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Napalm Death – Passive Tense (2009) | Track profile | Dork

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Napalm Death
Time Waits for No Slave
Passive Tense

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Passive Tense

Release date: 2009

From Time Waits for No Slave

Track 9

3:51

Metal Music Rock Death Metal/Black Metal

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About This Track

"Passive Tense" is a track by Napalm Death, from the album Time Waits for No Slave, released 2009. The track is 3:51 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below.

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Napalm Death

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Lyrics

Passive Tense

Overbearing drive to break loose
But not to inflict any wounding
Back-breaking social codes
I'm hurtling toward apoplexy

"Conduct inappropriate!"
Cry misappropriating know-alls
Conduct inappropriate!

Institutional oafs break loose
Care to neutralise us human germs
Guidelines they so staunchly espouse
Adjustable once they are exposed

"Lifestyles disproportionate!"
Cry misappropriating know-alls
Lifestyles disproportionate!

Verbal diarrhoea
Verbal diarrhoea
Verbal diarrhoea
Verbal diarrhoea

Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl
Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl

Are you some god, king and sage?
God, king and sage?
God, king and sage?
God, king and sage?

Superfluous slurs
Superfluous slurs
Resent, interject, intercept and molest
Superfluous slurs
Entrap, double back
They collapse and entrance
Superfluous slurs

"Lifestyle disproportionate!"
Cry misappropriating know-alls
Conduct inappropriate!

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Track details

From Time Waits for No Slave

3:512009

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Album

Time Waits for No Slave

Track number

9

Release year

2009

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7Downbeat Clique

8Fallacy Dominion

9Passive Tense

3:51

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11Procrastination on the Empty Vessel

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