Pantera

PANTERA LYRICSCowboys From Hell (1990)
1. Cowboys From Hell
2. Primal Concrete Sledge
3. Psycho Holiday
4. Heresy
5. Cemetery Gates
6. Domination
7. Shattered
8. Clash With Reality
9. Medicine Man
10. Message In Blood
11. The Sleep
12. The Art Of Shredding

1. "COWBOYS FROM HELL"
Under the lights where we stand tallNobody touches us at allShowdown, shootout, spread fear within, withoutWe're gonna take what's ours to haveSpread the word throughout the landThey say the bad guys wear blackWe're tagged and can't turn back
You see us comin'And you all together run for coverWe're taking over this town
Here we come reach for your gunAnd you better listen well my friend, you seeIt's been slow down below,Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hellDeed is done again, we've wonAin't talking no tall tales friend'Cause high noon, your doomComin' for you we're the cowboys from hell
Pillage the village, trash the sceneBut better not take it out on me'Cause a ghost town is foundWhere your city used to beSo out of the darkness and into the lightSparks fly everywhere in sightFrom my double barrel, 12 gauge,Can't lock me in your cage
You see us comin'And you all together run for coverWe're taking over this town
Here we come reach for your gunAnd you better listen well my friend, you seeIt's been slow down below,Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hellDeed is done again, we've wonAin't talking no tall tales friend'Cause high noon, your doomComin' for you we're the cowboys from hell

2. "PRIMAL CONCRETE SLEDGE"
here's a double standard for the way we liveIf there's nothing to have, well then there's nothing to saveI'll break a sweat and I don't regretWhat you'd kill to see brings out the god in me.
Come and be with meLive my twisted dreamPro devoted pledgeTime for primal concrete sledge
The man of a thousand retirementsWill always be the one to tell you when to quitI won't take stock in a withered manI'm reaching into you, I'll make you understand
Come and be with meLive my twisted dreamPro devoted pledgeTime for primal concrete sledge

3. "PSHYCO HOLIDAY" Empty and sweatingHead lying in your handsShaking in the cornerDone too much alcoholGotta get away from it all'Cause it feels my blood is freezingMy self insanity has taken its tollFrustration has taken its control
Now I'm far from homeSpending time aloneIt's time to set my demons freeBeen put to the testMy mind laid to restI'm on a psycho holiday
Shot down on sightYou are the target of attentionOne woman here another thereYou can't please all the people all the timeCan't tell the strangersFrom the friends you knowFrustration has taken it's control
Now you're far from homeSpending time aloneIt's time to set your demons freeBeen put through the testYour mind laid to restYou're on a psycho holiday
I'm strapped in for lifeIs this where I livedOr where I diedYou want my moneyYou take my spaceMy mind is telling meTo leave this placeMy self insanity has taken its tollFrustration has taken its control
Now you're far from homeSpending time aloneIt's time to set your demons freeBeen put through the testYour mind laid to restYou're on a psycho holiday

4. "HERESY" WHere we areIn a world of corruptionHuman nature isOf violent BreedWho cares if there's no tomorrowWhen I die for my future'sLaid out for meCan't you see?Rise above the liesMorals on a backwards globeA sin to youFor me it's hope.
It's my life and provisionBlack or whiteSome pay to prayYou question why theyAct this wayIt's their fucking decision
No more judgement dayOnly tranquilityPeace signs, protest linesMean nothing to me
Honesty born in meHeresy
I know what's right or wrongAnd my belief is strongerThan your advicePeople, they go to warBecause religion gives themReason to fightSacrifice, die for prideA group that catersNo one's feesOr synthetic deitiesIs where I belongMy stand is the human raceWithout a label or a faceSo they can lick my sack
No more judgement dayOnly tranquilityPeace signs, protest linesMean nothing to me
Honesty born in meHeresy

5. "CEMETERY GATES"
Reverend reverend is this some conspiracy?Crucified for no sinsAn image beneath meWhats within our plans for lifeIt all seems so unrealI'm a man cut in half in this worldLeft in my misery...
The reverend he turned to meWithout a tear in his eyesIt's nothing new for him to seeI didn't ask him whyI will rememberThe love our souls hadSworn to makeNow I watch the falling rainAll my mind can seeNow is your (face)
Well I guessYou took my youthI gave it all awayLike the birth of aNew-found joyThis love would end in rageAnd when she diedI couldn't cryThe pride within my soulYou left me incompleteAll alone as theMemories now unfold.
Believe the wordI will unlock my doorAnd pass theCemetery gates
Sometimes when I'm aloneI wonder aloudIf you're watching over meSome place far aboundI must reverse my lifeI can't live in the pastThen set my soul freeBelong to me at last
Through all thoseComplex yearsI thought I was aloneI didn't care to look aroundAnd make this world my ownAnd when she diedI should've cried and spared myself some pain...Left me incompleteAll alone as the memories still remain
The way we wereThe chance to save my soulAnd my concern is now in vainBelieve the wordI will unlock my doorAnd pass the cemetery gates

