Lyrics to
Genocide

This version of Genocide was released by Judas Priest in 1976.

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Mercenary batalions
Are poised to strike us down
Terminations conquest
Upon us now full grown

Save me, my heart’s open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide

Devastation hungers
She waits to leap to earth
Imminent liquidation
Before the grand rebirth

Save me, my heart’s open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide

Sin after sin I have endured
Yet the wounds I bear are the wounds of love

Frantic mindless zombies
Grab at fleeting time
Lost in cold perplexion
Waiting for the sign

Generations tremble
Clinging face to face
Helpless situation
To end the perfect race

Flashing senseless sabers
Cut us to the ground
Eager for the life blood
Of all who can be found

Save me, my heart’s open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide

Slice to the left, slice to the right
None to retaliate, none will fight
Chopping at the hearts, snuffing out the lives
This race departs, no one will survive
Heads to the feet, feet to the air
Souls in the soil, heavy in despair
End of all ends, body into dust
To greet death friends, extinction is a must

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The lyrics for Genocide are defined as the words making up the song released by Judas Priest in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Genocide have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Judas Priest and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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