With our callous minds we infect
Other ways of life no regrets
Like a masochist we instigate
While the rest of the world must tolerate

Americon, it's all about the mother fucking oil
Regardless of the flag upon it's soil
In a blood bath we pad our fucking greed
This precious hunt may take maintain liberty

Americon, so here we live in a land of deceit
That imprison the minds of the weak
No immunity for swaying the odds
From this resistant strain Americon

Americon, some feel the need to play God
No immunity for swaying the odds
From this resilient plague Americon

With our poison minds we infest
Other ways of life we ingest
In a blood bath we steal you dignity
This precious hunt it may take liberty

Americon


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Americon Lyrics as written by Kerry King Jeffery John Hanneman

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    The song's riffs are really good, but I just tried something out for the hell of it. I like the other Slayer slow tempo songs (ex: Skeletons of Society), but this one I thought could use a pickup in speed. I increased the tempo by 15% in an audio program and the result really kicks major ass (especially the drums).

    On the song title, I think by Americon they are saying that it is an American "con" (as in lying or trying to deceive people) stating that the war is about anything else but the oil.

    abiudbon August 26, 2010   Link

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