Fall of Men

(2005 (Noiseheadrecords)

recorded and mastered at black lagoon studios (vienna, austria) from march to may 2005, except track 9 recorded live at sargfabrik vienna, 26.02.2005
produced, mixed and mastered by mario jezik
all songs written and performed by perishing mankind
cover concept by perishing mankind
layout and design by eva auer and tobias thomsch
photography by cathrine and silvia posch
homepage by stephan lückl

• nox
• first fallout
• fire in the sky
• noone
• rage
• system mutilation
• perishing mankind
• last exit
• disillusion (live)

Lyrics

search the night for victims/
smell the taste of blood/
see the bodies sleeping/
hunger your first thought/

risen from the grave/
slept a hundred years/
get out of your cave/
we’ll never mind their tears/

never care about their souls/
feeding is their only cause/
your soul is longing for/
blood your only source of hope/

sucking you dry/
ends in the morning/
hide from the sunlight/
back into your coffin/

close your eyes again/
back into eternity/
until you rise again/
endless struggle into pain/

shadows walking in the street/
hiding in the darkness/
fading out from your sight/
danger in the night/

red buttons were pushed/
torches of doom are on their way/
authorities failed neither chaos nor control/
fiery trails in the darkened skies/

fallout is raining down/
we drown/
post nuclear generation/
is done/

closed vaults/
only specimen survived/

the soundless screams of billions of men/
burned in the flames/

the power of the smallest parts ripped the earth apart/
out of the vault into the light after what seemed to be an endless night/

new eden on an earth that failed/
genesis into a new age/

the mother ship came silently/
we’ve been watched before/
they moved in invisible/
walked into an open door/

visions of the chosen/
came true at last/
as they ripped of their mask/

fire was raining from the skies/
no one’s here to rescue us/
bolts of lightning blinded our eyes/
in darkness we faded/

no weapon to fight/
the demons from the skies/
washed from the planets face/
in all f our disgrace/

human art forgotten/
mankind wiped out/
hopes erased/
love never felt again/

as they returned to their master/
in fame and glory/
mission accomplished recreation successful/

another race deceased/
holy war on galactic scale/
star ships never sleep/
genocide at light speed/

here i’m standing at the stage/
the crowd beneath/
is looking up to see/
i’ve nothing left to loose/

there they are here i stand/
all on my own/
they’ll leave me alone/
once again like everyone/

frustration is a weak word/
for the feelings i hide inside/
hopes were destroyed/
all my life long and will be again/

all the people i cared for/
had less than that for me/
they set their expectations/
which were too great for me/

no one cared at all about me/
no one thought of me/
no one saw it coming/
i only know i’ve got to be free/
no one thought of me/
no one saw it coming/

the crowd now screams at me/
they’re afraid I’ll go further/
but i don’t want to let them down/
so i take my step and fly/

as the concrete gets closer/
i feel light like never before/
my sorrows have no meanings/
as i crashed into the floor/

as i opened my eyes no one was at my side/
no one’s a friend in the end/
i knew that i was right/

just see the red light in the eye/
time to freak out never ask why/
my rage was buried inside me/
the one who bleeds that will be thee/

no one knows there’s only fight/
under the streetlights/

you will not stop my rage/
i will let it all out/
my blood flows from my face/
your blood is on my fist/
you will not stop my rage/
won’t stop my rage/

rage takes control of me/
only blood i want to see/
i’m beating on your face/
on the floor is a red trace/

bones cracking kicking you/
will help me today/

system mutilation/
system uses mental mutilation/

the system is the big body of society/
you are the little cell that thinks it’s mighty/
what do you think you change a single thing
if you just sit and scream and shout and cry about your fucking life within/

you don’t have a clue/
the things that you do/
are not here to help you get anywhere/
you forget that you/
whatever you do/
just the fucking nitrogen in their atmosphere/

you’re an ugly rub you’ll get no butterfly/
you would have better blown your brain and don’t ask why/
you breed your fatness you’re living a big lie/
so you should better face the truth shut up and die/

cry/
side by side/

they fuck your liberty you breed insanity/

the bullets are ripping through the crowd/
the revolution is falling into parts/
the starving are buried by the sand/
forgotten and never before seen/

have you seen newborn dying on their first day of live/
have you seen children starving in a faraway land/
have you seen young men crying on their first day of war/
have you seen the old one dying in a silent room alone/
have you seen widows crying waiting for their fallen men/

they were only men who wanted to be/
only want to be just like we are/
they were only men who wanted to be/
in a perishing mankind/

have you seen atomic waste buried under mountains/
have you seen forests burning feeding humans greed/
have you seen dead fishes floating in a poisoned sea/
have you seen peoples killing fighting for their religion/
have you seen heroes dying in a quiet blaze of glory/

you ignored my questions/
you ignored my calls/
i’m getting to my end now/
i’m giving up my soul/

hear me fall see me cry/
i’m jumping out my window/
hear me fall see me cry/
i’m jumping out my window/

left me bleeding on the floor/

the only one i wanted/
the only one i cared for/
she left me bleeding on the floor/
seems to be my last exit/




in memory of georg w. (1983-2005)

you’ve got pain/
i’ve got noise/
you’ve got rain/
where I’ve got sun/

take the sorrows of the world and load them on your shoulder/
it will kill you like a boulder won’t you/
cry anymore on my shoulder/

it will haunt you through your life it will cut you like a knife/
i won’t bother anymore/
i’ll see you crawling on the blood spilled floor/

i’ll see you spilling tears for others/
this time I won’t bother/
with or without you that’s the only choice for me/
with or without you just how I want to be/

crying in the night/
pain and sorrow/
for thousands/

calling out for help/
mine you won’t get/
deserted and misunderstood/
never ever thinking of any good
/
i’ve got hope/
i‘ve got faith/
i am optimistic/

horror and terror/
rule our world/
war and hatred/
will seize this earth/

i see it every day I know how this ends/
you see it every day you know how this ends/

life live as best as it gets/