Ancient crown placed on your head
The hangmen of Prague
Seven keys to the chamber
Surrendered to the God
Hunting
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And spill some more
Hiding
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And bleed some more
Golden door submits secrets
As this nation falls
Atmosphere of deadly terror
Subservient to all
Hunting
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And spill some more
Hunting
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And bleed some more
Burning sense of mission
Assassination
Symbol of oppression
Crusade led from exile
Obliteration
Sabotaged campaign
Check resistance from afar
Planning the death of one
When the plot is executed
There will be nowhere to run
Ramifications will be high
A price paid in torment
The end justifies the means
To hell you will be sent
<i>Lead - Hanneman</i>
The wolf leader now is the stalked
Expansion state of horror
Guns echo over the grave
A thousand fates are sealed
Murderous power brought to an end
Only to rise again
Cold and rustless and iron will
Protectorate of the dead
<i>Lead - King</i>
A thorough sweep
Prelude to death
Secrets kept
But no one left
Firing squad
Begins their work
Harsh reprisal
For what you took
Retribution selective terror
The stench of death is everywhere
A severed head
A floating mass
Will give me answers to what I ask
The hangmen of Prague
Seven keys to the chamber
Surrendered to the God
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And spill some more
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And bleed some more
As this nation falls
Atmosphere of deadly terror
Subservient to all
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And spill some more
Fighting
Killing whore
Wade through blood
And bleed some more
Assassination
Symbol of oppression
Obliteration
Sabotaged campaign
Planning the death of one
When the plot is executed
There will be nowhere to run
Ramifications will be high
A price paid in torment
The end justifies the means
To hell you will be sent
Expansion state of horror
Guns echo over the grave
A thousand fates are sealed
Murderous power brought to an end
Only to rise again
Cold and rustless and iron will
Protectorate of the dead
Prelude to death
Secrets kept
But no one left
Firing squad
Begins their work
Harsh reprisal
For what you took
Retribution selective terror
The stench of death is everywhere
A severed head
A floating mass
Will give me answers to what I ask
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This song is written about Reinhard Heydrich, who was second in command of the SS, next to Himmler.
Slayer writes about his assassination in 1942 with these lines :
Burning sense of mission Assassination Symbol of oppression
"Crusade led from exile Obliteration Sabotaged campaign
Check resistance from afar Planning the death of one When the plot is executed There will be nowhere to run Ramifications will be high A price paid in torment The end justifies the means To hell you will be sent
The wolf leader now is the stalked Expansion state of horror Guns echo over the grave A thousand fates are sealed Murderous power brought to an end Only to rise again Cold and rustless and iron will Protectorate of the dead"
Later Slayer sings of the vengance Hitler took after the killing, in which he completely obliterated an entire Czech village, Lidice, and all of it's residents.
It was Reinhard Heydrich who came up with the plan for "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question."
STOP CALLING THEM NAZI!!!! For fucks sake if anyone thats not the history channel talks about the nsdap they are all of a sudden supports of the 3rd reich.
This song is about the chec resitance to nazi oppresion and the reprocussion for acting against the nazi regiem.
Slayer are not Nazis.
How can Slayer be nazis? As far as I remember they aren't active members in the National Socialist German Worker's Party? There is nothing wrong with a poet or musician describing a war, a party, or even sporting symbols of either. There's nothing wrong with being a WW2 buff.
Anyways this song is yet another WW2 song from Slayer. This one in particular is Hanneman's writing
wrac is right, i saw it on the net somewhere, im not even gonna get into the slayer/nazi thing
Excellent song
nice heavy beggining riffs. great overall song.
ah why do slayer have to ruin their excellent metal credentials by being such nazis?