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Cancer of the Soul Lyrics
[CHORUS]
Kill them, for they must die
Mongers of the greatest lie
Burn them, for (the) sins they scar
Followers not leaders in war
Left to rot is their faith on poles
Icons shatter with burning holes
Curtains fall on religion's role
The cancer of the soul
Hallowed name, holy trinity
With disdain now crush this divinity
Preaching tongues, lizard spawned
Recycle the Christian death from (the) beyond
House of God, pit of snakes
Staring through the eyes of mistakes
In their hearts, oh they carry fear
Succumb to death and make it disappear
Casket cracks, (with) human debris
Death in the last degree
Salvation's not, to be seen
Faith is lost in the blood-red scream
Repeating God's, name in vain
The mantra of your life's pain
Body cracks, (with) vivisection
Salvation's now a dead infection
Kill them, for they must die
Mongers of the greatest lie
Burn them, for (the) sins they scar
Followers not leaders in war
Left to rot is their faith on poles
Icons shatter with burning holes
Curtains fall on religion's role
The cancer of the soul
With disdain now crush this divinity
Preaching tongues, lizard spawned
Recycle the Christian death from (the) beyond
House of God, pit of snakes
Staring through the eyes of mistakes
In their hearts, oh they carry fear
Succumb to death and make it disappear
Death in the last degree
Salvation's not, to be seen
Faith is lost in the blood-red scream
Repeating God's, name in vain
The mantra of your life's pain
Body cracks, (with) vivisection
Salvation's now a dead infection
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I like these lyrics. The major idea is that religion is dangerous to society, a "cancer of the soul." People often "follow" rather than "lead" in wars as a result of religion. Religious people also often pretend to have faith when "In their hearts, oh they carry fear." However, I disagree with the main idea that religion is a "cancer of the soul." If religion is a cancer of the soul, then so is communism, or the Enlightenment, or these lyrics, or any other worldview you can think of that has lead (or could lead) to tragedies. Rather, it think there is much good that can come out of religion - but that wouldn't make for a very interesting death metal song.
Now if religion was all this song is about, then it wouldn't be that bad. But it's not. At its core, this song is basically fascist and socially oppressive. Maybe religion is dangerous to society, but does that mean we should "kill them all?" No. That'd make us worse than the Crusaders. Specifically, to "kill off" the socially "dangerous" would be to infringe upon fundamental rights and freedoms - the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and so on. At the end of the day, I think the lyrics to this song are counter-productive, as the lyrics introduce a new type of religion: anti-religion.
@enarchay Yep pretty much, it's pretty much as the lyrics follow.
@enarchay Yep pretty much, it's pretty much as the lyrics follow.
@enarchay I think it speaks against religious oppression more than religion itself. As for killing them being the answer to it-- this is death metal.
@enarchay I think it speaks against religious oppression more than religion itself. As for killing them being the answer to it-- this is death metal.
To me, this song is about religion in its entirety. Not really to sure on all of the song, but I know it's about religion and it's stupidity.
I think it is saying that religion is merely something created as a way for people to get money. And these people are not always good "Preaching tongues, lizard spawned" "House of God, pit of snakes" And that when it comes down to it, all they thought they knew is found wrong when they die. The promise of living for ever gone when they die. "Salvation's not, to be seen" "Faith is lost in the blood-red scream"
I think it is saying that religion is merely something created as a way for people to get money. And these people are not always good "Preaching tongues, lizard spawned" "House of God, pit of snakes" And that when it comes down to it, all they thought they knew is found wrong when they die. The promise of living for ever gone when they die. "Salvation's not, to be seen" "Faith is lost in the blood-red scream"