Persistence of Time
Anthrax
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1
Time
06 : 55
2
Blood
07 : 13
3
Keep It in the Family
07 : 08
4
In My World
06 : 25
5
Gridlock
05 : 17
6
Intro to Reality
03 : 23
7
Belly of the Beast
04 : 47
8
Got the Time
02 : 44
9
H8 Red
05 : 04
10
One Man Stands
05 : 38
11
Discharge
04 : 13
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Track Lyrics
In My World Lyrics
[Intro: Scott Ian]
They gonna put me in jail?
Man, I'm already in jail
Don't they know that my life's just one big cell?
[Verse 1]
I'll bite the hand that feeds me
And I could give a damn
If that hand needs me
Oh, why can't you leave me alone?
A lie may fool someone else
But it tells you the truth
You're weak, just another clone
[Bridge]
I just want my life to do whatever I like
Yeah, it's a selfish need
To have no responsibility
So I'll say what I'm gonna say
'Cause I'm goin' to Hell anyway
I'd rather be alone
In my world
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
Nothing touches me
I'm a walking razor blade
Face the face of fear
Face the face of death
Laugh when others tear
Hate when others laugh (Laugh, laugh)
[Chorus]
In my world it's cold
My defense is like stone
No one gets inside 'cause
In my world I'm home
In my world I loathe
And you'll always pay a toll
No one gets inside 'cause
In my world I'm home, yeah
[Verse 2]
An adult at thirteen
My childhood was a dream
A full clout nightmare, a sight unseen
My greatest fear as a kid
One which I always kept hid
Was to come home from school and
Find my mother dead
[Bridge]
I just want my life to do whatever I like
Yeah, it's a selfish need
To have no responsibility
So I'll say what I'm gonna say
'Cause I'm goin' to Hell anyway
I'd rather be alone
In my world
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
Nothing touches me
I'm a walking razor blade
Face the face of fear
Face the face of death
Laugh when others tear
Hate when others laugh (Laugh, laugh)
[Chorus]
In my world it's cold
My defense is like stone
No one gets inside 'cause
In my world I'm home
In my world I loathe
And you'll always pay a toll
No one gets inside 'cause
In my world I'm home
Whooooaaaaah!
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
Nothing touches me
I'm a walking razor blade
Face the face of fear
Face the face of death
Laugh when others tear
Hate when others laugh
[Outro]
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
Nothing touches me
I'm a walking razor blade
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Belly of the Beast Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You walk this earth without a heart
You tear the innocent souls apart
You shovel your conscience into the grave
You walk this earth without a heart
Your uniform couldn't be taken off
A tattoo burned into your flesh
Your mind, your voice
These are your instruments of death
[Verse 2]
How could you dare to be so bold?
You only did as you were told
Marionettes dancing in time
To the apologetic lines
For all the monsters of our time
[Pre-Chorus]
Who is evil, who is blind?
In the name of who you'll find
[Chorus]
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
[Post-Chorus]
Millions, never, never again
Madness, never, never again
Martyrs, dead that can't die
Monsters
[Verse 3]
Insanity, the normal state
The left hand a hammer, the right the stake
Driven so deep into the heart
It's killing love, it's killing faith
It's killing 'cause it's from the heart
What better way to demoralize
When your own children are your spies?
The things you trust are not the same
Trust in death, trust in grief, trust in hope is trust in pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Who is evil, who is blind?
In the name of who you'll find
[Chorus]
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
[Post-Chorus]
Millions, never, never again
Madness, never, never again
Martyrs, dead that can't die
Monsters
[Guitar solo]
Who is evil, who is blind?
In the name of who you'll find
You're not supposed to question faith
But how do you accept this faith?
[Bridge]
Millions, you walk this earth without a heart
Madness, tear the innocent souls apart
Martyrs, shovel your conscience into the grave
Monsters
[Chorus]
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
This is the belly of the beast
And all the souls dying for peace
Inside the belly of the beast
[Post-Chorus]
Millions, never, never again
Madness, never, never again
Martyrs, dead that can't die
Monsters
Got the Time Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wake up, got another day to get
Through now, got another man to see
Gotta call him on the telephone way-o
Gotta find a piece of paper
Sit down, got another letter to write
Think hard, gotta get a letter just right
Little ringing on the telephone, whoa no
Gotta write another letter
[Pre-Chorus]
No such thing as tomorrow, all we want
One, two, three, go!
