VENOM LYRICS

1. Angel Dust (Demo, 1980)

Living
Running,
Out on the streets at night,
Searching,
Hoping,
For the right connection, cause',
Need it, want it,
You know I've got to have it,
Takes me higher than anything I know.

Angel Dust,
Need a shot to see me through the day,
Angel Dust,
Want a lot I've got to get away.

I live my life,
Like there's no tomorrow,
Take no
chances
I'm drowning all my sorrows cause' I,
Need it, want it,
You know I've got to have it,
Takes me higher than anything I know.

Laughing,
Crying,
Every night and day,
I know,
You know,
That I'm a different man because I,
Need it, want it,
You know I've got to have it,
Takes me higher than anything I know.

2. Raise The Dead (Demo, 1980)

Rising from my deadly tomb I've got
maddened eyes with fright
fingers bleeding fast heart beating
the moons my only light
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
If God won't have me, then the Devil must

[Chorus:]
we will raise the dead
we will raise the dead
we will raise the dead
stop at nothing raise the dead
Gaze across the blackened yard
my mind is filled with dread
so give me all the powers of Hell
and I'll raise the dead
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
The hotter the fire, the greater the lust

[Chorus]

I hear the star of the Necromancer
my blood is black and my heart doth bleed
I am infernal and my mind's in torment
I'll raise the dead make the world unclean

Laughing as my legions rise
control the zombies mind
I hold Hell close to my breast
I'm leaving God behind
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
I'll enter hellfire, I'll break the crust

[Chorus]

3. Red Light Fever (Demo, 1980)

I need a woman oh so bad,
You ever get the feeling you've been had,
You pay your money you pay the price,
You take a chance and it feels so nice,
Later maybe you wonder why,
This little lady's gonna suck you dry
Bitch

You walk the streets as the darkness falls,
You try to pass but the red light calls,
When it's done and you've had your fun,
You gotta treat yourself like number one,
Maybe, even though she treats me bad,
She's not the only one I've ever had,
Bitch

I need to feel it baby can't you see,
I need a girl to set my venom free,
I'm going in can't you feel,
Feels so good now I've broke the seal,
I tell you babe I'm never satisfied,
Ain't gonna die for those tears you cried,
Bitch

Your making love just like a young girl should,
You move me baby like no other could,
You give me love but I can see,
Your loving' isn't only meant for me,
If it's a living what the hell,
I see you've only got your love to sell,
Bitch

4. Buried Alive

I'm alive but dead, awake but asleep
As friend gather round and mourners they weep
My mind thinks of all the things I have done
My body is cold but my heart beat goes on
And on and on

As they lower me down into that hole in the ground
I scream out for help but they hear not a sound
I tear at the lid, my fingers they bleed
Is this happening to me or is it just a dream
Summon the dead
Baphomet's call
Blood on my hands

"Let me out of here"

My bones are decayed, my flesh it doth rot
I'm lying in silk, take the lid off this box
My lungs gasp for air, my eyes scream for sight
I promise the rise of my body this night
Summon the dead
Baphomet's call
Blood on my hands
Screaming in torment
I'm felling you all
Take heed of my plea
Answer my call
I'm gonna be free

5. Witching Hour

Come hear the moon is calling,
The witching hour draws near,
Come hear the bell is tolling,
Mortals run in fear,
Prepare the altar now and hear the virgin cry,
Hold fast the sacrifice,
For now it's the time to die,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose

Unveil the pentagram,
And feel the demons lust,
Come watch the holy men,
Who look on in disgust,
Come taste blood,
And feel the heat of Satan's breath,
Look in the sky's and see,
The warriors of death,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose,
Witching hour

Our work is now complete,
The blood runs fast and free,
And Satan takes his bride,
And cry's of blasphemy,
All hell rejoices at the child,
That she will bear,
And Satan only son,
Shall be the worlds despair,
All hell breaks loose,
Hell's breaking loose,
Witching hour

6. At War With Satan

The warriors gather slowly around
The sacred city, Hell
Satan screams a vengeance
On the land as the angels fell
Tyrants pray disaster for the
Land of love and trust
Demons plot a way to turn
The Heavens into dust.

The standard bearers chosen
From the mass of Satan's dogs
To hold the flag of Hades high
Defying all the gods
Satan laughs the words of war
The Heavens shake with fear
Armageddon sings his song
The battle's ever near.

Let the joyous celebrations of Hell begin

Who holds the keys to the seven gates?

Lucifer's demonic laughter
Assist our quest, Belial prays
Free from Hell who serves the master
Sound the charge on Sabbaths day.

