Slayer – Criminally Insane

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Night will come and I will follow
For my victims, no tomorrow
Make it fast, your time of sorrow
On his trail, I'll make you follow

Quarters for the criminally insane
The sentence read for life I must remain
The path I chose has led me to my grave
To try again I have no other way

Quarters for the criminally insane
Escape for me has fast become a game
Soon to be, I'll leave without a trace
Endangered species end the human race

Branded in pain
Marked criminally insane
Locked away and kept restrained
Disapprobation, but what have I done
I have yet only just begun
To take your fuckin' lives

Night will come and I will follow
For my victims, no tomorrow
Make it fast, your time of sorrow
On his trail, I'll make you follow

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Track duration: 02:23

"Criminally Insane" as written by Jeffery John Hanneman, Kerry King

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:the cryptic satanic laugh dubbed in at 00:25 is one of my favorite laughs ever...
    Flag _erikon March 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Heineken12 has it summed up, Poison and Motley Crue suck.....the only people at my school who listen to Motley Crue is a pair of twins who are guys and kiss each other on the lips
    Flag Wedenfuddon March 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Song is about Tex Watson, who was essentially Manson's enforcer and participant in the Tate and LaBianca slayings.
    Flag bafflewiton December 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It's about someone that is Criminally Insane trapped behind bars(or a lonnie bin) and is just waiting to come out and quote, "TAKE YOUR FUCKING LIVES!"
    Flag Black_Sabathon April 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Damn, Necronic's right, I never noticed it before, but the laugh is at around 0:23 seconds into the song.

    I don't know, I think metal fans in general are too full of themselves and try to be elitists. I like a lot of types of music from Slayer, to Coltrane, to Anaal Nathrakh, to N.W.A., to Gustav Holst, to Opeth, to Slipknot, to Atheist, to Burzum etc. Why keep a closed mind?

    Most music is good, even if it is mainstream, what makes it NOT good to you is that it's simply not your taste, which is merely an opinion, and should be left at that. Either that or you're trying to be more "metal" than the next person and think you're looking cool doing so in the process, which is the case with a lot of metal fans.

    Slayer is the greatest band ever by the way. And no that's no just my opinion, it's a fact :)
    Flag SpilltheBloodon June 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:In the beginning of the song, if you listen closely (through headphones) you can make out an evil laugh. Its freaky.
    Flag Necronicon July 03, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song has one of my favorite lines of all time:
    "This is probation but what have I done? I have yet only just begun to, TAKE YA FUCKIN' LIFE!!"
    Flag mrhornon May 22, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:and heinekken...the crue kick arse!
    Flag i_am_the_lawon May 22, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:*adopts stoned community worker tone* People, people...chill out already! If the Gods of Thrash aren't allowed to make violent and unnerving death threats sound real, then they might as well become self-parodyists like the Wurzels (and no, I don't think they already have). Trust me, every anti-semitic white supremacist cunt I've met (and living in a large National Front consituency, there have been many) has denounced all rock n roll as being impure devil's music which has its roots in afro-american culture (classic stuff like Chuck Berry) and leftist anarchism (the pistols dude!!). So what I think I was trying to say before going off on one, is that Slayer only adopt fascist imagery to show that, like Hitler, they have total supremacy over anyone who dares challenge them, but unlike the Nazis they're doing it for a good cause--turning us all completely deaf. Hell, Mr. Araya can come over here and declare himself the Supreme Dictator any time he likes-UK citizen or not. Awesome tune by the way, even though the intro reminds me of the drumming in a shit song by that most retarded of elbow-licking, neck-jerking cretin groups; Coldplay. But Dave luckily made it sound oh-so-heavyiocius.
    Flag i_am_the_lawon May 22, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:People you all need to shut up becuase you are being stupid. People all have differant tastes and if you personaly dont like the band then thats cool but dont say that people are dumb for listen to a band.
    I myself am a fan of Slipknot and Slayer. And you litterly are dumb if you say slipknot is just a bunch of "fucktards" becuase if Slayer was metal they would sound alot alike.

    So to wrap up, Dont call people dumb for liking a band you dont.
    Flag Zalcholon February 23, 2006   Link

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