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Belly Of The Beast Lyrics
You walk this earth without a heart
You tear the innocent's souls apart
You shovel your conscience into the grave
You walk this earth without a heart
Your uniform couldn't be taken off
A tattoo burned into your flesh
Your mind, your voice
These are your instruments of death
How could you dare to be so bold
You only did as you were told
Marionettes dancing in time
To the apologetic lines
For all the monsters of our time
Who is evil, who is blind?
In the name of who you'll find
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
Millions
Never, never again
Madness
Never, never again
Martyrs
Dead, that can't die
Monsters
Insanity, the normal state
The left hand the hammer, the right the stake
Driven so deep into the heart
It's killing love, it's killing faith
It's killing 'cause it's from the heart
What better way to demoralize
When your own children are your spies
The things you trust are not the same
Trust in death, trust in grief
Trust in hope is trust in pain
Who is evil, who is blind
In the name of who you'll find
You're not supposed to question faith
But how do you except this fate?
Millions
You walk this earth without a heart
Madness
Tear the innocent's souls apart
Martyrs
Shovel your conscience into the grave
Monsters
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
This is the belly of the beast
And all the souls dying for peace
Inside the belly of the beast
You tear the innocent's souls apart
You shovel your conscience into the grave
You walk this earth without a heart
Your uniform couldn't be taken off
A tattoo burned into your flesh
Your mind, your voice
These are your instruments of death
How could you dare to be so bold
You only did as you were told
Marionettes dancing in time
To the apologetic lines
For all the monsters of our time
In the name of who you'll find
A city of souls dying for peace
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
Millions
Never, never again
Madness
Never, never again
Martyrs
Dead, that can't die
Monsters
The left hand the hammer, the right the stake
Driven so deep into the heart
It's killing love, it's killing faith
It's killing 'cause it's from the heart
What better way to demoralize
When your own children are your spies
The things you trust are not the same
Trust in death, trust in grief
Trust in hope is trust in pain
In the name of who you'll find
You're not supposed to question faith
But how do you except this fate?
You walk this earth without a heart
Madness
Tear the innocent's souls apart
Martyrs
Shovel your conscience into the grave
Monsters
Welcome to the belly of the beast
One mind, one voice
Welcome to the belly of the beast
Who hears your voice?
This is the belly of the beast
And all the souls dying for peace
Inside the belly of the beast
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um... I'm pretty sure it's a song about the Holocaust, and the Nazis who "were only following orders" and such.
This is one of my favorite Anthrax songs. The song that leads into Belly of the Beast isn't on here obviously because there's no lyrics(Intro to Reality), but I was always intrigued by the dialogue spoken during the guitar. Well, 15 years after first hearing this song, I heard the same dialogue in a Twilight Zone episode called, "Deaths Head Revisited" which deals with a former S.S. soldier who returns to a WWII concentration camp years later, and encounters a former prisoner. This song is definitely about the Holocaust and Nazi Germany and mirrors the theme of this TZ episode.
The song is about Nazis, especially the claims at the Nurnburg Trials after Germany surrendered that the soldiers were "just following orders" which was ultimately rejected as an excuse for abuses inflicted on Jews, homosexuals, etc. The instrumental song that precedes it on the album features words from the Twilight Zone Episode "Deaths-Head Revisted" which dealt with the same subject matter.
welcome to the bewwy of tha beast!!!!
i think that the meaning does need an interpritation greenhobo21 because not everyone is goign to agree and that is the perpose of this site u know
anyway
at first id agree that this song was about the holocaust but upon thinking about it i think this song is actualy about george orwells 1984 with the beast being the party and obviusly the entire world as the belly like the line "martyrs/dead, that cant die" could refer to an unperson and the line that really struck me woudl be "What better way to demoralize/When your own children are your spies" because that ws a major part in the book that the childrne rat out there parents to the mind police
but thats just my interpritation. great song
@its_a_mad_world The line "What better way to demoralize when your children are your own spies" refers to the nazis, who encouraged children to rat on their own parents. The referrence to the nazi regime is confirmed in the chorus: "Millions, never never again. Madness, never never again". After WWII world leaders, particularly European leaders, promised never to let such horror happen again. "Martyrs, dead that can\'t die" refer to the Nüremberg trial where video evidence of the holocaust, concentration camps and mass burials was presented.
@its_a_mad_world The line "What better way to demoralize when your children are your own spies" refers to the nazis, who encouraged children to rat on their own parents. The referrence to the nazi regime is confirmed in the chorus: "Millions, never never again. Madness, never never again". After WWII world leaders, particularly European leaders, promised never to let such horror happen again. "Martyrs, dead that can\'t die" refer to the Nüremberg trial where video evidence of the holocaust, concentration camps and mass burials was presented.
@its_a_mad_world Also the official video was filmed in Berlin.
@its_a_mad_world Also the official video was filmed in Berlin.
@its_a_mad_world For a great metal song about the book 1984 from George Orwell, check out "Hook In Mouth" by Megadeth.
@its_a_mad_world For a great metal song about the book 1984 from George Orwell, check out "Hook In Mouth" by Megadeth.
I at first thought it was about oppressive police, then I started to think it was about either 1984 society or Communism too (all the same thing, right?), but then the lines "You're not supposed to question faith/But how do you except this fate?" kind of make me think the song is about blind faith in organized religion, or maybe the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.
GOD DAMNIT ANTHRAX! The chorus meoldy for this I had already made up and was gonna put on a demo I'm working on, but then I found it in this song. Great song btw.
i think this i just a summary of overall corruption , simple right?
Intro to reality- Belly of the Beast.... This tells the story of the post 9/11 world, hysteria and fear, the Orwellian society that we've plunged into. Recall the intro to reality clip is from the original "Twilight Zone" episode about the concentration camp revisited by a former nazi tool whose atrocities are coming back to haunt him. Sounds like the grim death peddlers of the new millennium. Shovel your conscience down the drain.
"This tells the story of the post 9/11 world" ¿? 8-O please check album info
"This tells the story of the post 9/11 world" ¿? 8-O please check album info