Charge!

Crest the demon's souls
Show yourselves in power
Angels fear resist
nothing holds the storm

Inform the grand master of Hades

Storm the gates!

Free from the pits of Hell
Slaves emerge the mountain
We shall destroy the accursed Heavens
Advance great legions strong
Crush the gates and enter free
Our lord of Hell must take God's throne
Heavenly inferno
Spread the message far...

7. Warhead

Warhead - hear the thunder roar
Warhead - unite the lightning whore

Power burning - Hell & man
Raging torment - Take my hand
Frenzied motions - Reach your soul
Dance the warhead - Fast of slow

Born of thunder
Raised by fire
Call the heavens
By desire

Screaming furnace - Death of life
Demons calling - Chosen wives
Sabbat's charming - Out in lust
Chance the warhead - Win or bust

Warhead - hear the thunder roar
Warhead - unite the lightning whore
Warhead - engraved on flesh & bone
Warhead - born of mortal stone

8. Manitou

Across infernal wastelands
Many miles of sunburnt Hell
Tribes are scattered limbs
And dust all laying as they fell
Open lies the challenge to all
Warriors now men
Let the spirits guide the winds
Until Manitou ascends

Manitou
Manitou
Manitou
Manitou

Watch the unseen burial
Eclipse the blazing skies
Feast the wings of death
With Manitou the soul shall vie
Distant beats the wardance
Echo screams out liberty
Patience stalks the crow
White man's scalp brings victory

Manitou
Manitou
Manitou
Manitou

Mighty be the powers
Of the old medicine man
Whispers of his raindance
Flow across the desert sands
Guardian of the elder spirit
Summoning the storm
Awaiting his arrival
Manitou of flesh is born

Manitou
Manitou
Manitou
Manitou

9. Under A Spell

You know she only plays beneath
the night of day
Weaving her deadly web of lies
to tempt her pray
Her deadly poison rots the reason
in your mind
You contribute towards the future
of her kind

Oh no - Don't you believe her -
Look out

She is the fire - Heavenly hell
You can't resist - Under her spell
So inviting - The angels fell
She lets you in - Under her spell

But you can't see behind the
schemes
You thought you'd fell into a
dream
You should have taken more care
Can't you see your dreams -
They're a nightmare

The angels fell - Heavenly hell -
Under a spell
Caught - Under a spell - Under a
spell

You know she's dangerous
between her smiles and grace
Her charms adventurous with
schizophrenic lies
And then her final trick the noose
that she has tied

Oh no - Don't you believe her -
Look out

She is the fire - Heavenly hell
You can't resist - Under her spell
So inviting - The angels fell
She lets you in - Under her spell

[Repeat Verse 1 & Chorus]

The angels fell - Heavenly hell -
Under a spell
Caught - Under a spell -
Under a Spell

You're caught

10. Nothing Sacred

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Forgotten tales in history
Now myths and legends lie
Among the halls of knowledge free
For young and old alike
There's nothing sacred
No there's nothing sacred
Oh aw not the sacred secrets
The keys to hell awaits ye
If the cards ye deal
Suffice suffice suffice
Ignore the cries of angels
Now on that dotted line
There's nothing sacred
No there's nothing sacred
No aw not the sacred secret
The keys to hell awaits ye
If the cards ye deal
Suffice suffice suffice
Ignore the cries of angels
Now on that dotted line
There's nothing sacred
No there's nothing sacred
Oh aw not the sacred secrets

11. Dead Love

At night the corpses rise and leave a stench of rotten life
Eagerly the stagger forth to find a friend to gripe
Copulating in the grounds of their eternal home
Regurgitate ejaculations on their old tomb stones
Dead love there's love amongst the
Dead love there's love amongst the dead
Licking at their blackened limbs the zombie's pleasure cries
Lucifer's immortal glory watch them swapping eyes
Writhing in a mound of death maggots under the flesh
Digging fresh arrival thus to lovingly caress
Dead love there's love amongst the
Dead love there's love amongst the dead
Aw ooh waw ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
Go home you necromancers find true the words I've said
No place for mortal magic there's love amongst the dead
Aw yeah the walls around the cemetery built high forever strong
Church of fools demand this for the dead don't die for long
At the dawn of darkness the keeper takes his keys
Locking out the living for the dead don't wanna leave
Dead love there's love amongst the
Dead love there's love amongst the
Dead love dead love dead love dead love whoa

12. Welcome To Hell

Fight, we will fight right
Living low in a world of our own
Destined to live right, fight
We're taking hell as our home
Burning lives burning
Asking me for the mercy of god
Ancient cries crying
Acting fast upon the way of the dog

Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell

Kill we will kill death
Masturbating on the deeds we have done
Hell commands death kill
Argue not of feel the death of sun
Burning lives burning
Asking me for the mercy of god
Ancient cries crying
Acting fast upon the way of the dog

Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell

Leave your souls at his feet
Kiss the flames
Scorn defeat

Die we won't die live
Our choice of difference is what you'll never know
Mortal voids live die
Buried deep beneath the fall of the snow
Burning lives burning
Asking me for the mercy of god
Ancient cries crying
Acting fast upon the way of the dog

Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell

13. Black Metal

Black is the night, metal we fight
Power amps set to explode
Energy screams, magic and dreams
Satan records the first note.
We chime the hell, chaos and hell
Metal for maniacs pure.
Fast melting steel, fortune on wheels
For BLACK METAL
Lay down your sold to the gods rock 'n' roll

Freaking so wild, nobody's mild
Giving it all that you've got.
Wild is so right, metal tonight
Faster than over the top.
Open the door, enter hells core
Black is the code for tonight
Atomic force, feel no remorse
Trunk up the amps now it's night
BLACK METAL
Lay down your soul to the gods rock 'n' roll
Metal ten fold through the deadly black hole
Riding hells stallions bareback and free
Faking our chances with raw energy

Come ride the night with us
Rock hard and fight
United my legions we stand
Freak hard and wild for us
Give up your souls
Live for the guest Satan's band

Against the adds, black metal gods
Fight to achieve our goal
Tasting a spell, leather and hell
Black metal gods rock 'n' roll
Building up steam, nuclear screams
War-heads are ready to fight
Black leather hounds, faster than sound
Metal our purpose in life.
BLACK METAL
Lay down your soul to the gods rock 'n' roll
Black metal

14. Countess Bathory (Live)

Welcoming the virgins fair, to live a noble life
In the castle known to all - the Count's infernal wife
She invites the peasants with endless lavish foods
But, when evening spreads it wings, she rapes them of their blood

Countess Bathory
Countess Bathory

All day long the virgins sit and feast on endless meals
The Countess laughs and sips her wine - her skin doth crack and peel
But when nighttime fills the air one must pay the price
The Countess takes her midnight bath with blood that once gave life

Countess Bathory
Countess Bathory

Living in her self styled Hell, the Countess dressed in black
Life's so distant - death's so near - no blood to turn time back
The castle walls are closing in, she's crippled now with age
Welcomes death with open arms - the reaper turns the page

Countess Bathory
Countess Bathory

15. 1000 Days In Sodom

Unholy city a sinners delight
No-one was spared out of mind, out of sight
Hatred and slaughter, degradation and lust
Self destruction never counting the cost,
No-one knew the suffering
Behind the city walls
No-one heard the cry for help
No-one heard the call . .

One thousand days in Sodom
One thousand days in Sodom
The ways of god forgotten
One thousand days in Sodom

Children slaughtered daily there mothers by their sides
No mercy given no matter how they cried
The smell of death was near
It's presence ever near
The priests lay bound in chains no-one would ever hear,
No-one knew the blasphemy
The torture and the pain
No-one saw the madness
The priests, they died in vain . .

Day completes its cycle and night takes on its role
Satan's cloak shrouds the land and his children spill their fold
No golden cross of heaven
Or ancient key of kings
Could save the world of sinners when the midnight sabbath rings
Few could hear the suffering
And the pain of ripping flesh
But those who did were damned in hell
And breathed their final breath . .

One thousand days
One thousand years you've lived your life in hell

16. Prime Evil

Prime,the first evolutionary plan,that spawned the first ever Superstition of man,
God created every atom that lives,but was he really there at all?
Evil,in every satanic scroll,In different forms to every race and blacker than coal,
He doth destroy every atom that lives but is he really there at all?

The Holy scribes foretold the destiny of man,
Living coldly on the earth, disrupting ancient plans.
Well is this what we are and what we have become,
Or is the only tie ,the way we die and how we had begun?

Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!

Danger,Danger,that's the human call,
Growing strong and aging wise,the race can only fall,
Well is this Holy anger,bleached upon our souls,
Is this the Evil One, Satan's son, Gabriel's foe?

Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!

[Solo]

Prime Evil,an evolutionary call,
Prime Evil,quenched in the fires of their souls,
Prime Evil,you'll never see the sun again!
[Repeat]

Prime Evil,
Quenched in the fires of their souls.
Prime Evil,
You'll never see the sun again!
Prime Evil.

17. If You Wanna War

18. Surgery

VENOM LYRICS