Nightmare!
Mass depression, silent screams out there
Damn it, into darkness
Something that'll never rise
Darkness!
In this something that the world that follows rhyme
Impetrate, simplest wine
Deep within my spine

Silent Scream!
Tearing it up in time
It'll die sucking the part where it'll die

Shout!
Another time
Evil hard knock game
Mistake!
Mistaken, something that's chewing you down
Scared!
Of dangers of light
Bury tainted guy
Grain...
Suffers rhyme
Hard is something that is destroyed

Silent Scream!
The worst of the bitterest sound
Evil does the light turn into stow

Light!
Free of dead
Humanity mayday
Destruction
To the end show
Preserved the nastiest prey
Wake me up, and down
Infinity to prey
Selection to the later
It brought us the end of the day

Nightmare!
Mass depression, silent screams out there
Damn it, into darkness
Something that'll never rise

Innocent!
We're all gonna die!
Silent scream!
It's the end of light!


Lyrics submitted by ricoetc

Silent Scream Lyrics as written by Kerry King Jeffery John Hanneman

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    slayer fucking kicks ass. and so do CoB but i havnt heard it. i bet its just as good as the original

    SisterFister6905on April 15, 2005   Link
  • +2
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    This cover really kicks ass. Children of Bodom made this cover shound nearly like their own song, and I was mistaken into thinking it too. I have heard both Silent Screams, and before I looked it up on the internet, I didnt realise that it was a Slayer Cover. CoB did a fantastic job with this cover. Its comparable to Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt" where the cover song sounds like a whole new song.

    rogermaniaon May 16, 2006   Link
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    I loved Slayers version. I want to listen to Children of Bodom's version but i can't seem to find it :(

    ThRoMeon July 15, 2007   Link

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