CONFRONTATION (3:08)
DOWNSIZED (3:45)
SYSTEM OF THE ANIMAL (2:06)
CLOSURE (2:09)
PURGING THE NEMESIS (2:24)
DAY ONE (3:51)
UNSCATHED (2:40)
G.F.Y.S. (3:34)

Keith DeVito - All Vocals
Chris Basile - Guitar, Bass (some tracks)
Rob Maresca - Drums
Ryan Harrison - Bass

Recorded at Sabella Studios, New York
Engineered by Ken Goia & Pyrexia
Mixed by Chris Basile for Mockery Productions
Mastered at Sabella Studios
Digitally Edited by Morten Nilsson at Take One Aps, Roskilde, Denmark
Executive Producer Iacob Hansen

Cover artwork by Francoise Duvivier - originally in black & white, Copyright 1996
Art Direction and Concept by AG Meier

Brought to you by Mockery Productions

Pyrexia Contact:
Mockery Productions, P.O.Box 615, Ridge, NY 11961, USA

© 1997 Serious Entertainment, Kongensgade 86, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
tlf.: +45 76 10 04 48, fax: +45 76 10 04 49
Distributed in Denmark by Voices of Wonder

THE CONCEPT OF THIS ALBUM AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST AND LAST SONGS ARE DEDICATED TO THE MOST CORRUPT AND RACIST CRIMINAL IN AMERICA... REV. LOUIS FARRAKHAN.
HIS WORDS, AS DEPICTED ON THIS RECORDING, SHOW THE TRUE HATRED AND MALICE THIS MAN HOLDS AGAINST NON-BLACK AMERICA. REV. FARRAKHAN SHOWS US, WITH HIS FREQUENT DEALINGS WITH IRAQ AND OTHER U.S. ENEMIES, THAT HIS MOTIVES ARE CORRUPT TO SAY THE LEAST.
RACISM IS THE CANCER OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AND THE REVEREND CLEARLY PORTRAYS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A RACIST. ANY MAN THAT OPENLY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST OTHER RACES SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCES, NOT BE LOOKED TO AS A LEADER...
IN CLOSING WE HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION FOR REV. FARRAKHAN AND ANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS:
WHO KILLED MALCOLM X?

CONFRONTATION
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

FARRAKHAN : YOU REPULSE ME : RACIST : CONFRONTATION : SPEAKING YOUR WORDS OF PIECE WITH OUR ENEMIES : LYING BASTARD : LEAD THE INNOCENT WITH HOPES OF UNITY : SEPARATIST : SEPARATE THE MASSES : DIVIDE THE POPULACE : YOU... KEEP FEEDING A FIRE THAT IS ALREADY OUT OF CONTROL : WHAT DOES YOUR FAITH THINK? : DO THEY CONDONE YOUR TREACHERY? : THIS CANNOT BE : WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT : THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ME? : YOU TALK DOWN ON THE MOTHERLAND : BLOOD STAINED MONEY CROSSING HANDS : ALLIED WITH THE DEVIL : TO INFILTRATE US SILENTLY: CHIPPING AWAY AT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE : ERODING CONFIDENCE WHERE PROGRESS CAN BE SEEN : CONTINUALLY RE-IGNITING A DIATRIBE : AN ATROCITY THAT'S BEEN DEAD FOR NEARLY A CENTURY : YOUR LIFE IS FILLED WITH GREED : ARTICLES OF FAITH, THE SEED OF BLIND SALVATION : IMPOSTOR TO LUTHER KING, MAN WITH THE TRUE VIEWS : ENTICE THE COMMONALITY, UNTIL THEY TURN ON YOU : PROFIT FROM THE ANGER : FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH AN OPPRESSION : THAT ONCE PLAGUED YOU : HOMILIES DECEPTIVE : FANATICAL LIES : ANTI PATHETICAL WORK THE WORK YOU DO : YOU WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE RACES ARE AT WAR : TOTAL SUPREME DIVISION THE END YOU HAVE IN STORE : HATE THOSE NOT OF YOUR KIND : THEY ARE THE TYRANTS WHO OPPRESSED YOU : THIS CANNOT BE... : YOU... INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE OF MANKIND : YOU... ARE THE ANTAGONIST : PREACHING YOUR HATE : YOU ARE THE REAL RACIST : WHO KILLED MALCOLM X? : YOUR LIFE IS FILLED WITH GREED : DISCIPLES OF YOUR HATE : THE SEEDS OF MANS EXTINCTION : IMPOSTOR TO LUTHER KING : MAN WITH THE TRUE VIEWS : HIDE FROM YOUR WORDS OF HATE : WHEN WE ALL TURN ON YOU

