THE ENEMY INSIDE
SILENT VIOLENCE
LYCANTHROPY
STILL ALIVE
BENEATH A BLACK SKY
HUMAN TARGET
REMAINS OF YOU
SUFFERING IN ECSTASY
TOMORROW’S VICTIM
TORN TO THE BONE
HAUNTED
SIX FEET UNDER is:
GREG GALL - drums
CHRIS BARNES - lead and backing voices
ALLEN WEST - rhytm and lead guitar
TERRY BUTLER - bass
All music and lyrics - Allen West and Chris Barnes
Recorded at Morrisound Studios
Engineered and Mixed by Scott Burns
Produced by Brian Slagel, Scott Burns and Six Feet Under
Mastered by Eddy Shreyer at Future Disc
Band Photo by Chris Coxwell
Other Photos by Ann-Marie Blood
Design & Computer imaging by Brian J Ames
Cover Art by Jim Warren
”Suffering In Ecstasy” is dedicated to the memory of Mark Hauser - September 28, 1957
- May 27, 1995
Rest In Peace, my friend. - C
The Enemy Inside
Feeding on me, growing inside, this parasite
dormant within, now it’s alive, it came to life
With each breath I take
I feel the pain
It has a hold of me
the thoughts I thing
deep within my body
eating me from inside
I can’t control
this other self
The enemy, the enemy, the enemy inside of me
Feeding on me, growing inside, this parasite
dormant within, now it’s alive, it came to life
Feeding on me, growing inside, this parasite
dormant within, now it’s alive, it came to life
Separate from myself
Actions without thought
in constant agony
distortion of reality
Alternate emotions
now come to life
my soul asleep
uncounscious, but awake
The enemy, the enemy, the enemy inside of me
Feeding on me, growing inside, this parasite
dormant within, now it’s alive, it came to life
Feeding on me, growing inside, this parasite
dormant within, now it’s alive, it came to life
It gained control of me
the dark side of my mind
this hollow shell
A body with no soul
With each breath I take
I feel the pain
It has a hold of me
the enemy inside
Silent Violence
dying you feel yourself slip away
your dead body will be left, unburied
no one will find you
dead
All is quite as I force my fist down
your cut throat
Grabing tendons and veins
I pll your insides out
through your lipless mouth
Your stiff body is and still
dying you feel yourself slip away
your dead body will be left, unburied
no one will find you
dead
Violent
Silence
dying you feel yourself slip away
your dead body will be left, unburied
no one will find you
dead
Haphazardly I remove your spleen
And your liver
There is much blood
Eyes have been removed
While you where still alive
Now I tear your flesh, I am ripping your
skin
dying you feel yourself slip away
your dead body will be left, unburied
no one will find you
dead
Fingerless hands, clenched - I continue
to dissect
blood spurting from
punctured flesh
your naked body stripped of skin
soon you will rotten
Insects infest your flesh
Lycanthropy
dying in the darkness
now one of us
bitten by the wolf
now one of us
When the moon is full
And the night comes down
Fear all unnatural sounds
Human beast, animal
Curse of the lycanthrope
dying in the darkness
Now one of us
bitten by the wolf
Now one of us
Carnivorous
lust for human flesh
legacy of blood
infected dead
the blood of the wolf
Infects my body
in the night hear the howling
screaming, flesh chewed to the bone
bleeding, eternal horror
When the moon is full
And the night comes down
Fear all unnatural sounds
Human beast, animal
Curse of the lycanthrope
Still Alive
Alive, I’m dead, alive-something has given
me life
Cut me I bleed no blood
stab my skin, out runs the pus
try to kill what’s already dead
A dead corpse living rotten
Resting dead - now I rise
from the grave, my flesh is decayed
Alive, I’m dead, alive
You tried to kill me
I don’t die that easily
back from the dead
I live again
Alive, I’m dead, alive-something has given
me life
drinking the blood from a severed head
living flesh soon will rotten
horrors of the undead
Aheadless corpse, dead - convulsing
bleeding, no blood left
No way to kill what is dead
Alive, I’m dead, alive
Beneath A Black Sky
beneath a black sky
All life will end
infinite winter
eternal darkness
thunder cracks the silence
emptiness
above us only black
frozen stiff
nothing remains
beneath a black sky
look to the sky
it’s turning black
no sun shining light
day turns into night
emptiness
Above us only black
hollow horizon
No sun rising
Human Target
Human target
Scared, beaten
my bones were broken
bruised, mistreated
for what I believe in
Survive or die
fear for your life
I grip the gun tight
three shots to the chest
one to the head
Standing tall, I’m not eunning scared
living through the violence
I’m just surviving - there’s no way to end
this
one more dead, one survives
instinct to live
living through the violence
