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,
End of man is drawing closer
Destiny, forge the beast of man that yo made
End has come for your life, can't escape solidified reality
On your knees, soon to be deceased, it's coming!
Mutilation, natural the consequences
Hope is lost, begging for your life, you're dying
One by one I'll kill you all
Piled like shit, rotting in my pit, ripening!
Putrid flesh fills my mouth, teeth grinding
Savoring the taste of your death
Wasted souls, you have made this be, no mercy!
I erase your whole world, only my seed remains
End of time upon us, we will see the growing fear rising to insanity
Nothing here can stop it, everyone is doomed to die
Death arrives so unkind
Rounding up the victims, force them head first to their death
Prejudice for humans
Every corpse is equal, gaping holes that once held life
Nameless dead cadavers, end has come
Everyone will meet their end now, end of man
All in line for execution
Man will meet its horrid death
Brought upon themselves, heinous crimes, begging
Kicked down, crushed before my feet
Brutal death unfolds, disaster comes, terror
Bodies piled for all to see
Murdered for your waste, negligent humans
Torn apart, consumed by me!
Ripped apart, eaten by me, and now!
Now that you are next in line, next to die
Forced in, pinned down, now you are prepared for your death
At me, your face, it just stares
My seething rage you see behind my eyes
Mindlessly, you scream your pleas in my face
Scared to death and sickened with disgrace
Your last known thought is that I now own your life!
Your entire world has been destroyed
There's nothing to turn that back
You don't even know what you've become
The cancer of all the earth
The entire world will be destroyed
There's nothing to hold me back
I will eat your flesh, tear off your heads
And rid the world of your mess!
The entire world will be destroyed
There's nothing to hold me back
I will eat your flesh, tear off your heads
And rid this world of your mess
Your entire world has been destroyed
There's nothing to turn that back
You don't even know what you've become
The cancer of all the earth!
The whole world must die
The whole world must die, savoring youre death, now I have
your world
The whole world has died, meat for the beast
The whole world is mine!
Destiny, forge the beast of man that yo made
End has come for your life, can't escape solidified reality
On your knees, soon to be deceased, it's coming!
Mutilation, natural the consequences
Hope is lost, begging for your life, you're dying
One by one I'll kill you all
Piled like shit, rotting in my pit, ripening!
Putrid flesh fills my mouth, teeth grinding
Savoring the taste of your death
Wasted souls, you have made this be, no mercy!
I erase your whole world, only my seed remains
End of time upon us, we will see the growing fear rising to insanity
Nothing here can stop it, everyone is doomed to die
Death arrives so unkind
Rounding up the victims, force them head first to their death
Prejudice for humans
Every corpse is equal, gaping holes that once held life
Nameless dead cadavers, end has come
Everyone will meet their end now, end of man
All in line for execution
Man will meet its horrid death
Brought upon themselves, heinous crimes, begging
Kicked down, crushed before my feet
Brutal death unfolds, disaster comes, terror
Bodies piled for all to see
Murdered for your waste, negligent humans
Torn apart, consumed by me!
Ripped apart, eaten by me, and now!
Now that you are next in line, next to die
Forced in, pinned down, now you are prepared for your death
At me, your face, it just stares
My seething rage you see behind my eyes
Mindlessly, you scream your pleas in my face
Scared to death and sickened with disgrace
Your last known thought is that I now own your life!
Your entire world has been destroyed
There's nothing to turn that back
You don't even know what you've become
The cancer of all the earth
The entire world will be destroyed
There's nothing to hold me back
I will eat your flesh, tear off your heads
And rid the world of your mess!
The entire world will be destroyed
There's nothing to hold me back
I will eat your flesh, tear off your heads
And rid this world of your mess
Your entire world has been destroyed
There's nothing to turn that back
You don't even know what you've become
The cancer of all the earth!
The whole world must die
The whole world must die, savoring youre death, now I have
your world
The whole world has died, meat for the beast
The whole world is mine!
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