Dawnrazor was released in 1987. The classic, epic sound of the Nephilim had not yet evolved, but it's a great record that takes us through a terrifying landscape of Western heroes, mystery and horror.
1. Intro (The Harmonica Man)
[Instrumental. This track honours Charles Bronson's Harmonica Man from the movie "Once Upon a Time in the West".]
2. Slowkill
Don't cry on the bridge of starving
So cold, first light
Up here on the bridge of night
Forsake me but listen
So low
So low
So lonely
For what?
Up here on the bridge of night
To fall would be so nice
Chase this misery out of this town
Bury my face into this ground
Now jump
Now jump
J-j-j-j-jump
In this smile, mesmerised
She wants you up, she wants you
Up here I can see for miles
Judging flies by the size
I'm up here because I wanted to die
I lie here like a dying messiah
I'm up here because I wanted to die
All I hear
I lie here
Chase this misery out of this town
Bury my face into this ground
Now jump
Now jump
J-j-j-j-jump
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
And don't cry
Now jump
Now jump
J-j-j-j-jump
Bury my face into this ground
Jump
3. Preacher Man
Well he talks in confusion
And he faults your point of view
You talk about his apparition
And he talks
I hear him laughing at you
Contamination, radiation
Let it crawl while the city sleeps
Come, turn to lay for bait for a while
Now you're melting through your burning fields
All the people sing "Earth"
Stop.
He talks
Kinetic scars reopen
A thousand fingers
Reach out for you
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
Earth
Oh, keep talking
You're a hunter I'm a wolf
Yeah, keep talking
I'm the preacher, you're the fool
Contamination, radiation
Let it crawl while the city sleeps
Come, turn to lay for bait for a while
Now you're melting through your burning fields
And all the people sing "Earth"
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
We don't feel no contamination
Mr. Jealousy has returned
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Mr. Jealousy has returned to reality
I'm secure in my humanity
You're living in danger
Mr. Jealousy please return your heart to me
Can't you see
I'm loving a stranger?
Living inside her, this love volcane
Now burning inside her, this love volcane
Living inside her, this love volcane
He's been living inside her, this love volcane
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Mr. Jealousy has returned
Mr. Jealousy has returned
Living inside her, this love volcane
Now burning inside her, this love volcane
Living inside her, this love volcane
He's been living inside her, this love volcane
Living inside her
Now burning inside her
Volcane, volcane
Volcane, volcane
Volcane, volcane
Volcane
Volcane
Volcane
Volcane
Volcane
Volcane, volcane
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Volcane
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yearn
Yearning, yearning, yearning, yeah
5. Vet For The Insane
[Here we are visiting the mind of a psychotic killer, I think. At the end, you'll hear children's voices singing, with a music box as the background sound. I think this is a reference to the movie "Evil Dead", where a woman who is possessed by a Sumerian evil spirit chants "We�re gonna get you� not another peep� time to go to sleep". Carl has added a music box as the background sound, which makes it a lot more eerie than in the movie.]
"Disheartening dreams
Hard to relax, relax
It's a crime to sleep
Relax, relax
You had a haunted young past
So bad, so bad
I'm gonna pull you all to pieces
So sad, so sad
Flowers in your kitchen
They weep for you
I'm gonna shred them all to pieces
Like I did to you
Relax, relax
Relax
Relax, relax
Relax
I wanna go home
Saddened I cry for you
I wanna go home
Look what you put me through
Put me through
The wolves gather round
Feel a droning sound
Like the hostile beat
What am I here for?
Relax, relax
Relax
Relax, relax
Relax
I wanna go home
Sad that I cry for you
I wanna go home
Look what you put me through
I wanna go home
What am I here for?
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
What am I here for?
I wanna go home
What am I here for?
