ACCEPT - 1994
"DEATH ROW" [1994 RCA / BMG]
Track List:
1. Death row 5:17
2. Sodom & gomorra 3:28
3. The beast inside 5:57
4. Dead on ! 4:52
5. Guns œr¹ us 4:40
6. Like a loaded gun 4:18
7. What else 4:38
8. Stone evil 5:22
9. Bad habits die hard 4:41
10. Prejudice 4:14
11. Bad religion 4:26
12. Generation clash ii 5:04
13. Writing on the wall 4:25
14. Drifting apart (instrumental) 3:02
15. Pomp and circumstance (instrumental) 3:44
Total playing time : 71:21
Line-up:
Udo Dirkschneider - Vocals
Wolf Hoffmann - Guitars
Peter Baltes - Bass
Stefan Kaufmann - Drums
Facts:
Music & words by Accept & Deaffy
exc. Drifting away (W. Hoffman/P. Baltes)-
Pomp and circumstance (E. Elgar)
Sodom & Gomorra Incl. ŒSabre Dance¹
(Khachaturian - 1.24 min.)
Published by Breeze Music GMBH
Produced and recorded by Accept for Breeze Music GMBH
at Roxx Studios
Engineered and mixed by Stefan Kaufmann
Mastered at Master Sound Hamburg
20bit SBM Mastering by Andy Stange
³Bad habits die hard² and ³Prejudice² drums by
Stefan Schwarzmann
Stefan Schwarzmann appears courtesy of Tricolor Music GMBH
Wolf Hoffman plays Hamer Guitars and uses Marshall equipment,
Kaman Performer Strings
Peter Baltes uses Ampeg Equipment
ACCEPT use Ramsa Microphones and Asa Wireless Systems
We want to thank Stefan Kaufmann for his unconditional efforts to make a great album, we thank him for being a part of ACCEPT for so long and ... who knows where we will go from here...
1. DEATH ROW
++++++++++++
I¹m dead meat - you took away my rights
To be a part of your society
A life-time in prison wouldn¹t justify
You wanna blow away a sucker -
so I have to die
I¹m still waiting for the final call
I wanna meet my maker -
I¹m ready to go
Kill me - kill me - kill me -
please, kill me
Give me a reason why you¹re gonna
let me wait
Some kind of punishment before
you terminate
You¹re taking my life for your
peace of mind
So let¹s go - start the show
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
Let me die - let me go
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
Let me die - let me go - death row
I¹m a dead man walking so get
outta my face
Rather die like a man than rotting
this way
I hate you and you hate me
You can come and kiss my dignity
You¹re taking my life for your
peace of mind
So let¹s go - start the show
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
Let me die - let me go
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
I¹m ready to go - death row - death row
Your justice is not mine
You punish a crime with another crime
If you need to kill me for your
peace of mind
Then let¹s go - start the show
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
Let me die - let me go
Death row - I¹m ready to go - death row
I¹m ready to go - death row - death row
Death row - open up Œcause here I come
Death row - knock, knock, knocking
I¹m no hero¹s son
Death row - there¹s no tears that
you can sell
Death row - paid my ticket through
the gates of hell
Death row - death row
Let me die - let me go
Death row - death row
2. SODOM & GOMORRA
++++++++++++++++++
Ever since the stone-age
Man¹s been on the hunt
We were born to kill
Fighting for survival
All in self-defence
It was do or die
Now we¹re living in jungles
The concrete age
A maximum overdose of pleasure and
pain
Self-inflicted - life corrupting
Antisocial - controversial - living
in sin
Sodom and Gomorra
Let me tell you what I see
Sodom and Gomorra
Got not law and order
Ruled by anarchy
It¹s here to stay
Chaos in the classroom
Kids are killing kids
Getting outta hand
Mothers and fathers - the sickening
ones
Raping the children
At the end of a gun
Self-inflicted - life corrupting
Antisocial - controversial -
living in sin
Sodom and Gomorra
Let me tell you what I see
Sodom and Gomorra
We¹re in a burning hell for all eternity
Sodom and Gomorra
You mustn¹t look back
To Sodom and Gomorra
Don¹t you look back -
to the essence of evil
This universe of hatred
Aggression is the force
Heading for oblivion
We¹re on collision-course
Evolution¹s over
The devil has prevailed
Heaven screams for vengeance
This is judgement day
Self-inflicted - life corrupting
Antisocial - controversial -
living in sin
Sodom and Gomorra
Let me tell you what I see
Sodom and Gomorra
Forever ruled by anarchy
Sodom and Gomorra
Forever damned to purgatory
Sodom and Gomorra
3. THE BEAST INSIDE
+++++++++++++++++++
