TESTAMENT - "Low" (p)1994

[Covers Testament - Low, 12K JPEG]
Low 03:33
Legions (In Hidden) 04:17
Hail Mary 03:32
Trail Of Tears 06:06
Shades Of War 04:40
P.C. 02:50
Dog Faced Gods 04:02
All I Could Bleed 03:37
Urotsukidoji 03:39
Chasing Fear 04:56
Ride 03:06
Last Call 02:40

CHUCK BILLY - Vocals
ERIC PETERSON - Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
JAMES MURPHY - Lead Guitar
GREG CHRISTIAN - Bass

Special thanks to JOHN TEMPESTA for performing the drum tracks on this album
Additional backing vocals by DAMIEN GALLEGOS
"Urotsukidoji" voices by PETERSON & MURPHY
Produced by TESTAMENT and GGGarth

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LOW

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy)


Fuel the fire for war

It's man against mankind

Bruises that they bear

Been beaten down with time



Innocent people suffer the loss

Your broken hope so close to the cross

Sometimes you just don't know

How low...how low you can go...

So low it's sickening

Low...Low...show some mercy...



Hey you piece of shit

Just leave the kids alone

Why can't you bear

The things that we endure



Innocent people suffer the loss

Lost hope with faith to the cross

Sometimes you just don't know

How low...How low you can go

Show some sympathy

Low...low...show some mercy



Solo: James



I don't like you for your warped demented ways

I hope they lock you down so you never get away

Low...Low...show some sympathy

Low...low...show some mercy...



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LEGIONS (IN HIDDEN)

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy, James)
Domestically violent With razor blade smiles A two-faced role model fool Infested with anger A well hidden crime Teaching those lessons so cruel Ah, the torment spreads War inside my head Please just set me free You call this...a family Battered, abusive There's no wrong or right When you're enslaved in your room Hiding from demons In urban daylight Knowing that they'll be here soon Confusion and bruises And scars left for life When physical evidence fades Silently screaming Just to be loved Their innocence take away Ah, the torment spreads War inside my head Please just set me free You call this...a family? Solos: Eric, James Virtues are shattered By parents they trust When all love they give is misused The next generation The damaged will learn To keep spinning wheels of abuse Ah, the torment spreads War inside my head Please just set me free You call this...a family?
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HAIL MARY

(Music: Peterson, Murphy; Lyrics: Billy, James)
I am alive, I feel dirt in my eyes There's no escape when redemption is lost I'm not a saint, There's no use looking No sins to deny, Just my will to go on Arms of darkness Embrace me in madness In my life it's mandatory Hard to resist you I still can't forgive you For sins that I cannot wash away Hail Mary full of grace Throw some light upon this race Intertwining final breath Now...in the hour of death Solo: James Bound by the lies Of constant denial Pay for my sins that I bear for a child I'm not a saint There's no use denying Falling from grace Is my reason to go on Hail Mary full of grace Push me down, and kick me in my face Intertwining final breath Now...in the hour of death
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TRAIL OF TEARS

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy)
Solo: Eric See the sun as the day is done Life is of the broken ones Some will stray as time will come All their lives, they live it well Red man proud and giving hell Some stand and shining tall Can you hear them call... See the sun as it setting still Tears fall from a warrior Damn those who I feel Set a trail to the promised land Mother and child holding hand in hand Through the snow or through the sands All across the land... Full moon's rising from the sky, a warrior's riding Ride with the wind So far away, the spirits will guide you No more sorrow Don't look back, your freedom will follow Flying so free Can't you see...on the trail of tears Solos 1 & 3: James Solo 2: Eric Full moon's rising from the sky, a warrior's riding Ride with the wind So far away, the spirits will guide you No more sorrow Don't look back, your freedom will follow Flying so free Can't you see...on the trail of tears Solo: Eric
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SHADES OF WAR

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy, James)
Burial of human being A man before a boy Born to fight in another man's world Not a world where there's war Born religiously Truth is what they see Death won't come from peace Who fuels this war? Solo: Eric Sacred ground of life Burnt remains of the dead Bodies lay to rest Spirits of the earth Rancid man, burned alive Too blind to see what's wrong from right Locked inside this cage So many times blood has poured Walk with shadows Hear the shades of war...forever more Brought into this world of bitter pain Are we safe...or just insane Solo: James Rancid man, burned alive Too blind to see what's wrong from right Darkness veils their way So many times blood has poured Walk with shadows Hear the shades of war...forever more
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P.C.

