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,
Decapitated head
Licking your cunt
Sucking all the blood
From your stump
Intestinal guts
Taking their hold
Leaving you dead
Stiff and cold
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Inject the reborn terror
The blood comes spurting out
Another to control
Add it to your count
Orders to destroy
Rip and tear apart
Wishing for the end
Your dead is just the start
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Armies of the dead
Hail their leader's head
Hungry for the flesh
While it's warm and fresh
Through the smoke who will see
Who will come out alive?
Now it's your turn to feel the pain
Now it's your turn to die
Licking your cunt
Sucking all the blood
From your stump
Intestinal guts
Taking their hold
Leaving you dead
Stiff and cold
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Inject the reborn terror
The blood comes spurting out
Another to control
Add it to your count
Orders to destroy
Rip and tear apart
Wishing for the end
Your dead is just the start
Controlling the minds of the bloodthristy dead
Unholy seizure slicing through your head
Who will survive only time will tell
Dripping from your mouth comes a rancid smell
Lobotomised corpse shredding your flesh
Leaving your body a bloody mess
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Scream
Bloody
Gore
Armies of the dead
Hail their leader's head
Hungry for the flesh
While it's warm and fresh
Through the smoke who will see
Who will come out alive?
Now it's your turn to feel the pain
Now it's your turn to die
Lyrics submitted by MDMaster
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What Guiffporn said. I'm pretty sure this inspired later gore metal acts like Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under... hell, even Gorerotted maybe. Raw and lo-fi, but that's to be expected. Death shifting to a more technical edge was a good thing honestly. I have nothing against their early sound, but I kind of like technical Death better.