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Deviance by Slayer

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Slayer

Deviance

Release date: 2001

From God Hates Us All
Track 10
3:09
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'Deviance' by Slayer is a 2001 metal track from the album 'God Hates Us All'. The lyrics dwell on a self-styled surrender to inner darkness, framed as a grim, ritualised submission to evil, with visions of fatal consequences and the speaker lingering in a state of brutality. The vocal attitude is relentlessly defiant, declaring, “I embrace the darkness within”, then pressing on through images of horror and coercion.

"Deviance" is a track by Slayer, from the album God Hates Us All, released 2001. The track is 3:09 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

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Slayer

Slayer

Lyrics

Deviance

I embrace the darkness within'
Forever serve beneath its hand
Horrid thoughts that surface in me
Ceremony bloods command
I will live through this forever
I have done the things you grieve
As you kneel before it's evil
Death is here deep inside your

Skinned alive now naked
Terrorized, no humanity
Seek salvation from an M.I.A. God
Empty vessels chanting for your death

Walk the streets beneath the shadows
Searching for a cryptic bride
Eat alive the conscience I hate
Without pain I watch you die
I will live through this forever
I have done the things you grieve
As you kneel before it's evil
My face is the last you'll see

Soaked in blood, the mask you wear
Haunting cries, the dead scream for me
Staring eyes invoke no guilt
I can taste your mind, your lifeless

Face the dead and dying
Feel your life drain through your soul
Seek salvation from an M.I.A. God
Empty vessels chanting for the dead

Death is yours, your veins have dried
Staring eyes of glass now empty
Still you speak with lips so cold
In my head I hear you cry

God is dead, can't save me
Taking lives with impunity
Resurrection of a deviant Christ
Feeding hate to capacity
Deviance
Deviance
Deviance
Deviance

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Track details

From God Hates Us All

3:092001
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God Hates Us All
God Hates Us All
Slayer
2001
Track number
10
Release year
2001
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    1:31
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    3:36
  3. 3God Send Death
    3:46
  4. 4New Faith
    3:06

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