I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence
I am the assassin, providing your nemesis
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend
No incantations of remorse, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, my friend, my friend, my friend, my friend
I am the assassin
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot?
Who camouflaged emotion in the thousand yard stare?
Who gouged the notches from the family tree?
Who hypnotized the guilt in career rhythm trance?
Assassing
Assassing
Assassing
Assassing
Listen to the blade
Feel the blade
Detach the blade
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption
Venomous verbs of ruthless candor plagiarize assassins fervor
Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell the creed of tempered diction
(My friend, your friend, the assassin)
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
Let bitter silence infect the wound
Let bitter silence infect the wound
I am the assasin (your friend)
I am the assasin (your friend)
I am the assasin (your friend)
I am the assasin (your friend)
Assassing
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone
Parading a Hollywood conscience
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector
So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend
And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend
To eradicate the problem, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice
Within the voice
Within the voice
Within the voice
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway, my friend?
I am the assassin, providing your nemesis
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend
No incantations of remorse, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, my friend, my friend, my friend, my friend
Who camouflaged emotion in the thousand yard stare?
Who gouged the notches from the family tree?
Who hypnotized the guilt in career rhythm trance?
Assassing
Assassing
Assassing
Feel the blade
Detach the blade
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption
Venomous verbs of ruthless candor plagiarize assassins fervor
Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell the creed of tempered diction
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
Let bitter silence infect the wound
Let bitter silence infect the wound
I am the assasin (your friend)
I am the assasin (your friend)
I am the assasin (your friend)
Parading a Hollywood conscience
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector
And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend
To eradicate the problem, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice
Within the voice
Within the voice
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This song was a comment on the Ex-drummer Mike Pointer and his comments in the music press at the time.
To me it's about how words have the power to make or break someone, especially when those words might be shared via the press to an impressionable audience who don't have all the facts. You don't need violence to solve problems, a word in the right ear then made public will injure someone far more harshly. A modern version of the phrase, "The pen is mightier than the sword.".
Fish's masterful lyrics, they're so razor sharp they could slice through sheet metal when he sings! Ha ha!
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cat with calm precision Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell the creed of tempered diction Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassins fervour
Fantastic example of Fish going off on one! Sounds great on the live album Reel to Real though.