6. "DOMINATION"
Agony is the priceThat you'll pay in the endDomination consumes youThen calls you a friendIt's a twisted fallBinds are like steelAnd manipulates the will to beAnd it's hard to seeHow soon we forgetWhen there's nothing elseLeft to destroyIt's a useless ploy
Your eyes will seeThe dawn of the dayAnd the writingOn the wallThose words that stareInto your soulAnd to yourselfYou will befall
It's domination pushed into living hellDomination a now blacked heartIs reaching out divinityBody suspended by chains over razorsAnd nails it's a penaltyEach razor a vice and each nailMarks the demise of you life.Grim construction growsHas life played a trickSealed you in brick by brickTill your end forcing you to bend
Your eyes will seeThe dawn of the dayAnd the writingOn the wallThose words that stareInto your soulAnd to yourselfYou will befall
It's domination pushed into living hellDomination a now blacked heartIs reaching out divinityBody suspended by chains over razorsAnd nails it's a penaltyEach razor a vice and each nailMarks the demise of you life.Grim construction growsHas life played a trickSealed you in brick by brickTill your end forcing you to bend

7. "SHATTERED"it's storming broken glass, corpses left in pilesUngracious bludgeonmnet that breaks the earth for milesNothing can stop it, the day has come, from below it's catastrophic
Freezing, there's no healing families are dying
This world is shattered... all shattered
Life crushing turbulence, this wrath can't be deniedWishing you could help your friends, standing where they diedEchoes haunting, a hollow planet, lacerations, dissected nation
Freezing, there's no healing everyone is dying
This world is shattered... all shattered

8. "CLASH WITH REALITY"
Sometimes I knowI feel untouchableDrowning in lifeCaught up in the accessibleBack down the groundI hear the soundthere's no escapeThe concrete cloudSpilling on meDrenching me withLaymen's sinsI hear the sirensFrom the back of meI'm crashing face firstInto the glass eye
Clash with realityIt rears it's ugly headClash with realityThe indescribableLet the dogs lieWhere we sleepIrrelevant theme
A situation and there'sNothing but rightIn kicks the doorNobody moves'Cause in walks the problemDictates your fateEvicts, convictsWho'll sign the writ of life?This now becomesTheir morbid gameWho's piss poor excuseIs this for a world?It swells my hatredDay by day
Clash with realityIt rears it's ugly headClash with realityThe indescribableLet the dogs lieWhere we sleepIrrelevant theme

9. "MEDICINE MAN"
Many distant miles awayPast the shores of ever darkThere stays a magic manWho bears an evil markHe helps all concernedThose who come again returnInjecting lies while fires burnThe devil's heartWith angel's wordsHave you wonderedWhat heaven's like?He can show you in one nightOverwhelming with euphoric liftTo lure you to steal your gift
IntoxicationSeeping down to the boneAnd there's no questionWhere you have to go
Understand just take his handHe's the medicine man
Once proud and fearless menWith desire in their eyesLost strong and fruitful livesTo self-indulgent tiesTheir souls were dipped in venomAnd put into a boxThen placed upon a crowded shelfWhere countless souls now rotHave you ever wondered what hell's like?He can take you thereJust one taste and you'll be backAnd by the high you'll swear
IntoxicationSeeping down to the boneAnd there's no questionWhere you have to go
Understand just take his handHe's the medicine man

10. "MESSAGE IN BLOOD"
There's a place that I keep deep inside meIt can trigger my mindAll along I knew it has been with meSince I was just a child
I just summon power within my soulIt has given me life, beyond life I takeBlame for my murderous problem my signatureAlways reminds
It's a message in bloodIt's your cryptic warningWithin the message in bloodMarks the years of pain,And your godforsaken ending to life
I'm provoked into sick confrontations, brutalTime after time, bed of nails, suffocation,life's ending, slay in different designsOne mans misery is another mans mysteryNo one cares to understand myDemented meansSticks and stones can break all yourbrittle bones, epitaph written at your feet
It's a message in bloodIt's your cryptic warningWithin the message in bloodMarks the years of pain,And your godforsaken ending to life

11. "THE SLEEP"
Understanding what hasHappened before usWe are confined to aDarkened hidden tombThe conquering of our worldAs we knew itRise above this pitOf sorrow and painAmong the fewWe are the avant leadersWe've got to liveThrough this trouble and decay
This question haunts my mindWill we survive this night?We're harboring the meekWill we survive the sleep?
Unsure and scaredWe are planning our repriseRevolves around this worldWe don't know anymoreThe odds against usYet we're stronger and prevailingLearn from mistakesCounting souls for sale
This question haunts my mindWill we survive this night?We're harboring the meekWill we survive the sleep?

12. "THE ART OF SHREDDING"
Unity is a rare thingBlind eyes of society bringThe category of minorityNow what are we supposed to be?Born free to bePowerless to change the worldWith our lives in the hands of madmen
Now in times when society needs usThis is where the sin beginsWe're aware they're going to free usRage from our hearts withinBorn of this worldWhich is a living hellBut we'll be closer to heaven
So now, this is the artTo shred... it's only emotion