DOWNSIZED
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

UNCHAIN MY NEGLECT : COMPEL MYSELF TO SUBMISSION : SENTENCE ME TO DEATH : BREAK DOWN ALL MY SELF-ESTEEM : CRIPPLED MENTALLY : MY THOUGHTS RUN BLACK AGAIN : INVOLUNTARY SLAUGHTER : OF ALL I USED TO CHERISH : SOCIAL SEGREGATIONS : HAVE BROUGHT ME NEAR REMISSION : FALSIFY ILLUSIONS OF A MISGUIDED GENERATION : ABANDONMENT OF YOUR WORLD : SENTIMENTS OF YOUR FAMILY... : TURN THEIR BACKS IN EMBARRASSMENT : WHY SHOULD SOCIETY DICTATE : COMMUNITIES CRUMBLE IN APATHY : SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO KILL MYSELF : CLOSE MYSELF INSIDE MY RAGE : TAKE IT OUT ON SOMEONE ELSE : THERAPIES FOR ALL MY PAIN : PHILOSOPHIES TAUGHT BY THE ENEMIES : DEEP INSIDE IS WHERE IT HIDES : FEEL IT TAKE YOUR EVERY BREATH : LEARN FROM ME I'M ALREADY DEAD : SPLIT MYSELF IN TWO : TRY TO PLEASE EACH SIDE SOMEHOW : PERSONALITIES, CONFLICTING CRUSING ME TO RUN : FUTILE, I STAND ALONE IN TENSION : THE TORMENT OF WORTHLESSNESS COMPULSIVELY HAUNTS MY SOUL : MANIC, EACH DAY I DEEPER BLEMISH : EACH DAY I FALL DEEPER IN DISPASSIONATE ACCEPTANCE : I AM VOID, I AM BOUND : COMATOSE IN THOUGHT, BOUND AND GAGGED : NOW I AM YOUR PAWN - FEEL FREE TO MAKE ME SUFFER : NOW I WANT RESIST : I WILL RETURN INTO THE BLACK AGAIN : CRIPPLED MENTALLY : I ADMIT TO THIS HELL THAT I LIVE : DISPARITY'S STOIC ENTRAPMENT : HAS MADE ME YEARN FOR THE END : PACIFY OBJECTIONS OF A MAN WHO WAS CREATED TO BLEED : BLEED : ABANDONMENT... : SENTIMENTS YOUR FAMILY : TURN THEIR BACK IN EMBARRASSMENT

SYSTEM OF THE ANIMAL
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - Basile, DeVito)

ABSTINENCE TO HEAL IMPURITIES : DESERTED CHILD, THE PRODIGAL SON : A CHEMICAL WELL-BEING THRUST UPON YOU : INHERIT YOURSELF, CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE : AGITATE ME AND I BECOME : A BEAST THAT BREATHES NO AIR : REPRESS MYSELF : INSTINCTIVE REACTION : MY EYES ROLL BACK AGAIN : CATASTROPHES AGONIZE : THE SYSTEM OF THE ANIMAL : AN OUTCAST : A FREAK TO WHAT THE REST CALL THE NORM : SO MISGUIDED. : THE PATH YOU CHOOSE WILL ONLY LEAD TO THE END : SLOWLY FADING OUT THE PICTURE. : I HAVE LOST MY GRIP : THE SYSTEM OF THE ANIMAL : NOT HERE TO PLEASE ANYBODY ELSE'S NEEDS. : I HAVE LOST MY SENSE : I AM TIRED OF APOLOGIZING : I HAVE NO REMORSE FOR HUMAN MISTAKES : I AM TIRED OF TRYING TO BE : A PERFECT MOLD IN THEIR EYES : CONTENT IN MY VICE : DRAWN TO THE LEWD : MY PAIN WILL SUFFICE : THE PATH THAT I CHOOSE : FREEING MYSELF OF ALL THESE OBLIGATIONS : CLOSING MY EYES : TO THE WORLD ALONE

CLOSURE
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - Basile)