My mind is razor-sharp
And I¹m wild-cat-mean
I¹d like to shred your face
A danger to you
When I feel the urge
Deep down inside
I lose my human touch
I¹m like a killing machine
I want to resist - but I can¹t hold
it back
The beast is unleashed - it¹s got
to attack
Again and again the force is too
strong
It¹s breaching the chains
I¹ve got the beast inside
Don¹t you trust in me
I¹ve got the beast inside
Craving a victim - it¹s telling me
to kill
I look through evil eyes
Prowling in the streets
In the dead of night
I¹m a man on the hunt
I know my soul is under siege
Can¹t somebody stop me now
Œcause I¹m losing control
I¹ve got the beast inside
Don¹t you trust in me
I know it must have been
the beast inside
It¹s driving me to kill
It¹s gotta be the beast - the beast
- the beast
The beast - the beast - the beast
- deep down inside
But when the deed is done
And the pain is gone
I feel renewed within
Until the voices return
The beast - the beast - the beast
The beast - the beast - the beast
My mind is razor-sharp
And I¹m wild-cat-mean
I¹d like to shred your face
I¹ve told you before
When I feel the urge
Deep down inside
I lose my human touch
I¹m just a killing machine
I want to resist -
but I can¹t hold it back
The beast is unleashed -
it¹s got to attack
Again and again the force is too strong
It¹s breaching the chains
It¹s gotta be the beast inside
Never ever trust in me
I know there is a beast inside
Inside in all of us
I feel I¹ve got the beast inside
I¹m screaming for help from this
monster within
The beast inside - take a look in
the mirror - it¹s staring at you
Even at you - the beast inside
4. DEAD ON !
++++++++++++
Zooming through the universe -
on collision course
A meteor from outta space -
gonna smash the earth
Head down to the trenches -
to watch the bloody war
Nothing¹s gonna stop -
the metal dinosaurs
Runaway train lost control -
a thousand tons of steel
Overheated engines - the screaming
of the wheels
A fighter in a boxing ring -
takes the final blow
Opponent¹s on the canvas -
lost by t.k.o.
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
From Belfast to Jerusalem -
it¹s the living hell
Tuzla to Afghanistan -
fighting tooth and nail
Death is irreversible -
no matter what we try
Life is not recyclable -
we are born to die
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
He was a teen spirit idol -
loaded up his veins
He couldn¹t stand the pressure -
so he terminates his brains
A renegade Red Indian -
they called Geronimo
Cracked the white man¹s head -
like the raging buffalo
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on ...
5. GUNS ŒR¹ US
++++++++++++++
How about a mega-store
Full of guns to start a war
We¹re selling toys for fatal games
We¹ll take the credit not the blame
When they shoot the neighbours
Shoot the daughters
Shoot the sisters
Shoot the mutha¹s
It¹s a billion dollar industry
All in the same name of liberty
Guns Œr¹ us
Guns Œr¹ us - big toys buy big toys at
Guns Œr¹ us
Guns Œr¹ us
Living out the fantasy
Buy a dozen - get one free
Radar-guided - laser speed
Devastation guaranteed
Then they shoot the neighbours
Shoot the daughters
Shoot the brothers
Shoot the dog
It¹s a billion dollar industry
A constitutional guarantee
Guns Œr¹ us
Guns Œr¹ us - big toys buy big toys at
Guns Œr¹ us - get a free magazine
with your M-16
Guns Œr¹ us - it¹s a one-day-sale
Gunned down int he neighbourhood
In the same of brotherhood
Black or white ain¹t worth a dime
Cut Œem down in zero time
It¹s shoot to kill - they shoot to kill
It¹s a human thrill just to shoot to
kill
Then they shoot the neighbours
Shoot the daughters
Shoot the sisters
Shoot the mutha¹s
It¹s a billion dollar industry
All in the name of liberty
Guns Œr¹ us
Guns Œr¹ us - a final mega-blow-
out-sale at
Guns Œr¹ us - get your armour-
piercing son of a bitch at
Guns Œr¹ us - we accept your cash
or credit cards
6. LIKE A LOADED GUN
++++++++++++++++++++
I¹m victimized and tantalized
Brutalized and chained
They¹ll devastate - intoxicate
They¹re driving me insane - forever
They regulate - investigate
Complicate my life
Everyday insanity
There¹s nothing going right -
I mean forget it
I¹ve been there before
Can¹t take it no more
That¹s why I¹m like a loaded gun
A man with a mission
Like a loaded gun
I¹m human ammunition
They mutilate and penetrate
They masturbate my brains
When all I need for sanity
