Among the Living

Album: Among the Living (1987)
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  • Disease, disease
    Spreading the disease
    With some help from Captain Trips
    Bringing the world down to his knees
    Power, yes, power
    He'll show them all his power
    It pulses through his ice cold blood
    A whole world to devour
    He's seeing, he's calling
    His legacy, he's spawning
    He's coming, corrupting
    Among the living
    Murder, murder
    Commit cold blooded murder
    Like Nazis during World War II
    They only follow orders
    Hatred, hatred
    The crucifix is your bed
    Once he turns his eyes on you
    You'll be better off dead
    He's seeing, he's calling
    His legacy, he's spawning
    He's coming, corrupting
    Among the living
    I'm the walking dude
    I can see all the world
    Twist your minds with fear
    I'm the man with the power
    Among the living, follow me or die
    Man fights man
    Divided they can't stand
    United, they can battle back
    And make him force his hand
    Fear, yes, fear
    His end is growing near
    He didn't count on man's good faith
    Or the will to persevere
    He's seeing, he's calling
    His legacy, he's spawning
    He's coming, corrupting
    Among the living
    I'm the walking dude
    I can see all the world
    Twist your minds with fear
    I'm the man with the power
    Among the living, follow me or die
    Oh, fire, hot fire
    Purge the world with fire
    Damnation is the price he'll pay
    For an evil man's desire
    Good versus evil
    The stand to vanquish evil
    Man can only live one way
    That place right in the middle
    He's seeing, he's calling
    His legacy, he's spawning
    He's coming, corrupting
    Among the living
    I'm the walking dude
    I can see all the world
    Twist your minds with fear
    I'm the man with the power
    Among the living, follow me or die
    Among
    Among
    Among... Writer/s: CHARLIE L. BENANTE, DANIEL ALAN SPITZ, FRANK JOSEPH BELLO, JOSEPH A. BELLARDINI, SCOTT IAN ROSENFELD
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Jason from Newport, Ar.As a young man I was a fan of Anthrax. I loved the song and never put 2x2 together. Just recently I was watching The Stand for the millionth time heard Randal say "I'm the walking dude". While humming the song at work the lyrics hit me. I'm glad to see I was right and not just imagining things.
  • Buggrithall from Mindyourownbusiness, United KingdomAnd there was me thinking the song was tributed to Benedict Arnold.
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