I’m just surviving - there’s no way to end
this
living through the violence
I’m just surviving - there’s no way to end
this
living through the violence
One more dead, one survives
instinct to live
I won’t - die
My life, my soul
my thoughts are my own
I live to die
that’s why I was born
kill or be killed
the law of the land
standing tall, I’m not running scared
survive or die
fear for your life
I grip the gun tight
Human Target
Remains Of You
I took an axe to your head
chopping rotted flesh
brain is seeping from the cracks in your
skull
blood drains from holes in your torso
I took your life from you
Collapsed organs now rot and corrode
Your empty body - bloated
Pus clots on discolored skin
lifeless abused remains
Remains of you
Nothing remains of you
once alive
Now just a pile of flesh
decomposition
bodily disintegration
I took an axe to your head
chopping rotted flesh
brain is seeping from the cracks in your
skull
blood drains from holes in your torso
I took your life from you
I violate the rotten dead
bodies tortured, stiffened carnage
in my mind I need to kill
Amputate, cutting skin, through the bone
disfigured human flesh
leaking pussing limbs
separated heads
smell, the rotten dead
I took an axe to your head
chopping rotted flesh
brain is seeping from the cracks in your
skull
blood drains from holes in your torso
I took your life from you
I defile the rotten corpse
mutilated after death
moulded decayed dead
your empty body - bloated
Pus clots on discolored skin
lifeless abused remains
Remains of you
nothing remains of you
Suffering In Ecstasy
Suffer inside myself
there is no hope
In this grave bottomless
the deepest depths
an empty pit
no way to live
dead
It’s killing me
this deadly plague
poisoned blood
runs through my veins
finding pleasure
within the pain
I’m suffering
A step away
from the edge
one more rush
All I need is
A harder push
there is no cure
my infection is self inflicted
I’m suffering
in ecstasy
slowly dying
inside my body
locked away
with no escape
finding pleasure
within the pain
A step away
from the edge
one more rush
All I need is
A harder push
there is no cure
my infection is self inflicted
It’s killing me
this deadly plague
poisoned blood
runs through my veins
finding pleasure
within the pain
I’m suffering
Suffer inside myself
there is no hope
In this grave
bottomless
the deepest depths
an empty pit
no way to live
dead
A step away
from the edge
one more rush
All I need is
A harder push
there is no cure
my infection is self inflicted
I’m suffering
in ecstasy
slowly dying
inside my body
locked away
with no escape
finding pleasure
within the pain
Tomorrow’s Victim
Transcend beyond my body
the spirits call to me
these nightmares are reality
Reflections - of another life
Reflections - in my eyes
Visions, victims
I’ve seen each death
murder, torture
I know the next - dead
Through shadows of the mind
Reacting for the light
I’ve seen them die
When I close my eyes
Reflections - of another life
Reflections - in my eyes
I’ve seen the dead
tomorrow’s victim
I’ve told of places I’ve seen
but have never been
Terror, fear
as each life ends
Horror, dead
I’ve seen the next - dead
Torn To The Bone
the taste of flesh
hunger for blood
sever the skin
torn to the bone
fresh blood bleeds
dripping from wounds
veins leak
as skin turns blue
the taste of flesh
hunger for blood
sever the skin
torn to the bone
Bodies ripped apart
skin begins to rot
injest the infection
of the dead
Blood on skin, so pale
Stained and cod
there’s something I’ve wanted
for so long
the taste of flesh
Hunger for blood
Sever the skin
torn to the bone
Haunted
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
Slow decay
I wake screaming in the middle of the
night
burning inside
I’m turning cold
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
Slow decay
Skin sweating my heart skipped a beat
something behind me
something I can’t see
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
Slow decay
Haunted - haunted
haunted by the dead
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
Slow decay
Silence the screaming has stopped
my body hangs dead, swinging from a
rope
in the silence
listen
they’re calling you to join them
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
Slow decay
Rotting away
I’m decomposing
Rotting inside
All songs written by Allen West and Chris Barnes.
Chris Barnes ©1995 Virgin Songs/Violent Music/Full Volume/BMI.
Administered by Virgin EMI Music Publishing.
Allen West ©1995 Roadblock Music Inc./Obituary Music ASCAP.
Administered by Roadblock Music.
Lyrics reprinted by permission
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