Is love to ease my pain
I¹m tortured, sick and tired
I¹m that weapon to be fired
Overloaded - unexploded
Don¹t you make me cross the final
line
I¹ve been there before
I can¹t take it no more
That¹s why I¹m like a loaded gun
I¹m a man with a mission
Like a loaded gun
You can pull my trigger
Just like a loaded gun
On a social collision
See my eyes - I mesmerize
Read my lips - it¹s time to cut the crap
I¹ve been there before
I can¹t take it no more
That¹s why I¹m like a loaded gun
A man with a mission
Like a loaded gun
I¹m human ammunition
Like a loaded gun
On a social collision
Like a loaded gun
I¹m ready to explode -
like a loaded gun
7. WHAT ELSE
++++++++++++
Heroes - keep dying
Nations - dividing
Principles - they¹re gone
It¹s war
Wallstreet - buy in politics
Jesus - up for sale
Do anything - for money
I¹m a whore
What else - what¹s in it for me
What else
What else - what¹s in it for me
What else
Deadlines - headlines
Make me - the biggest star
I don¹t need personality
Œcause it¹s war
I¹m greedy - I¹m deadly
Don¹t give a fuck anymore
Anything for money
I¹m a whore
What else
- what¹s in it for me
What else
What else
- what¹s in it for me
What else
What else
- what¹s in it for me
What else
What else
- what¹s in it for me
What else
8. STONE EVIL
+++++++++++++
They terrorize and
tyrannize democracies
Their narrow minds still nothing
learned from history
The seeds of hate acquired from
their ancestry
Spreading like a cancer in societies
They¹ve got the poison inside
Rivers of pesticide
Skin-headed minions -
they¹re deaf, dumb and blind
Machind-like in body - robotic in mind
Stone evil - inherited sin
Stone evil - infected from within
They can¹t leave it -
they can¹t break the spell
Under orders to obey
It was meant to last a thousand years
It took the world into dismay
Stone evil - stone evil
If you¹re gonna throw the torch at us
Don¹t expect to not get burned
It¹s time to stand - and fight the right
This is the lesson we have learned
They¹re marching to a different
beat and glorify
The darkest times when innocent
were crucified
They paralize and sterilize the
masses¹ minds
They desecrate man¹s dignity -
desensitize
They¹ve got the poison inside
Rivers of pesticide
Skin-headed minions -
they¹re deaf, dumb and blind
Machine-like in body -
robotic in mind - evil
Stone evil - inherited sin
Stone evil - infected from within
Stone evil - inherited sin
Stone evil
9. BAD HABITS DIE HARD
++++++++++++++++++++++
One step forward - two steps back
Living on the edge -
it¹s as simple as that
I¹m no Mr. Lucky - I¹ve never been close
I¹m higher than some -
but I¹m lower than most
Just when you thought that
you¹d got it made
The bitch draws blood again
You sow as you reap - the same mistakes
Buddy rings the bell - begin the same
Bad habits - bad habits die hard
Bad habits - bad habits die hard
I¹m stuck in a rut -
but I¹m burning inside
I am what I am - just a low-down bum
Always end up in trouble -
just trying to be good
But with tumbling dice -
the sixes will come
Bad habits - bad habits die hard
I know I got a lot of bad habits
- bad habits die hard
I bet you got Œem too
One step forward - two steps back
I get caught in the middle -
nailed to the rack
Got a load of bad habits -
corrupted within
I¹m a freak of nature -
full of vices and sins
Just when you thought that you¹d
got it made
The bitch draws blood again
You sow as you reap -
the same mistakes
Buddy rings the bell - begin the game
Bad habits - bad habits die hard
Bad habits - bad habits die hard
I know I got a lot of bad habits
- bad habits die hard
Everybody¹s got bad habits -
bad habits die hard
10. PREJUDICE
+++++++++++++
We grow and fertilize the semen of hate
Ignoring our ignorance - daring our fate
Predictions were made -
generations were lost
While the seed is growing day by
day in front of us
We buried tolerance and our respect
Became a breeding ground for
social dismay
Whatever happened to the
love-generation
With black and white hand in hand
side by side
So preacher don¹t you preach
Hey teacher don¹t you teach
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
If we could manage just to get along
Instead of blaming each other for
what¹s going wrong
Education is the secret -
the future¹s in our hands
Burn the fields of hate and
believe again
Teacher don¹t you teach
Preacher don¹t you preach
So teacher don¹t you teach me
