DISMEMBER "Misanthropic" 1997 1. Misanthropic 2. Pagan Saviour 3. Shadowlands 4. Afterimage 5. Shapeshifter 1. Misanthropic Since the dawn of time it has reigned supreme it's running through our veins a primal legacy Deep within a blackened heart The surge of raw aggression rages deep inside unavoidable instinct waiting to be free live for vengeance revel in violence in the heat of conflict hatred takes control Embedded in our genes hate lay hidden blood is the trigger to the acts of the forbidden Suppressing the rage within denying the inbred fire instead of using it right they kill their dark desires enforcing the ways ignorance of evil the only true emotion restrained in moral chains 2. Pagan Saviour Visions from the altar Ripping through your soul Seeing through the master's eyes Young flesh the goal Brutal rampage Destroy the house of christ Obey your master Another victim violently dies Head torn off A trophy raised to the sky Bloody priest Dies in pain Stomach chewed open Lying on the grave As you bathe in the piss Your master rains upon your face Hear the calling from the abyss Pagan destroyer crushes your race Final reward Bestowed upon you Look into his eyes As your head is removed 3. Shadowlands Who watches the watchers hiding behind the light who'll pay for their crimes will you die for their lies the star and the crescent moon symbol of slavery soaked in blood throughout history Fanatical minds enforce the way and law pound the weak into submission forced into misery betrayed by their leaders they're sent out to die on blooddrenched fields all praise allah Deadly, Opium for the mind it dulls the senses and kills the soul Garbage, Holy verses of the koran justify their war on other lands No fear of dying martyrdom awaits it's easier to die than to live 4. Afterimage Given a gun become god for a day on my way to carry it all out take on blowing the bitterness away contribute with my share of grief from being trapped in life become a prisoner in death if there was something else worth dying for I'd give myself A promise of blood in the air blow it up burn it down for all I care Afterimage Bring on the ultimate human hunt rid the world of filth killing time of my life drowning in self created guilt revenge is not a deadly sin it's an obligated call there is no regretting there is no doubt religion is nothing betrayal is law Faith slipping essence of crime rule the rest of my borrowed time In the age of an overkill bridges burning fast cant clench the fire of a fury so vast 5. Shapeshifter A long dark tunnel lies before me through the pain of afterlife I reach for the light What was shall be again though in a different form erased and blank I enter life The path lies open I'm free to choose from the multitude of options to let my instincts guide me through this long and winding walk Greeted by depressing fear can't go forward but can't go back cold and dark remembrance the years that pass before my eyes My body grows weak and die the cycle of death is complete restrained in moral chains