Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
(Terror is not a new weapon)
(Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail)
(But inevitably they fail)
(Either because men are not afraid to die)
(For a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves)
(Came to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats)
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
But go, but go, but go, but go, but go
But go continue the rat race
Shake my hand spit in my face
Slit my throat and have a taste
I'm a number after all
Like animals with hierarchy
This whole things is a mockery
Tell me, is this what it's supposed to be
The universe is laughing
Question the power that they have over you
Question the power that they have over you
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
So what if we don't see eye to eye
It seems we have no patience
In this world we can only fear
There's something to be seen
Cancerous deities (killing me)
It's killing me
(Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail)
(But inevitably they fail)
(Either because men are not afraid to die)
(For a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves)
(Came to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats)
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
But go, but go, but go, but go, but go
But go continue the rat race
Shake my hand spit in my face
Slit my throat and have a taste
I'm a number after all
Like animals with hierarchy
This whole things is a mockery
Tell me, is this what it's supposed to be
The universe is laughing
Question the power that they have over you
Question the power that they have over you
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
All these secrets
Subservience
Forbidden knowledge
Hysteria
But there is something that is scarier
We're cattle to something much more superior
So what if we don't see eye to eye
It seems we have no patience
In this world we can only fear
There's something to be seen
Cancerous deities (killing me)
It's killing me
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Fathomless Maw Lyrics as written by Stephen Rutishauser David Flinn
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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