Among the Living

[glyde69]

On my way into work today, I popped in an old Anthrax album I haven't listened to in years. Made me remember the first track was about the Stand(Among the Living).

Disease! disease! spreading the disease.
With some help from captain trips,
Hell bring the world down to his knees.
Power, yes power! hell show them all his power.
It pulses through his ice cold blood,
A whole world to devour!
Bridgehes seeing, hes calling, his legacy hes spawning.
Hes coming, corrupting, among the living!
Murder! murder! commit cold blooded murder!
Like nazis during world war two, they only follow orders.
Hatred! hatred! a crucifix is your bed,
Once he turns his eye on you, youll be better off dead!

Im the walkin dude, I can see all the world!
Twist your minds with fear, Im the man with the power.
Among the living, follow me or die!
Man, fights man! divided they cant stand!
United, they can battle back, and make him force his hand!
Fear, yes fear! his end is growing near,
He didnt count on mans good faith,
And their will to persevere.

Follow me or die!
Fire! hot fire!! purge the world with fire!!
Damnation is the price hell pay, for an evil mans desire!
Good, versus evil! the stand to vanquish evil!
Man can only live one way, that place right in the middle.

Follow me or die!
Among among among among among among
Among among among among among among!


On that same album, there was also a track based on Apt Pupil called Skeletons in the Closet.

All american, an evil game of extortion
A sick old man, and who would guess
He was once s.s.
A deadly fascination, of a madmans solution
Six million dead, poison tales pollutes his head

Tell me a story--will ya, will ya
A real good story, I wont leave till ya
Spill your guts old man
Leave out any secrets, hiding in the..

Any skeletons, and all your other sins
Any skeletons, in the closet
Any skeletons, any misfortunes
Any skeletons, hiding in the closet
Any skeletons, any skeletons
In the closet!its insanity, puppetmaster boy or nazi
Apt pupil, he hears the screams
Nightmares turn into wet dreams
Hatred lives, boiling inside,
Dealing death its bumicidein too deep,
Their secpill your guts old man
Leave out any secrets,
Hiding in the...

Fun pickin-part
The truth comes out, conspiracy there is no doubt
His life is ruined, but no not yet
Hes still got one card in the deck
A loaded gun, a happy smile,
He'll scope the freeway for awhile
King of the world, four hundred rounds,
It took five hours to bring him down
Tell me a story--will ya, will ya
A real good story, I wont leave til ya
Spill your guts old manleave out any secrets,
Hiding in the...

Old news and all, but it's pretty cool the influence King had on a fairly successful group of musicians back in 1987.

[Ophelia]

That's awesome!

[spilltheblood]

wow that is so cool. i've been listening to anthrax for a couple years now, and i just finished the stand, and wow. they wrote a song about captin trips. thats awesome. great song too!