Frantic minds are terrified
Life lies in a grave
Silent death rides high above
On the wings of revelation
Multi death from chemicals
Arrogance has won
Annihilation must be swift
Destroy without destruction

Gods on the throne must be watching from hell
Awaiting the mass genocide
Soldiers defeated by death from a smell
Bodies lie dormant no life
Rising new souls on the lands where they fell
Demons not ready to die
Nothing to see where the sleeping souls lie

Chemical warfare

Artificial fucking peace
Line up in a death row
Generals in their slow defeat
Diminished from this hell
Banished from the dying world
The lords of hell await
Dogs of war are helpless prey
To immortality

Gods on the throne must be watching from hell
Awaiting the mass genocide
Soldiers defeated by death from a smell
Bodies lie dormant no life
Rising new souls on the lands where they fell
Demons not ready to die
Nothing to see where the sleeping souls lie

Chemical warfare!!!

Fuck it up!

Liquidate
The torture kills the troops that try to fight
Terminate
Human pesticide bring days of doom
Mist falls
The deadly gas that brings them to their knees
Sacrifice
Steal the soul and send his corpse to hell

Mummified regions lying in dust
Fall victim to this game
Petrified corpses bathing in rust
Taken without being blamed
Falsified spirits farther they fall
Soon they will join us in hell
See the sky burning the gates are ablaze
Satan awaits eager to merge

Gods on the throne must be watching from hell
Awaiting the mass genocide
Soldiers defeated by death from a smell
Bodies lie dormant no life
Rising new souls on the lands where they fell
Demons not ready to die
Nothing to see where the sleeping souls lie

Chemical warfare

Warfare!


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Chemical Warfare Lyrics as written by Kerry Ray King Jeffery John Hanneman

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    well i think its pretty obvious about chemicals destroying the world and that kind of stuff. this used to be my angry song and i had it on my computer until my mp3 was wiped out

    anyone know where i can get the album?

    masterofpuppets80on May 13, 2003   Link
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    I think this is about vietnam. how they used agent orange. that what i think.

    Dying_In_Vainon April 15, 2004   Link
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    you can get the album off what ever amazon your nation uses master, this ones basically about chemical warfare and the threat of all that...

    YKYR13on May 18, 2004   Link
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    "this used to be my angry song" I know what you mean, it's just like pure anger. It's about chemical weapons being used in warfare.

    quiffpornon June 11, 2004   Link
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    i agree, by the way this is a cover, the ORIGINAL Chemical Warfare (1/3 in length lol) was by 80s punk band Dead Kennedys, and it is also the better version, though i like this one as well, especially the instrumentals, but the lyrics were changed around alot...

    gofuckyourselfon January 08, 2005   Link
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    gofuckyourself go fuck yourself you idiot. the DK son is only the same in subject but they are very different songs. A kick ass Slayer song

    SlayerFreak666on May 18, 2005   Link
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    I think its about napalm in vietnam and how evil the U.S gov thought it was.

    minorxxthreaton February 13, 2006   Link
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    Yeah this one is about Chemical Warfare! I'm looking to become a Chemist and make these weapons!

    fallschirmjägeron April 05, 2006   Link
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    there's a DK song with the same title. It is not a cover though, it's a completely different song

    awdrgon September 17, 2006   Link
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    CHEMICAL WARFARE IS THE DEFINITION OF THRASH METAL!!

    slayerg7on December 27, 2008   Link

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