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Anthrax
Anthrax


Background information
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s) Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Speed Metal
Years active 1981—present
Label(s) Universal
Island Records
Sanctuary Records
Elektra Records
Megaforce
Associated acts Helmet
Stormtroopers of Death
Nuclear Assault
Damnocracy
Brutal Truth
Armored Saint
Fates Warning
Public Enemy
The Damned Things
Website Website
Members
Frank Bello
Scott Ian
Charlie Benante
Rob Caggiano
Joey Belladonna



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Anthrax Album


Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998)
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Now you see me now you don't
Go before I am the goat
You get away with murder, kill me when you're through
Do I have to give up me, to be loved by you
From the smallest taste I use
From the smallest taste I lose
Won't you crush on me, crush on
Pile your dead on top of me
Tape my eyes so I can't see
I've been waiting for today
I can't touch you when you're far away
Nothing makes me feel this way
Except hate but that fades away


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(Anthrax)

All these days I've been the hard man
All these days it's been so hard man
To live my life for someone else
In fear of being honest with myself
I perpetrated a lie
Juggling my life with one hand tied behind
my back trying to find
And it had always been mine

I perpetrated a lie

I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm breaking through the darkness

And it knocked me over
Into the light of an older soul
And I'll never die
Cause everything I am is in your eyes
Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
I'll live forever in you eyes

And it knocked me over
Into the light of an older soul
And I'll never die, i'll life forever..

Crucify my inhibitions
The first born son he died for my sins
Nothing to worry about
And these years i was the hard man
I always knew I'd find myself and prove
Because you told me the truth
Yeah, it's all i wanted from you

I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm in, I'm out
I'm breaking through the darkness

And it knocked me over
Into the light of an older soul
And I'll never die
Cause everything I am is in your eyes
Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
Angels in my heart...
Devils in my, devils in my, devils in my eyes

And it knocked me over
Into the light of an older soul
And I'll never die
I'll live forever in you eyes

My cathartic dream a primal scream
Shedding my skin
Somewhere between light and dark
I balance what I am
And I remember everything we said we'd find a way
Laugh and cry, love and hate
Ain't no weak link this bond won't break
I put it out there it comes back
I put it out there it comes back
I put it out there it comes back
I put it out...there it...comes!...back!!

Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
Angels in my heart, devils in my eyes
Devils in my eyes..
Angels in my heart...
Devils in my, devils in my, devils in my...
Devils in my eyes..

And it knocked me over
Into the light of an older soul
And I'll never die
I'll live forever in you..
I'll never die, I'll never die, I'll never die!
I'll never die, I'll never die, I'll never die!
I'll never die, I'll never die, I'll never die!
I'll never die, I'll never die, I'll never die!
NO!!!...


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I thought I knew what provacation was
I've eaten from the insane root that imprisons reason
It's in my stomach like fire, like cancer,like knife I've been gunshot
I gotta let it go, yeah
It's in my stomach like fire
It's in my stomach like cancer
It's in my stomach like a knife, I've been gunshot
Goddamn no where place to be
Dying deep inside of me
Always standing on the inside looking out
Can't break a hear so strong with pride
It's more than just being alive
I broke the rule with you I'm out

My only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain
It's in my stomach like fire, like cancer,like knife I've been gunshot
I gotta let it go, yeah
It's in my stomach like fire
It's in my stomach like cancer
It's in my stomach like a knife, I've been gunshot
Goddamn no where place to be
I gotta let it go, yeah
Goddamn no where place to be
Dying deep inside of me
Always standing on the inside looking out
Can't break a hear so strong with pride
It's more than just being alive
I broke the rule with you I'm out


. . .


It was a day to remember, twice as hard
As long
That was the day that I convinced myself
That I found my god

I tip my cap and I step up
I fix myself to the right
I move right into the firing zone
And I scream drink or fight
It's just a matter of respect
Or is that something I missed
This ain't no peace train that you are
Jumping on
So shake my hand and shake it strong
And everybody come along

Long, strong (am I)

Sometimes I can't stop the shaking
At least I know I'm not dead
I don't remember whose blood this is
I've got a hammer inside my head

I get put up, I get put down
And I don't even try
I've burned a bridge, I've burned a
Whole town
Cause I'm fortified
I tell the truth or just gilded lie
And then I charge like a bull with his
Balls tied

A heavy dose of reality
With a side of piss & vinegar
A free drink at the bar and you'll take it

A swift kick in the ass and you'll take it

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(Anthrax)

Can't stop eating, can't stop eating
Can't stop eating, she's so fat

Can't stop eating, can't stop eating
Can't stop eating, she's so fat

Can't stop eating, can't stop eating
Can't stop eating, she's so fat

604! Katrina!!