Hey preacher don¹t you preach
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
Prejudice - prejudice
Judging one another by the
colour of skin
Carefully covering our feelings within
We solve our problems with a kick
in the face
We¹re living in a world judged by
colour and race
So preacher don¹t you preach
Hey teacher don¹t you teach me
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
Prejudice - stop the hate
No more prejudice -
I ain¹t losing my faith
Prejudice - stop the hate - prejudice
Prejudice - stop the hate - prejudice
11. BAD RELIGION
++++++++++++++++
As long as I remember -
I was left all by myself
When trouble crossed my way
I stood alone
My old man hit the bottle -
my mom was running scared
The old forgotten prayers turned
to stone
I¹m searching for identity -
I don¹t show who I am
The past has cast a shadow over me
Like a bad religion -
the only one I know
I never had no shelter - never had
a place to go
A bad religion - my life
is make-believe
Bad religion - I¹m beggin¹ for relief
I tried to break the circle - to
break the vicious spell
But the past is always heavy
on my mind
I¹m dancing with the devil -
a dangerous romance
A daring way to leave it all behind
I¹m searching for identity -
I don¹t know who I am
The past has cast a shadow over me
Like a bad religion -
the only one I know
I never had no shelter
never had a place to go
A bad religion - my life
is make-believe
Bad religion
I need someone to talk to -
someone to understand
I need a friend to lend a helping hand
I¹m gonna pull myself together -
shed this battered skin
I¹m ready for the challenge -
this loser¹s out to win
Like a bad religion -
the only one I know
I never had no shelter -
never had a place to go
A bad religion - my life
is make-believe
Bad religion - I¹m beggin¹ for
relief - bad religion
12. GENERATION CLASH II
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Warnings surround you
That life ain¹t long
Same old stories
You¹ve heard Œem before
They tell you to listen
To be like they¹ve been
You carry a burden
Whatever you do
They never approve of
The things that you do
Revolution
In the heart of your home
But what do they do
To comfort you
At times when you don¹t feel alright
Generation Clash
Generation Clash - you got
the guts to go
Bitching forever
For wasting time
You better not worry
You¹re doing alright
They tell you to listen
To be like they¹ve been
But what do they do
To comfort you
At times when you don¹t feel alright
Generation Clash
Generation Clash - you got
the guts to go
Generation Clash -
kiss those times goodbye
Generation Clash - you got
the guts to go
Generation Clash
Generation Clash - you got
the guts to go
Generation Clash -
kiss those times goodbye -
the times are gone for good
Generation Clash - you got
the guts to go
Generation Clash - oh it¹s the
generation Clash
Generation Clash - nothing ventured
nothing gained - so get alive
Generation Clash ...
13. THE WRITING ON THE WALL
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
A thousand years from now on
The flame of life¹s gone out
The earth - a frozen wasteland
No living trace - no sounds
The world did die in anguish
The ashes turned tu dust
Fire and ice - blackness of night
Man¹s evolution has lost
Don¹t tell me that we didn¹t know
And that we haven¹t been told
The final S.O.S. we all ignored
We¹ve seen the writing on the wall
The writing on the wall
The science of the madman
Was getting out of control
For every creature comfort
There is a heavy toll
We turned on mother nature
Stabbed her deep in the back
We ripped out her lungs - poisoned
her veins
Internal acid attack
Don¹t tell me that we didn¹t know
And that we¹ve never been told
The final S.O.S. we all ignored
We¹ve seen the writing on the wall
The writing on the wall
Seen the writing on the wall
I¹m just painting a picture
Of how it could be
But time¹s running out - the lock¹s
ticking down
You¹re not blind - can¹t you see
Don¹t tell me that we still don¹t
know
And that we¹re not being told
The final S.O.S. we shouldn¹t ignore
Just read the writing on the wall
The writing on the wall
Read the writing on the wall
The writing on the wall
14. DRIFTING APART
(Instrumental)
(W. Hoffman/P. Baltes)
15. POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
(Instrumental)
(E. Elgar)
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