[Chorus]
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
[Verse 2]
If I tell you what I'm doing today
Will you shut up and get out of my way?
Someone, ask me what the time is
I don't know, only know I gotta go now
No time, trying to get my watch repaired
No time, never got a thing to wear
Little ringing on the telephone, whoa no
Hear a ringing in my head now
[Pre-Chorus]
No such thing as tomorrow, all we want
One, two, three, go!
[Chorus]
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
[Guitar solo, bass solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
No such thing as tomorrow, all we want
One, two, three, go!
[Chorus]
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
[Chorus]
Ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Time
Got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
Ticking in my head
One Man Stands Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
The enemy is dead
I can't believe what I said
The enemy is dead
Did it only exist in our head?
Sheltered from the evils of the world until the truth is seen
Sheltered from realities of life, your human rights are free
Freedom, taken for granted
'Cause we don't know what oppression means
Freedom, taken for granted
By the leaders who would crush the dream
[Pre-Chorus]
A crack exposing human rights
Light against a granite sky
A crack exposing human life
A fire burns
For the freedom, for the freedom
For the freedom never given but taken
For the freedom, die for the reason
[Chorus]
One man stands
Hard as he waits for freedom's hand
A unified voice for the freedom of choice
One man stands for life
He'll give his
Would you give yours to fight for a cause?
One man stands
[Post-Chorus]
And the wall cracks, and the wall cracks
And the wall cracks, and the walls come crumbling
[Verse 2]
Down with old ideals that could never work in modern times
Free choice, religious freedom
Basic rights are on the bottom line
Down with all the icons of the past cold war and detente
The flock no longer fears the wolf
The flock is taking what it wants
[Pre-Chorus]
A crack exposing human rights
Light against a granite sky
A crack exposing human life
A fire burns
For the freedom, for the freedom
For the freedom never given but taken
For the freedom, die for the reason
[Chorus]
One man stands
Hard as he waits for freedom's hand
A unified voice for the freedom of choice
One man stands for life
He'll give his
Would you give yours to fight for a cause?
One man stands
[Post-Chorus]
And the wall cracks, and the wall cracks
And the wall cracks, and the walls come crumbling down
[Guitar solo]
[Bridge]
One man stands for life, I never questioned
One life costs us all, they love their children
Every man stands and fights, who's my enemy?
One man's rule will fall, one man stands
[Chorus]
One man stands
Hard as he waits for freedom's hand
A unified voice for the freedom of choice
One man stands for life
He'll give his
Would you give yours to fight for a cause?
One man stands
[Post-Chorus]
And the wall cracks, and the wall cracks
And the wall cracks, and the walls come crumbling down
Discharge Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'll wait, I hate
Silence kills you like a loaded gun
My time you waste
Resolution, turn your back and run
[Pre-Chorus]
Drunk with power, your ivory tower
Never stood, never could
And around and around
You hit the ground
Reservation Hellbound
[Chorus]
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry not when you died, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Nobody cried, you lived a lie, you lived a lie
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
[Verse 2]
Your life, what life?
What's the difference between you and death?
Overdose, comatose
You won't even leave a corpse that's fresh
[Pre-Chorus]
Drunk with power, go take a shower
I wish you would, I wish you could
And around and around
You hit the ground
Reservation Hellbound
[Hook]
A surreal vision
Of a human being
[Chorus]
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry not when you died, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Nobody cried, you lived a lie, you lived a lie
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
[Bridge]
Self-inflicted crucifixion
Suicidal contradiction
Cluster fucked, you load it up
Cluster fucked, you self-destruct
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Get off my dick, it's sick
I refuse to feel sorry for you
I can't believe
People put you on a pedestal
[Pre-Chorus]
Drunk with power, your ivory tower
Never stood, never could
And around and around
You hit the ground
Reservation Hellbound
[Hook]
A surreal vision
Of a human being
[Chorus]
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry not when you died, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge
Nobody cried, you lived a lie, you lived a lie
Run it through, discharge
Most people cry when a person dies, you wanna know why?
Run it through, discharge