Can't stop eating, can't stop eating
Can't stop eating, she's so fat


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(Anthrax)

Swimming on the surface
It's a hell of a lot safer up here
Ain't prepared to dive
And uncover all my darkest fears

This ain't no covert operation
I don't have that much concentration

Staring at the clock
And my patience is wearing thin
One more down the gullet
Keeps me from jumping out of my skin

This ain't no covert operation
I don't have that much concentration
I'm lost in this fog of contradiction

I toast to the extras
I drink to them cause they don't talk too much
They fill up space and entertain
And when I cut hem loose they don't make a fuss
They all add up to zero in my life
They're just here to cure boredom for the night

Now sometimes all this leaves me feeling hollow
That's when I take refuge with my pillow
This ain't no covert operation
I don't have that much concentration
I'm not even ready for confession

I toast to the extras
I drink to them cause they don't talk too much
They fill up space and entertain
And when I cut hem loose they don't make a fuss
They all add up to zero in my life
They're just here to cure boredom for the night
That's right


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(Anthrax)

Why do I explain myself
When everyone's an idiot but me
I think some people need, I think some people need
Killing for stupidity and I'll be born again

Kicking and screaming
And dragged back into a life
Kicking and screaming
And dragged back into a life
Like ten pounds in a nine pound bag
Still I come back to give you something
That you never had

Idiot rules, I never fight I only win
Idiot rules, idiot rules
Idiot rules, and I didn't make 'em
Idiot rules, I never bend i only break them

Finish my smoke, down my drink, wipe my mouth
And I just walk away
I think some people need, I think some people need
Killing for stupidity and I'll be born again

Kicking and screaming
And dragged back into a life
Kicking and screaming
And dragged back into a life
Like ten pounds in a nine pound bag
Still I come back to give you something
That you never had

Idiot rules, I never fight I only win
Idiot rules, idiot rules
Idiot rules, and I didn't make 'em
Idiot rules, I never bend i only...break them!!

What's the chance of finding something
real and make it last
For that I'd carry all my bags and leave
them in the past
Because I spend my life fixing mistakes
that left me scarred
And when I stand and meet my maker
I'll be born again hard

Why do I explain myself
When everyone's an idiot but me
I think some people need, I think some people need
Killing for stupidity and I'll be born again

Idiot rules, I never fight I only win
Idiot rules, idiot rules
Idiot rules, and I didn't make 'em
Idiot rules, idiots rules
Idiot rules, I never fight I only win
Idiot rules, idiots rules
Idiot rules, don't judge me by my sins
Idiot rules, I never fight I only break them


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(Anthrax)

I have always been an experiment in terror
At least I can only kill you once
Standing aloof when I made up my mind
Reaching, why it's better to be blunt

Your walking point through the minefield
You gotta get out (get out!)
Your on point in my minefield
Forever waiting for a roadmap

Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Say something

Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Answer me

I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing....box

Sketchy's not a name you can pin on me
I'll start a revolt with my honesty
A piece of you burns everytime you lie
So let's start a war, just to see how many die

Your walking point through the minefield
You gotta get out (get out!)
Your on point in my minefield
Forever waiting for a roadmap

Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Say something

Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Speak (speak!)
Answer me

I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing....box

I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing box
I left you in a killing....


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(Anthrax)

Here comes the biggest asshole
That the world has ever seen
Watch as things turn to something
I never, i never meant to be

Call it a sideeffect of...
My arrested development...yeah, yeah
Here with you I'm trapped, I'm trapped
Out of my element

I tear through all this wreckage
Wreckage you left when you dropped the bomb
Is there something worth saving
Or do I act, act like nothing's wrong
The lesser of two evil gives me..
Gives me nothing at all

Lust and madness murder and mayhem
My whole life's been about playing
It's all so surreal
Maybe that's why I can touch but can't feel

Sittin' pretty as I sit up straight
Trying to find means to an end
I move into harms way
I move into harms way

I see my face in the mirror
I feel my feet but I can't seem to walk in my shoes
When it hurts I feel closer to you
Oh, closer than you ever knew
And the bottom line is knowing
I will die and the worms will eat me
The bottom line is knowing
Ain't no one else I can be

Lust and madness murder and mayhem
My whole life's been about playing
It's all so surreal
Maybe that's why I can touch but can't feel

Sittin' pretty as i sit up straight
Trying to find means to an end
I move into harms way

Running steady, smile on my face
Trying to find means to an end
I move into harms way
I move into harms way

Sittin' pretty as I..
Running steady as I..
Sittin' pretty as I sit up straight
Running steady, smile on my face
Trying to find means to an end
I move into harms way

Sittin' pretty as I..
Running steady as I..
Sittin' pretty as I sit up straight
Running steady, smile on my face
Trying to find means to an end
I move into harms way

I move into harms way
I move into harms way


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(Anthrax)

I...I have something I can reveal
I...I get off on laughing
It's like the biggest orgasm
If you like I'll share it with you

When you give up yourself,
you do it peacefully
Then you feel no plight and
you think you're free
Give up yourself, give up yourself
There goes your chivalry

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

Hod tied to this life, I'm strapped up tight
And I won't be no slave

I can't wait to get you back
I need you back in my clutches
If it takes a thousand punches
By the end you'll be in stiches

When you give up yourself,
you do it peacefully
Then you feel no plight and
you think you're free
Give up yourself, give up yourself
There goes your chivalry

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

Climb up if the noose ain't tied

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

Climb up if the noose ain't tied

It won't disturb you, it's here to serve you
Unlock the doubt, you'll find it's out,
your rosetta stone
Or you'll cut the line, and stifle time
Slash your wrist and kiss and kiss
your crippled bones, crippled bones!!

