Death Leprosy Chuck Schuldiner Guitar, Vocals Rick Rozz Guitar Terry Butler Bass Bill Andrews Drums - Leprosy 6:20 - Born dead 3:27 - Forgotten past 4:36 - Left to die 4:38 - Pull the plug 4:27 - Open casket 4:56 - Primitive ways 4:33 - Choke on it 5:54 SONG: LEPROSY (words and music: Schuldiner) Bodies deformed way beyond belief Cast out from their concerned society Flesh contorting day after day Freak of the dark world is what the people say Their lives decay before their eyes There is no hope of cure Among their own kind they live A life that's so obscure First an arm and then a leg Deterioration grows Rotting while they breathe - death comes slow Leprosy will take control and bring you to your death No chance of a normal life to live just like the rest Leprosy will spread with time, your body soon to change Appearance becomes hideous a sight too much to take Tuberculoid the most severe Decay of the nerves comes fast Sense of feeling soon to be gone Life will never last No hope of recovery after the nerves are eaten away Damage is done you feel no more pain Bones decay deterioration grows Origin of this horrid disease nobody knows Their lives decay before their eyes There is no hope of cure Among their own kind they live A life that's so obscure First an arm and then a leg Deterioration grows Rotting while they breathe - death comes slow Leprosy will take control and bring you to your death No chance of a normal life to live just like the rest Leprosy will spread with time, your body soon to change Appearance becomes hideous a sight too much to take SONG: BORN DEAD (words: Shuldiner; music: Shuldiner/Rozz) Brought to this world to wither away Naive about the ways of life is what they say Millions live millions die, more are yet to come Living skeletons - where they come from Born dead into this world To starve and rot in agony Born dead into this world It's their choice, why can't you see Life of misery, soon a corpse you be As bones show through, nothing you can do Relief does not exist When you are born to die Disease spreads fast across their dying world Many cemeteries they will have to build As process goes on for many years to come A human waste land created when they are done Born dead into this world To starve and rot in agony Born dead into this world It's their choice, why can't you see SONG: FORGOTTEN PAST (words: Shuldiner; music: Shuldi- ner/Rozz) Deep in your mind there is another side A morbid truth one cannot hide Unimaginable gore was your past time high To hear people scream, to watch them die Return back to the burial site Face your dreams upon this night Severed limbs not far away Spirit past you now obey Images of the forgotten past Your first life revealed at last Now you'll find to your surprise All the corpses you left behind A place you feel you've been to before Where life would turn right into gore You dig deep down through the years of decay The truth is revealed, you found you way Return back to the burial site Face your dreams upon this night Several limbs not far away Spirit past you now obey Images of the forgotten past Your first life revealed at last Now you'll find to your surprise All the corpses you left behind SONG: LEFT TO DIE (words: Shuldiner; music: Shuldi- ner/Rozz) Put your life into their hands Die for someone else Now you're in the real world Where pain and death are felt The first blood shed does not seem real Reality is what you feel Dropping to your knees you pray God won't make this go away You will not return alive - left to die Suffering until the end - left to die Time stands still as you pass away No more tomorrow this is you last day On this [fucking] earth Bodies fall onto the ground Blood flies through the air Shedded victims lie in pain Death is never fair Legs blown off, all hope is lost A human life is what it cost Others follow close behind A real adventure they will find You will not return alive - left to die Suffering until the end - left to die SONG: PULL THE PLUG (words and music: Schuldiner) Memories is all that's left behind As I lay and wait to die Little do they know That i hear their choice of life End it now, it is the only way Too cruel, that is what they say Release me from this lonely world There is no hope - why don't you Pull the plug Let me pass away Pull the plug Don't wanna live this way Once I had full control of my life I now behold a machine decides my fate End it now it's all too late What has now been days, it seems like years To stay like this is what i fear Life ends so fast, so take your chance And make it last End it now, it is the only way Too cruel, that is what they say Release me from this lonely world There is no hope - why don't you Pull the plug Let me pass away Pull the plug Don't wanna live this way SONG: OPEN CASKET (words: Schuldiner; music: Schuld- iner/Rozz) Approach the image filled with fear As the image grows so clear Future now takes full control The one whose past you now behold Touch - the flesh it is so cold Turn away - you now have been told Never to return, memories will last In the future, you'll think about the past Never to forget, what you have seen People come to pay respect Taking pictures of the dead That is what life comes to be Once they lived, now they're deceased Death is oh so strange The past no one can change What you can't predict Is how long you'll exist Open casket - open casket Life will never be the same Death can never be explained It's their time to go beyond Empty feeling when they're gone Never to return, memories will last In the future, you'll think about the past Never to forget, what you have seen What can not be real you now believe SONG: PRIMITIVE WAYS (words: Schuldiner; music: Rozz) Go against the ways and experience pain Leading a life which one might call insane Bathe in blood of the one you killed Slaughter to survive, your needs are fulfilled Using horrid waste Some of them will taste Removing deadly disease With such primitive ease Cannibals practicing the art of butchery Emotions don't exist, pain you can't resist Primitive ways Conducting ceremonies to meet the ancient ones While having an outer body experience Celebrate the kill of the day Then walk among the guts of the fallen prey Using horrid waste Some of them will taste Removing deadly disease With such primitive ease Cannibals practicing the art of butchery Emotions don't exist, pain you can't resist SONG: CHOKE ON IT (words: Schuldiner; music: Schuld- iner/Rozz) Freedom is just a breath away Will you live to see the day As the heat intensifies You start to choke, your insides fry Seizure now sets in Torture will begin Twisted bodies lie Waiting now to die Choke on it - as your tongue goes down Choke on it - death is all around Screaming fills your frenzied mind No way out no more time Example made for those to see Your freedom turned to misery Word is all around Of what they have found Lesson to be learned You will not return Choke on it - as your tongue goes down