Fear Factory

Obsolete - 1998

1. Shock
2. Edgecrusher
3. Smasher / Devourer
4. Securitron (Police State 2000)
5. Descent
6. Hi-tech Hate
7. Freedom or Fire
8. Obsolete
9. Resurrection
10. Timelessness
11. o-o (Where evil dwells)
12. Soulwound
13. Cars
14. Concreto
15. Messiah



1. Shock


welcome to my world
headfirst to the earth
with my sights on the goddamned kill switch
iīve become a fuse
charged with attitude
fixed and dialated by my anger

i have become a direct
i have become a current
i have become a direct
i have become insurgent

i will be the power surge
shock to the system
electrified, amplified
shock to the system

alternate my wires
heat my core desire
i will not stand for condemnation
iīve become the volts
to lead the revolt
fuck with me ensues certain danger

i have become a direct
i have become a current
i have become a direct
i have become insurgent

i will be the power surge
shock to the system
electrified, amplified
shock to the system

i am the power surge
i am the insurgent
electrified, amplified
electrified, amplified

shock!



2. Edgecrusher


conceived in a hell beyond your depth of perception
chaotic case of conquering domination
psychopath snaps fired chains of imprisonment
a bludgeoning force thatīs undermining the government

inflict strain upon the structure
collapsing below my pressure
inflict strain upon the structure
collapsing below my pressure

break of the edgecrusher...

the purist, non-conformist, jaded subhuman terrorist
from flesh to steel and blood to blade i fight to exist
a rival of justice, extreme rush of hatred
survival in a twisted world where nothing is sacred

inflict strain upon the structure
collapsing below my pressure
inflict strain upon the structure
collapsing below my pressure

break of the edgecrusher...



3. Smasher / Devourer


fear me not but fear my hell
man made me so i could kill
praise me in the name of war
i destroy both rich and poor

i am the way, prepare for salvation
i am the way, prepare for salvation

strength in time of suffering
man alone is a weakling
ascension is what you ask
i will be the fall of man

i am the way, prepare for salvation
i am the way, prepare for salvation

salvation...

those of you who dare to stray
i will tear your mind away
those of you who dare to stray
i will take your life away

salvation...

i am the way, prepare for salvation
i am the way, prepare for salvation

salvation...



4. Securitron (Police State 2000)


invade and encompass to judge and dissect
witness and persecute to serve and protect
to serve, and protect to serve
to serve, and protect to serve

watchful and aware, constrain every movement
admit the consequences, freedomīs an illusion

where is security governed through scrutiny?
your privacy denied, organized and confined!
no place to hide!
no place to hide!

there is no place to hide
plugged in your mind
conformed design

to concede your rights
concede your mind
surrender to authority

"all must abide and all must adhere"
future oppression becoming more clear
this is a warning so you must take heed
this coming vision is reality

where is security governed through scrutiny?
your privacy denied, organized and confined!
no place to hide
no place to hide...



5. Descent


falling victim from neglect
designed thoughts and intellect
forgotten and displaced
the crux of my dismay

i feel nothing
i am nothing
i feel nothing
nothing

how deep i descend?
until i reach my end?
how deep i descend?

deeper into this abyss
weighted down and sinking fast
life did not offer me
more than false destiny

i feel nothing
i am nothing
i feel nothing
nothing

how deep i descend?
until i reach my end?
how deep i descend?

i am nothing
i feel nothing
i am nothing
i feel nothing
nothing
nothing...

how deep i descend?
until i reach my end?
how deep i descend?



6. Hi-tech Hate

these weapons of mass destruction
around our world, threat to us all!
operated by fears, cold over years
systematic death, terminal breath!

leaders of our time just stand behind
an arsenal to end us all!
fighting a war, we canīt ignore
destined to fall, cowards to all!...

we are losing, weapons controlling
this is the hour of your reckoning

these weapons of mass destruction
around our world, threat to us all!
fighting a war we canīt ignore
destined to fall, cowards to all!...

we are losing, weapons controlling
this is the hour of your reckoning

no more arsenal threatens all
heading for a downfall
mass destruction, mass destruction
mass destruction for all

coward!...