When you give up yourself,
you do it peacefully
Then you feel no plight and
you think you're free
Give up yourself, give up yourself
There goes your chivalry

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

Climb up if the noose ain't tied

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

From on top of the world
I'll throw you down a rope

Climb up if the noose ain't...tied!


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(Anthrax)

Looming large like a favorite son
One more time comes my obsession
Like a mountain stream that ends in mud
I'm wading in shit waiting for the flood
Sinking!

(You did, you did, you did...)
Left me hating
(You did, you did, you did...)
Contemplating

I'm drinking strenght for comic relief
While iґm growing super weak in the knees
You asked me can I deliver
Like a monster crossing the Hudson River
Stomping!

(You did, you did, you did...)
Left me waning
(You did, you did, you did...)
Slowly draining
Feet of clay that are stuck to the floor
(You did, you did, you did...)
And with vanity you want more

Big fat kill
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world in my hands

I'm biting my tounge so much it hurts
But at the same time I'm at a loss for words
The things I've seen should have left me blind
So it makes me happy that I'm loosing my mind
Laughing!

(You did, you did, you did...)
Left me waning
(You did, you did, you did...)
Slowly draining
Feet of clay that are stuck to the floor
(You did, you did, you did...)
And with vanity you want more

Big fat kill
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world in my hands

Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world in my hands
Carrying the weight of the world

Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world in my hands

Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world
Carrying the weight of the world in my hands
Carrying the weight of the world

You asked me can I deliver
Like a monster crossing the Hudson River

Carrying the weight of the world in my hands
Carrying the weight of the world

The things I've seen should have left me blind
So it makes me happy that I'm loosing my mind


. . .



(Anthrax)

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe
Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe
Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe

Black and strong!!!!
Black and strong!!!!

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

I really need a cup of coffee
Go get me a cup of joe

Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe
Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe
Cupajoe, cupajoe, cupajoe

Black and strong!!!!
Black and strong!!!!


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(Anthrax)

You should be happy, you should be happy
You should be really happy
I saved your life today
I didn't kill you, although I meant to

You should be happy, now go and
put your toys away

It's the pecking order, back of the line
Pecking order, back of the line
Pecking order, back of the line
Climb up to the top, jump off and take a nose dive

Another social breakdown
Another social breakdown

What did you just say, what did you just say
You said something, something that I
already said
I smell like both of us, you smell like
both of us
Revel in our sated lust
Open your eyes and watch me bust

It's the pecking order, back of the line
Pecking order, back of the line
Pecking order, back of the line
Ride up to the top, jump off and do a face plant

Another social breakdown
Another social breakdown

Another social breakdown
And I don't need it around, I'm the king of the town

What did you do to me, what did you do to me
I gotta get another hit off your energy
I'm crushing neutral, you came into my life
And bam, kicked it up a big notch

What did you do to me, what did you do to me
I gotta get another hit off your energy
I'm crushing neutral, you came into my life
I dropped from the top
Took off and carved a big slice

Another social breakdown
Another social breakdown

Another social breakdown
And I don't need it around, I'm the king of...


. . .


Don't want a life like my parents had
Don't want a life like my rich friends have
Don't want to live by association
Don't want to live the great maybe
I want a life not a name online
I want to live it in real time
I want a life just so I can be
I never asked what was in it for me

Stealing from a thief
My humanity
I know my name, I know my pain
I know my frequency
Dancing with the beast

As a kid I'd play make believe
As a man I play make believe
As a kid I'd do anything
As a man I do everything

I live my life centered and humane
I live my life like a man insane

I get up, I get up and go
I grab a hold and reach way down
To find something that I really believe
I don't need to console myself
If I don't like what I see

. . .



(Bello), vocals by Frank

The sun is shining off his face again
Another day to reflect, I hope you understand

Looking for the sign that's let's me know
That you're fine
That you finally just found your way back home

Feel you within, feel you everywhere
You'll path the sky, will get me everywhere

So take me some place, where I will always know
That you're fine
That you finally just, found your way back home

Who's to tell me, I have to let it go
I need to say this, have to let you know
I will be here waiting for our souls to meet
I will be here waiting for your call to me

Anthony, I know you're home
Right beside me, all alone
Anthony, I have so much to say
In my heart, you will always remain
I'll never be alone...

Maybe I'm blind, maybe I don't wanna see
I distinct this fight won't play for me
Let us just think that I will, I think I know
That you're fine
That you finally just, found your way back home

I question my faith, I question everything
I need to know if this is all there is
So take me someplace where I will always know
That you're fine
That you finally just, found your way back home

Who's to tell me, I have to let it go
I need to say this, have to let you know
I will be here waiting for our souls to meet
I will be here waiting for your call to me

Anthony, I know you're home
Right beside me, all alone
Anthony, I have so much to say
In my heart, you will always remain

Anthony, my brother, my friend
I'll be with you once again
Anthony, my heart owns your faith
It will always light your day

And never be alone..
And never be alone...
And never be alone....
And never be alone.....


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