A soldier's heart
Reflecting back at me
I keep seeing mutilated faces
Even in my dreams
Distorted images
Flashing rapidly
Psychotically abusing me
Devouring my brain

The eyes of the insane
On a demented campaign

Tortured spirits
Will not let me rest
These thoughts of mutilated faces
Completely possessed
Fragmented images
Flashing rapidly
Psychotically abusing me
Worming through my head

Shell shock battle fatigue
Overwhelming anxiety
Flashbacks panic attacks
Death raising its ugly face at me

Got to make it stop
Can't take it anymore
The dead keep haunting me
They just keep coming back for more

The eyes of the insane
On an demented campaign
Flashbacks panic attacks
Death raising his ugly face at me

Got to make it stop
Can't take it anymore
Death's face keeps haunting me
It just keeps coming back for more

Got to make it stop
Can't take it anymore
Death's face keeps haunting me
It just keeps coming back for more

A soldier
Of misfortune
I owe my pain an suffering
To this hell
These demons
Ripping through my soul
Evil's relentless hostility
Won't let me sleep

Shell shop battle fatigue
Devastating insanity
Flashbacks panic attacks
Death's riding he's coming for me


Lyrics submitted by gothic_hobbit

Eyes of the Insane Lyrics as written by Jeffery John Hanneman Dave Lombardo

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    Im pretty sure its about a soldier who's been brainwashed so much, when he goes to battle he starts getting flashbacks of his past life If u watch the video, it shows him strangling some dude for his gas-mask but then it shows his flashbacks of holding (spinning, playing) his little girl Anyone agree?

    blaze_em_allon September 01, 2008   Link

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