FEED MY WORTH, FILL MY HUNGER : CURE MY NEEDS, HEAL MY ANGER : ALL IS LOST, AND ALL IS BROKEN : FOR WHAT I CHOSE, MY LIFE CONFUSION : EMPTINESS : A VOID SURROUNDS ME : CAUSING INCAPACITATIONS : FEELINGS OF NOTHINGNESS : TIE ME TO ISOLATION : DAY AFTER DAY I WASTE MY LIFE : IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS TO MY PERVERSIONS : FALL FROM WITHIN : MY CRUEL ANXIETY : SHAME UNFORGIVEN : MY VIRTUAL SLAVERY : UNBRIDLED RELEASE OF THIS ANGUISH : IN A FINAL ACT OF PURE OBSCURITY : DESPERATION OVERCOMES : ENDING IN A PARADOX OF COMPETION : IN MY HEAD THE VOICES CALL ME : I SMOKE MY WEED, AND GOD, I LOVE IT : I KNOW I AM RIGHT, I KNOW THE ANSWERS : MY FATE SERVES ME, MY OWN DISASTER

PURGING THE NEMESIS
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

WORTHLESS, INSOLENT MISGUIDED : FOOLS CONTINUE TO BREATHE : EXHAUSTING ALL LIFE FROM US : SPILL OUR BLOOD IN THEIR BARBARITY : RETURN TO THE DAYS OF AN ELDERS PAST : WHEN LIVES WERE THERE FOR THE TAKING : SYMBOL OF HATE ENSCRIPTED : UPON THE TOMB OF EACH MAN : THE WANTON DESIRE FOR OTHERS POSSESSIONS : WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE END : AS AVARICE IS UNAVOIDABLE : INSTILLED IN THE MAN TO SHED THEIR OWN BLOOD : ASSAULTING THE PEACE : INSTILLING THE FEAR : HAUNTING EACH WOMAN AND MAN : AN INBRED, DAPRAVED INSTINCT : NO RIGHT TO STILL BE BREATHING WHILE OTHERS LIE DEAD : NO JUST SPENDING OUR MONEY TO PROVIDE THEM A BED : THEY ALREADY PROVED THAT THEY REALLY DON'T CARE : JUST HERD THEM LIKE CATTLE AND TURN ON THE GAS : LET THEM DIE : PURGING THE NEMESIS : DETER THE RASH OF CRUELTY : EYE FOR AN EYE : THE PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME : MAYBE THEY WILL GET THE MESSAGE : THAT WE HAVE HAD IT : NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO HURT AGAIN

DAY ONE
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

IF YOU COULD SEE : THROUGH MY EYES : THE THINGS I'VE DONE : THROUGHOUT MY LIFE : BUT YOU KEEP TRYING TO BE LIKE ME : YOU'RE A CHEAP IMITATION : GET OFF THAT TRIP : TAKE YOUR PLACE NOW : WHERE WERE YOU ON THE FIRST DAY? : YOU KNOW DEEP INSIDE : THAT YOU WOULD BE WORTHLESS ON YOUR OWN : I AM THE TEACHER : YOU LEARN FROM ME : COME NOW, SON : THIS IS YOUR FINAL LESSON : (CHORUS) : WHERE WERE YOU ON DAY ONE? : I NEVER SAW YOUR FACE ON DAY ONE : REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM? : IT IS EASY TO FORGET : WERE YOU THERE ON DAY ONE? : I NEVER SAW YOUR FACE ON DAY ONE : LEAVING YOU BEHIND SON : YOUR MASK IS OFF FOREVER : THROUGHOUT THE YEARS : I LEARNED TO IGNORE YOUR KIND MORE : YOU SEEM TO OPEN UP HOSTILITIES : YOU OPENED UP : YOU OPENED UP LIFE'S FUCKING DOOR TO HATE : IT'S USELESS TRYING TO BE LIKE ME : FALL TO THE POSSIBILITIES : THAT THE SINGLE MINDED FIND : ERUPT FROM BENEATH THIS OBEDIENCE : SOMEHOW APPEASE THAT SWALLOW, SUBORDINATE MIND : WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK? : THAT YOUR FACE IS FOOLING ANYONE OF US : WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK? : THAT YOUR LIFE, CONSTRUCTED ON A LIE : TO BE A SHALLOW, SPINELESS WASTE : SPINELESS : I AM THE TEACHER : YOU LEARN FROM ME : COME NOW SON : THIS IS YOUR FINAL LESSON : I AM YOUR GREAT MENTOR : THE REASON WHY YOU BREATHE : I AM YOUR ONLY TRUE INSPIRATION : (REPEAT CHORUS)