7. Freedom or Fire


how can you accept social suppression
this weak state of mind in our time
i demand release from hypocrisy
iīd rather die than be held down, forced down

freedom or fire
freedom or fire

iīm on the threshold of revolution
iīd rather burn than be held down, forced down

freedom or fire
freedom or fire

unrestrained determination
set ablaze for liberation

locked in chains of this sovereignty
let me be cause i long to be
free! free!

unrestrained determination
set ablaze for liberation
set ablaze
set ablaze

freedom or fire



8. Obsolete


gary numan:
"nothing is the way it seems
discerning man from machines
dominate as to erase
wiping man off earthīs face
fueling engines through deceit
to eradicate humanity
man is obsolete
erased, extinct"

nothing is the way it seems
discerning man from machines now

dominate as to erase
wiping man off earthīs face now

defaced by all inept justice
shamed by the mental abuses
branded "inferior weakness"
ordered to cease and to desist!

man is obsolete!
our world, obsolete!
man is obsolete!
erased, extinct!
obsolete!

fueling engines through deceit
to eradicate humanity

defaced by all inept justice
shamed by the mental abuses
branded "inferior weakness"
ordered to cease and to desist!

man is obsolete!
our world, obsolete!
man is obsolete!
erased, extinct!
obsolete!



9. Resurrection


consumed with memories that preceded today
given a chance to bereave life thatīs slipping away

suffered through tragedy of my slow decay
deceptive tendencies dragged my soul away

all that i know there was no god for me
force that shatters all, absence of mortality

revive all my fears
revive wasted tears
revive void within
revive once again...

forsaken by destiny, forsaken by my own mind
i must remove my skin to see belief in your eyes

all that i know there was no god for me
force that shatters all, absence of humanity

revive all my fears
revive wasted tears
revive void within
revive once again...

reach for the sky
touch the sky
revive a hope
for mankind



10. Timelessness


iīve felt darkness closing in on me
chilling shadows surrounding me
iīve had the poison leak into my skin
and it corroded my heart away
bled away
cut away
dark night of my soul...



11. o-o (Where evil dwells)


long live the new flesh!
where evil dwells
northport, l.i.
mutilation murder
grisly sacrificial slaughter
knights of the black circle
stabbed him in the woods
at the sound of crow-call (croak-all)
he said, "i love thee, satan" (satin)
half-burnt body found
buried in a shallow grave
stabbed him in the throat
stab!

kasso killer... long live the new flesh

where evil dwells
northport, long island
mutilation moider
grisly sacrificial slaughter
forsake your homosexuality
half-burnt body found

kasso killer... long live the new flesh
kasso killer... long live the new flesh

where evil dwells
northport long island
half-burnt body found
naked in a leather mask
mutilation murder

kasso killer... long live the new flesh
kasso killer... long live the new flesh

long live the new flesh
long live the new flesh
long live the new flesh
long!



12. Soulwound


a tortured whipping dog defiled
stalked by oblivion and denial
scarring lacerations
hopeless devistation

the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper, deeper, deeper

these wounds are small slices of death
draining my soul and final breath
self-inflicted dementia
bone shallow gravedigger

the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper, deeper, deeper

soulwound...

soulwounds i can not conceal
these wounds are so hard to heal

a tortured whipping dog defiled
stalked by oblivion and denial
scarring lacerations
hopeless devistation

the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper
the cuts, cut deeper, deeper, deeper



13. Cars


here in my car
i feel safest of all
i can lock all my doors
itīs the only way to live
in cars

here in my car
i can only receive
i can listen to you
it keeps me stable for days
in cars

here in my car
the image breaks down
will you visit me please
if i open my door
in cars

here in my car
i know iīve started to think
about leaving tonight
although nothing seems right
in cars

i know iīve started to think
i know iīve started to think



14. Concreto


hammer down
the sickness
wipe it out
of existence

goddamn corruption
goddamn infection

scrape down
wipe out

concrete
concrete
concrete
concrete

hammer down
the sickness
wipe it out
of existence

scrape down
wipe out
cut down



15. Messiah


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