-interest in the pure sense is pushing for the privilege Not to be undervalued or singled out as surplus - dead weight Democracy sours, peasant! Democracy sours, peasant! Per capita, you are entrapped... Per capita, you are entrapped... ...Away from their precious glass houses Which you'd shatter with stones of just justice Exposing the power base for all its filthy favoritism Per capita, they've got your number... ...Turning the rest against your so-called reprehensible deviance Setting new precedents for crass behavior And so persists the untouchable elite Scale their ivory towers, peasant! Scale their ivory towers, peasant!
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025
I chase my toil Hammering a nail against the grain of fact I keep on bouncing back Misinformation is passed Look left to the right Always fight or flight I painfully dissect Will never take as read Yet fall back to earth as the wretch Which suits them fucking fine Mister pessimism - a trait we'd all rather disown Mister skepticism - after this it comes so natural Reserving judgment wounds me time after time Exploitation becomes a daily grind Take a saccharine shot, not to humor these fuckers But the scheming scum have all bases covered Which suits you fucking fine From a catalogue of lies, there is scant protection So you see dependability is force and fiction Which suits you fucking fine
Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025
Sanctimonious Reproduce to repent Nurture the unloved And drag them out as spiritual... waste Waste - spiritual waste Move those pious hands Off that which isn't yours Hers are hallowed parts Governed by her right to... choose Choose - right to choose If as you say life is so sacred Why is quality of life an afterthought? Blows - to the body Plunder and rule (that) most personal of property "Murder" on the unborn, yet some newborn die a thousand times And if, as you say, life is so sacred Why is quality of life an afterthought? Blows - to the body The seed is sown She reaps the harvest Therefore she controls the earth "Governed", "by" "Governed", "by" "a right to choose" Controlling a womb Does not make her a vehicle She dictates the terms "Governed", "by" "Governed", "by" "a right to choose" "Governed", "by" "Governed", "by" "Governed", "by" "a right to choose"
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 24, 2025
I'd rather die probing something Than see the urge, shot to fucking pieces Rip that face off - who goes there? You may - you may doubt the necessity You may - you may feign incredulity On break - you're toeing the line! Quadruple standards For a set of rules So you don't fall prey To the ill-at-ease - who goes there? Cast out - cast out to private hell Where the - where the loose lipped freely expel... ...Streams - of odious, twisted rationale Streams - of odious, twisted, raving rationale Rationale! Be seen-and-not-heard Balance of disturbance Decorum? Ooh The earnest refusal The bleating maneuver Decorum? Ooh... ooh Streams - of wretched, heinous rationale Streams - of wretched, heinous, depraved rationale Rationale! Buying the rawest deal Dither, by dutiful Apologist... ooh I'd rather die doubting something Than be consigned to anonymity Kicking, screaming - who goes there? You may - you may surrender manfully You may - you may die in captivity Die!
burning pain exploding mess flesh erupts bubbling skin chemical gas unseen death terrorain
Submitted by johnmansley — Nov 08, 2025
frozen in ignorance i cannot understand screaming on the screen shouting on the tube got to get out have to be free thaw iceberg of knowledge waiting to be heard confronting millions in m-ss appeal no one seems to care needs heats to thaw struggle for survival push out the truth turn of the dial i hear it again actions getying critical heat will thaw entertainment was captive source no one listened the heat was strong they schemed for life watching doom
Submitted by BloodShrine — Nov 08, 2025
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