UNSCATHED
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

CLOSE MY EYES TO MAKE IT GO AWAY : AVOIDING THE INEVITABLE DEPICTION : WOUND UP SO TIGHT, STRESSED TO THE PEAK : THIS STATUS IS IN CRISIS TO FAR BEYOND BELIEF : BREAKING THE RULES, CROSSING THE LINE : OUT NO ONE SEES : TAKE FOR THEMSELVES, ABUSING THE REST : DEMOCRACY : UNSCATHED : MANIPULATION OF OUR WEAKNESS : AS THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND : PROFIT FROM OUR NAIVE WAYS : WHAT I CAN'T SEE WONT HURT ME... : MY TOLERANCE IS EXPENDED : ALL TRUST IS LOST AS GREED PREVAILS AVARICE REPLACES IT : BUY A JUDGE, KILL A FRIEND : BURY IT FOREVER : LAWLESS SOCIETY IS WHAT THEY TEACH : THE STRUGGLE FOR POLIER : DOMINANCE IS WHAT THEY PREACH : CONTINUE OUR APATHETIC WAYS : AND LIVE THE LIFE OF A THIEF : PRESIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY : HIDE A CROOK BEHIND A WHITE COLLAR : THE ONES WE TRUST WE SUSPECT THE LEAST : ALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LAW IS WASTED : MILITIAS IN THE RIGHT WILL SLOWLY LEAD TO ANARCHY : I EMPHASIZE WITH THEIR CAUSE : I CAN RELATE TO THAT ROTTED HORRID TASTE. : WHEN YOU'VE BEEN  BETRAYED : THERE'S NO EQUALITY : NO RESPECT : I NEVER SHALL BELIEVE ANOTHER SINGLE WORD THEY SAY : WE HAVE ALL RIGHT : BECAUSE WE WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE : DANCING ON THE LAW JUST LIKE YOU... : WLAKING AWAY. WALKING AWAY UNSCATHED : YOU... WALK AWAY UNSCATHED

G.F.Y.S.
(Music - Basile)
(Lyrics - DeVito)

YOU STAND SO TALL IN YOUR ARROGANCE : YOUR NOSE HELD HIGH : YOUR HEADS RISING INTO THE AIR : YOU'RE SO BLIND YOU'RE SLOWLY DROWNING IN YOURSELF : THIS GOD-LIKE ATTITUDE : IS BECOMING WAY TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BEAR : YOU THINK YOU'RE SOME GIFT TO HUMANITY : SOME KIND OF FUCKING PRIZE : THAT SHOULD BRING US DOWN TO OUR KNEES : THE TIME WILL COME : REALITY WILL CUT YOU DOWN : PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE : YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A PUNK : (SUBCHORUS) : A SELF-CENTERED, EGOISTICAL : SELF RIGHTEOUS LITTLE PRICK YOU PERSIST TO BE! : THE HAMMER OF DISCIPLINE COMING DOWN : WILL MAKE YOU SEE : I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THE YEARS OF MISERY! : YOU'RE NO GOD! : MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ME : YOU WASTE OF SPACE, WHY DON'T YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF : I HAVE NO TIME TO DEAL WITH YOUR STUPIDITY : IN TIME COMES REVENGE : SO GO FUCK YOURSELF! : PLEADING TO ME THE SHOE'S ON THE OTHER FOOT : NOW I'M ON YOUR TOP, YOUR FACE UNDERNEATH MY BOOT : BROUGHT DOWN, EXPERIENCE THIS HUMILITY : LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, HA... : WHERE DID IT GET YOU PUNK? : YOU THINK YOU'RE SOME GIFT TO HUMANITY : SOME KIND OF FUCKING PRIZE : THAT SHOULD BRING US DOWN TO OUR KNEES : THE TIME WILL COME : REALITY WILL CUT YOU DOWN : PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE : YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A PUNK : (REPEAT SUB-CHORUS) : HOW DO I WAIT... : TO SEE THE DAY YOU FALL : FALSE DREAMS : HOW DO I WAIT... : TO SEE THE DAY YOU BLEED : IN TIME COMES REVENGE : WE GET JUST DESERVED : IN TIME COMES REVENGE : WE GET RESPECT