This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Lying there cold after a torturous death
Your life ended fast you took your last breath
Dead in a grave, your final place
The maggots infest your disfigured face
Pus through your veins takes the place of blood
Decay sets in, bones begin to crack
Thrown six feet down left to rot
Brains oozing black down the side of your broken neck
Skull full of maggots
They enter your tomb, maggots, beginning to feast, maggots
Crawling on you, maggots, now they eat you, maggots
Rotting maggots, maggots, infesting your corpse, maggots
Parasites of the dead, maggots, now dwell in your head
Lying there cold after a torturous death
Your life ended fast you took your last breath
Dead in a grave, your final place
The maggots infest your disfigured face
Pus through your veins takes the place of blood
Decay sets in, bones begin to crack
Thrown six feet down left to rot
Brains oozing black down the side of your broken neck
Your life ended fast you took your last breath
Dead in a grave, your final place
The maggots infest your disfigured face
Pus through your veins takes the place of blood
Decay sets in, bones begin to crack
Thrown six feet down left to rot
Brains oozing black down the side of your broken neck
Skull full of maggots
They enter your tomb, maggots, beginning to feast, maggots
Crawling on you, maggots, now they eat you, maggots
Rotting maggots, maggots, infesting your corpse, maggots
Parasites of the dead, maggots, now dwell in your head
Lying there cold after a torturous death
Your life ended fast you took your last breath
Dead in a grave, your final place
The maggots infest your disfigured face
Pus through your veins takes the place of blood
Decay sets in, bones begin to crack
Thrown six feet down left to rot
Brains oozing black down the side of your broken neck
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THIS SONG MAKES ME WANNA RAPE DEAD LITTLE CHILDREN
hey GreatRedGoat you should check out necropedophile
cannibal corpse are the kings of death metal
Thanks, because anything you say is never worth
this song is fuckin awsome
well that was just dumb to compare n'sync to this band. ok, you dont like them, but how about a different "band" to compare them too. you're fucking dumb. dont look up the lyrics if you dont like this kinda shit.
Yeah seriously there asshole why would look at lyrics to the song if you don't even like the band, and as for comparing them to Nsync...Are you gay or something, do you actually listen to Nsync? Jesus Christ. Maybe you should bad mouth Slipknot...and see how many teeth get knocked out of your fucking skull you poppy asshole.
DEFTONIUS:Slipknot fucking sucks shit. it's pop music for angsty suburban pre-teens who can't stay up past their bedtime. And what if BIG KEEN was gay? what would that matter? don't be so fucking ignorant. although he never mentioned homosexuality at all, and used 'n sync as the last band that sucked as hard as this one. which could be accurate, really.
NSYNC did actually have talent. I have a hotpink NSYNC shirt. Beat that? I do have sympathy for the members of Cannibal Corpse, I dont think that they would "sing" or scream that type of music, unless of a troubled past. God Bless every member (or satan, whatever they wish), and hope for a better, brighter second life.
Bolt_Thrower, learn to read. I never said that Cannibal Corpse ripped off decapitated and Lamb of God, I was just saying that both of those bands are better than Cannibal Corpse.
It figures that you wouldn't like Decapitated or Lamb of God, because they actually write intelligent lyrics.
"Have you seen the turn out cannibal corpse gets in there shows?" - What does that prove? Brittany Spears sells out huge arenas, by your logic that must make her music really good (I think we both know that it isn't).
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