Postmortem

by Slayer

From the album: Decade of Aggression: Live

Track 18 of 21 on Decade of Aggression: Live (1991).

Decade of Aggression: Live cover art

Lyrics for Postmortem

Funeral held for the depression of man Holds the key to his own death Entering a tomb of a corpse yet conceived Tighten the tourniquet around your neck Sifting away the debris of hated life Cold touch of death begins to chill your spine Seeking life beyond your perishment Repeating words echoing through your mind Chanting lines of blind witchery To save yourself from extinction Wanting to die is your reason to live New life born from the oppressed Taste your blood as it trickles through the air Another casualty beyond the shadows you fall Losing ground, the fate you feel draws near Fatality, reality, await the final call My sinful glare at nothing holds thoughts of death behind it Skeletons in my mind commence tearing at my sanity Vessels in my brain carrying death into my breath Come and die with me forever, share insanity Do you wanna die?! The waves of blood are rushing near, pounding at the walls of lies Turning off my sanity, reaching back into my mind Non-rising body from the grave showing new reality What I am, what I want, I'm only after death

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  2. The Anti-Christ
  3. War Ensemble
  4. South Of Heaven
  5. Raining Blood
  6. Altar Of Sacrifice
  7. Jesus Saves
  8. Dead Skin Mask
  9. Seasons In The Abyss
  10. Mandatory Suicide
  11. Angel Of Death
  12. Hallowed Point
  13. Blood Red
  14. Die By The Sword
  15. Black Magic
  16. Captor Of Sin
  17. Born Of Fire
  18. Postmortem
  19. Spirit In Black
  20. Expendable Youth
  21. Chemical Warfare