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Slayer – Die by the Sword (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Show No Mercy
Die by the Sword

TRACK

Die by the Sword

Release date: 3rd December 1983

From Show No Mercy

About This Track

"Die by the Sword" is a track by Slayer, from the album Show No Mercy, released 3rd December 1983. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

About the Artist

Slayer

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Lyrics

Die by the Sword

[Verse 1]

Live by the sword and help to contain

The helpless minds of you all

Die by my hand in pools of blood

Clutch yourself as you fall

Mindless tyranny, forgotten victims

Children slaughtered in vain

Raping the maids, in which they serve

Only the words of the Lord

[Chorus]

Die by the sword

Die by the sword

[Verse 2]

Satan watches all of us

Smiles as some do his bidding

Try to escape the grasp of my hand

And your life will no longer exist

Hear our cry, save us from

The Hell in which we live

We turn our heads toward the sky

And listen for the steel

[Chorus]

Die by the sword

Die by the sword

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo: Kerry King]

[Bridge]

Watch as flowers decay

On the cryptic life that died

The wisdom of the wizards

Is only a nurtured lie

Black knights of Hell's domain

Walk upon the dead

Satanas sips upon

The blood on which he feeds

Hahahahaha

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo: Jeff Hanneman]

[Chorus]

Die by the sword

Die by the sword

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From Show No Mercy

1983

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jeff Hanneman
Producer: Slayer
Engineer: Bill Metoyer
Bass: Tom Araya
Drums: Dave Lombardo
Guitar: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
Vocals: Tom Araya
Executive Producer: Brian Slagel
Mixing Engineer: Bill Metoyer