I wanna go home
Time to go to sleep
We're gonna get you
We're all gone to sleep
Time to go to sleep"
6. Dust
Blood
I would watch it rain
Gotta heats its slug at your brain
Dust
We fade the scene
Got a reasoning peace, now explain
Feelings go on and on
Killing, it's all man made
The rythm of the life is all too strong
So we burn it
Come down
Ride aboard a train
In a swirling pool
Of blood and brains
Well that's fate
My mind is made
Be a woman or child
Charms masquerade
Feelings go on and on
Killing, it's all man made
The rythm of the life is all too strong
So we burn it
The western heroes
Blood
I've walked the high wire
I've had to walk real high
To see today
Dust
Fade without a name
When I finish my war
I'll fade the same
Feelings go on and on
Killing, it's all man made
The rythm of the life is all too strong
So we burn it
The western heroes
I walk the high wire
I walk the high wire
I walk the high wire
I walk the high wire
7. Reanimator
["Hey we are transformin' with your daughters on the ground"... I'm guessing this is a reference to the Watchers.]
"Hey, we are transformin'
With your daughters on the ground
Hey, we look like sisters
Caught up in a landslide
Falling down
So far that you can't feel them
So far that you can't hear them
So far
So far!
Reanimator
Reanimate her now
Reanimator
Reanimate her now
Hey, a child by fire
Your world stinks, your world stinks of you
Say, the words on the wire
Your mind burns, your mind burns afraid
So far that you can't hear them
So far that you can't feel them
So far
So far!
Reanimator
Reanimate her now
Reanimator
Reanimate her now"
8. Power
Power
Power feeds you long loving hours
I can give everlasting power
Flower
The world opens you need simple flower
A feeling, a feeling oh so sour
Drain me now, drain me from power
Drain me now drain me from power
Power
The wide open stench you're all so sour
I can't give but I receive for hours
Drain me now, drain me from power
Drain me now, drain me from power
Draining static from the attic,
Attic walls
Drain me now, drain me from power
Drain me now, drain me from power
Draining static from the attic,
Attic walls
A power
So somatic
So your heart is burning
I call it static
Attic walls
I'm ecstatic
So charismatic
You're so tragic
My love's so manic
Attic walls
I have the power
Leaves you frantic
My mind has turned
I'm systematic
Attic walls
See my touch
Makes you cover
Drain me of
My breathing hours
Attic walls
9. Blue Water
Move back...
Step outside yourself
Just move back...
Stepping outside yourself, outside yourself
Just move back
Stepping outside yourself
Feel I'm falling upwards
Looking at Hell
What am I supposed to be?
Well, life looks a little hazy
Looking at myself
Sea green
If you know what I mean
As I unleash this animal inside
Out of my mind
Well, it's the perspiration
That's draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Blue angel
In this nightfall
It circles, it dawns
In this nightfall
Constant pain
The constant pain
Blue water is running
Blue feeling, I'm craving for you
You got electrostatic hotwire
And I'm breaking on through
Well, it's the perspiration
That's draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Perspiration is draining my head
Blue angel
Well, it is nightfall
It circles, it dawns
We feed at nightfall
Blue angel
Raining
10. Dawnrazor
Cutting razor, sounding violin
Recalling cut-throat's
Razor sin
We're watching heaven
As the sun goes down
I watch the sun burst
It hits the ground
You've got to fall
Dawnrazor's falling
The western sky!
Dawnrazor's falling
The Western Sky!
Dawnrazor, Dawnrazor, well now
Dawnrazor, Dawnrazor, well now
Dawnrazor's falling
The western sky!
Dawnrazor's falling
The Western sky!
He's falling....
Only in dreams have I
Been lost before
Only in dreams have I
Been caught before
Cutting razor, sounding violin
Recalling cut-throat
Razor sin
You've got to fall
Dawnrazor's falling
The western sky!
Dawnrazor's falling
The western sky!
Dawnrazor's falling
The western sky!
Dark Angel's born in
The western sky!
11. The Sequel
Well, I'm back
What do you cry for?
When I'm dead
Will you cry more?
Well, I'm back
What do you cry for?
When I'm dead
Will you cry more?
This is the sequel, this is our secret
This is the sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is the sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is the sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
This is our sequel, this is our secret
[The song fades away as a woman's screams and a chainsaw are heard. This is a clip from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.]
