Belly Of The Beast

Album: Persistence of Time (1990)
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  • You walk this earth without a heart
    You tear the innocent's souls apart
    You shovel your conscience into the grave
    You walk this earth without a heart
    Your uniform couldn't be taken off
    A tattoo burned into your flesh
    Your mind, your voice
    These are your instruments of death
    How could you dare to be so bold
    You only did as you were told
    Marionettes dancing in time
    To the apologetic lines
    For all the monsters of our time

    Who is evil, who is blind?
    In the name of who you'll find
    A city of souls dying for peace
    Welcome to the belly of the beast
    One mind, one voice
    Welcome to the belly of the beast
    Who hears your voice?

    Millions, never, never again
    Madness, never, never again
    Martyrs, dead that can't die
    Monsters

    Insanity, the normal state
    The left hand a hammer, the right the stake
    Driven so deep into the heart
    It's killing love, it's killing faith
    It's killing 'cause it's from the heart
    What better way to demoralize
    When your own children are your spies
    The things you trust are not the same
    Trust in death, trust in grief
    Trust in hope is trust in pain

    Who is evil, who is blind?
    In the name of who you'll find
    You're not supposed to question faith
    But how do you accept this fate?

    Millions, you walk this earth without a heart
    Madness, tear the innocent's souls apart
    Martyrs, shovel your conscience into the grave
    Monsters 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

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