High velocity bullet at close range
Can damage the mind
Shattering the skull, shredding the brain
Severing the spine

Bury a round of lead in the chest
It's quite an impression
Imagine the innards of your soul
The infliction

Instinctive regression
With intent to kill
No regard of human life
Or the blood spilled

Riddled convulsions
Confetti of flesh
Scattered helplessly
Losing your control of physical facilities

Release the slide to cleanse inside
Prepare to anoint
Snap the tongue in the groove discharge
To make my hallowed point

Instinctive regression
With intent to kill
No regard of human life
Or the blood spilled

The power of a gun
Used with conviction
Dispersed on excursions
Randomly kills its victims

My sweet revenge
Bitter in depression
The thrilling release
Of a hatred deep persuasion

The power of a gun
Used with conviction
Diffused compulsions
Unending repercussions

Violent emotion
Screaming revolution
Spasmic convulsions
Death an empty gun


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Hallowed Point [DVD Video; Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Kerry King Jeffery John Hanneman

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    I reckon it's about soldiers storming a beach or...something of the sort, killing folks, As only Slayer can describe.

    GiJofuson October 01, 2006   Link
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    Slayer likes to reference WWII in their lyrics. However, here I believe it may be Vietnam as "body count's the bottom line" is the only way they could gauge victory in Vietnam guerrilla warfare.

    THEOCSLAYERon October 14, 2017   Link
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    General Comment

    'penetrate your holy ground' and 'M-16' narrows it down to post-Vietnam conflicts but it is the live perspective of a soldier out in front of his patrol on 'point'.....don't know if the lyrics are correct but I think it is more powerful if instead of 'point is where all die' it should be 'point is where I'll die' just as in the early part of the song he states 'point is where I reign' Two things on your mind while on point are that every enemy that spots you should die before they kill you.....and that's what this song is about.

    dennisn3hon April 10, 2019   Link
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    Song Fact

    This is 'Hallowed Point', from Seasons in the Abyss;

    Not 'Point', from Diabolus in Musica..

    SlayerInTheAbysson February 14, 2024   Link

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