Nightmare, the persecution
A child's dream of death.

Torment, ill forgotten
A soul that will never rest.

Guidance, it means nothing
In a world of brutal time.

Electric, circus, wild,
Deep in the infants mind.

Silent Scream
Bury the unwanted child.
Beaten and torn
Sacrifice the unborn.

Shattered, adolescent [sings: another child]
Bearer of no name.

Restrained, insane games
Suffer the children condemned.

Scattered, remnants of life,
Murder a time to die.

Pain, sufferaged toyed,
Life's little fragments destroyed.

Silent Scream
Crucify the bastard son.
Beaten and torn
Sanctify lives of scorn.

Life preordained
Humanity maintained.
Extraction termination
Pain's agonizing stain.

Embryonic death,
Embedded in your brain.
Suffocation, strangulation,
Death is fucking you insane.

Nightmare, the persecution
A child's dream of death.

Torment, ill forgotten
A soul that will never rest.
Innocence withdrawn in fear.
Fires burning can you hear
Cries in the night.


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Silent Scream Lyrics as written by Kerry King Jeffery John Hanneman

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    Tom Araya is Catholic, so his anti-abortion view wouldn't be surprising. Also, the song is named after an anti-abortion documentary called "the Silent Scream".

    "Silent Scream, Bury the unwanted child" Simply, the fœtus is unwanted, so the baby is killed

    "Sacrifice the unborn" Showing that the "child" is unborn, therefore a fœtus

    "Bearer of no name" The baby has been killed before the parents have even named it

    "Extraction termination" The fœtus is extracted

    "Embryonic death" Pretty self explanatory

    "Innocence withdrawn in fear" Through fear of giving birth and having a child, the "innocence" is removed swiftly

    If anyone is saying that this isn't anti-abortion, then they clearly can't understand the lyrics.

    ConCasson August 20, 2013   Link

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