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Slayer
World Painted Blood
Human Strain

TRACK

Human Strain

Release date: 3rd November 2009

From World Painted Blood

About This Track

"Human Strain" is a track by Slayer, from the album World Painted Blood , released 3rd November 2009. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

About the Artist

Slayer

Slayer

Lyrics

Human Strain

[Verse 1]

Illness, infected born, mutilated strain

Issue transfusion, no one left to blame

Nature's way of thinning out

The human fucking herd

Disease, to war

To fear his own kind

[Chorus]

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

[Verse 2]

Cities, increase spread, population rise

Dying, the future, process in the genes

Death stalking man

As he embraces the absurd

Through peace, through life

Through hatred of himself

[Chorus]

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

[Bridge 1]

Death stalking man though peace

Through life, though hatred of himself

Death stalking man

As he embraces his crucifixion

[Bridge 2]

Skinless resurrection

From the bodies of the dead

Sickness is increasing

As the oceans turn red

Apparatus for self-destruction

Day of judgment is now at hand

[Verse 3]

Decayed memories haunt vaccinated minds

Risk contamination, mechanism of death

Anyone left alive scorched, turn to ash

Disease, war, black death touching man

[Chorus]

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

The human strain

Returning plague

Drink the tainted blood

From the only child

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Track details

From World Painted Blood

2009

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Album

World Painted Blood

Release year

2009

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jeff Hanneman, Tom Araya
Producer: Greg Fidelman
Bass: Tom Araya
Drums: Dave Lombardo
Guitar: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
Vocals: Tom Araya
Assistant Engineer: Sara Killion
Executive Producer: Rick Rubin
Mixing Engineer: Greg Fidelman
Recording Engineer: Dana Nielsen, Greg Fidelman