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South Of Heaven
Behind the Crooked Cross

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Behind the Crooked Cross

Release date: 1988

From South Of HeavenTrack 43:15

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"Behind the Crooked Cross" is a track by Slayer, from the album South Of Heaven, released 1988. The track is 3:15 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

About the Artist

Slayer

Slayer

Lyrics

Behind the Crooked Cross

Time melts away in this living Inferno
Trapped by a cause that I once understood
Feeling a sickness building inside of me
Who will I really have to answer to?

March on through the rivers of red
Souls drift, they fill the air
Forced to fight, behind
The crooked cross

Do only what is expected of me
With no emotions, my feelings suppressed
Blind obedience carries me through it all
Conscience, a word I learned to forget

March on through the rivers of red
Souls drift, they fill the air
Forced to fight, behind
The crooked cross

Time melts away in this living Inferno
Trapped by a cause that I once understood
Blind obedience carries me through it all
Do only what is expected of me

March on through the rivers of red
Souls drift, they fill the air
Forced to fight, behind
The crooked cross

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Track details

From South Of Heaven

3:151988

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Album

South Of Heaven

Track number

4

Release year

1988

1South of Heaven
5:00
2Silent Scream
3:05
3Live Undead
3:50
4Behind the Crooked Cross
3:15

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