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Vices

Release date: 11th September 2015

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About This Track

'Vices' by Slayer is a 2015 track from the album 'Repentless'. The lyrics rail against religious faith as a supposed vice, framing it as a route to tyranny, then pivot to a bleaker picture of life dragged down by controversy and madness. A sense of irony sits alongside a compulsive, feeding-the-chaos momentum, captured in the clipped notion of a “rush you can’t”.

"Vices" is a track by Slayer, from the album Repentless, released 11th September 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

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Lyrics

Vices

[Verse 1]

Stop and think of society's impotence

And the reason behind its incompetence

Faith in God is the vice, bring on the tyranny

Won't be long till you find the real irony

[Chorus]

Life drags on, and we watch it bleed

On controversy and madness, we feed

It's a rush you can't deny

A little violence is the ultimate drug

Let's get high

[Verse 2]

Politician that claims to be the innocent

Sells you peace, then defies you with his insolence

Greed and power, his vices give him what he seeks

Manipulate and divide, forever lead the weak

[Chorus]

Life drags on, and we watch it bleed

On controversy and madness, we feed

It's a rush you can't deny

A little violence is the ultimate drug

Let's get high

[Lead – King/Holt]

[Verse 3]

You've been powerless to your vices

Self-control defies you

When nothing else quite suffices

Your demons will destroy you

[Bridge]

Holy man portrays the face of purity

Hiding behind a shroud of vanity

Pure lust is his vice, a sickness to defile

God becomes a device to hide the pedophile

[Chorus]

Life drags on, and we watch it bleed

On controversy and madness, we feed

It's a rush you can't deny

A little violence is the ultimate drug

Let's get high

[Outro]

So fuckin' high

Let's get high!

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Track details

From Repentless

2015

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Album

10th September 2015

Release year

2015

1Delusions of Saviour
1:55
2Repentless
3:20
3Take Control
3:14
4Vices
3:32
5Cast the First Stone
3:43
6When the Stillness Comes
4:21
7Chasing Death
3:45
8Implode
3:49
9Piano Wire
2:48
10Atrocity Vendor
2:55
11You Against You
4:21
12Pride In Prejudice
4:14
—Delusions of Saviour
1:55
—Repentless
3:20
—Take Control
—Chasing Death
—Delusions of Saviour
—Piano Wire
—Vices
—Pride in Prejudice
—Pride in Prejudice
4:14
—Implode
3:49

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