(Music: Christian, Peterson; Lyrics: Christian)
Damn the machine the system's corrupted Abusive power is everywhere Our elected officials, pass laws to help But who's paying them off And in the end, we the people pay Such a heavy price, just for being alive And if this country was really free We'd make paper from hemp and let the forest live But corporate America, and billion dollar industries Have so much power Yet they stand to lose Too much fucking money There's nothing we can do...but... Take back all that we've lost At any price that it costs Our freedom was worth fighting for Resistance now or nevermore Solo: James And what about the CIA What the fuck is their real job anyway Starting civil wars in Third World countries Importing heroin from the far east Talk about cocaine, neither kept away From the youth of today...now There's nothing we can do...but... Take back all that we've lost At any price, that it costs Our freedom was worth fighting for Resistance now or nevermore
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DOG FACED GODS

(Music: Peterson;Lyrics: Peterson, Billy, James)
Of dog faced gods Through the Nile sands whisper Of ancient times, mayfly names Flickered and gone The blood and honey Dripping from their jaws Through the Nile sands whisper Ancient times, fade into the dawn Of dog faced gods Manifest in the night The sacred rights Handed down through times of old Dark words of power Blood upon their tombs Through incantations Locusts fly, signaling doom Confirm who I am, Contort all I can Conceive sorcery, Corrodes disbelief Solo: James Of dog faced gods, Dead civilization Through priests of power Invoking life of the ancient one The blood and honey Dripping from their jaws Through the Nile sands whisper Travel through time of the land unknown Confirm who I am, Contort all I can Conceive sorcery, Corrodes disbelief
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ALL I COULD BLEED

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy)
I like to dominate, I create your fate Many years gone by, I rule society You cannot be me, I am the master Can't you hear me, breathing for you Do not ignore Reach out to me, put your knife through me Watch me bleed for you...yeah...right... Try to retaliate, I release your hate Why don't you bleed for me, What do you need to prove I can see through you, You're not the master Can't you see me, dying for you Do not ignore Reach out to me, put your knife through me Watch me bleed for you...dying...dying All I could bleed Can't you understand, Grab life by the hand Where's democracy, I gave all I could bleed Solos 1 & 3: Eric Solos 2 & 4: James Fuck government policy, Land is of the free Don't take away, Your two bit society Dying for your greed, Now watch them bleed... Yeah...all I could bleed
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UROTSUKIDOJI

(Music: Peterson, Christian)
(Instrumental)
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CHASING FEAR

(Music: Peterson, Christian; Lyrics: Billy, James)
Paralyzed, And never coming back Even when your eyes are open Everything turns to black Soon forgotten senses Incubates the soul Hiding from the light fantastic Waiting for the show Contemplation, Reality starts to fade Creeping stare behind dead eyes As the minutes burn the day Inactive wandering Still can't get a grip Can God hear you cry Before you start to slip Chasing fear, Human mind unglued Unaware, That fear is chasing you Endless waiting, For nothing to appear Even when your eyes are shut The visions are so clear Harmonious dissidence, Obscure reckoning Did you hear that final note Of silent suffering Chasing fear, Human mind unglued Disappear, The sickness inside of you Chasing fear, Nothing you can do Unaware, That fear is chasing you Solos: Eric, James Loss of function Withering of the will Condemned to a state of nothing Moving in for the kill Brain cells slowly boil With memories intertwined Listening to that empty space Atrophy of the mind Chasing fear, Human mind unglued Disappear, The sickness inside of you Chasing fear, Nothing you can do Unaware that fear is chasing you
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RIDE

(Music: Peterson; Lyrics: Billy, James)
Doesn't know what to do anymore Jesus makes love to the spike A trick for a fix and feeling so sick Just can't seem to get right Once he was the king of his world A world without any order Sold it all without thinking twice Just for a spoonful of water Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you Ceremonious ritual Raising of the veins Always early and feeling so late Waving goodbye to the train Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you Solo: James Slowly scratching away at the world Fearless when he is stoned Obsessed by the dreams of what could've been Trapped in his kingdom alone Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you Ride, ride on through, Ride, ride through you
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LAST CALL

(Music: Peterson, Christian)
(Instrumental Outro)
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