Behind The Crooked Cross Lyrics
Slayer
Lyrics
time melts away in this living inferno
trapped by a cause that i once understood.
feeling a sickness building inside of me
who will i really have to answer to.
March on through the rivers of red.
souls drift, they fill the air.
forced to fight, behind
the crooked cross.
do only what is expected of me
with no emotions my feelings suppressed.
blind obedience carries me through it all.
conscience a word i learned to forget.
march on through the rivers of red.
souls drift, they fill the air.
forced to fight, behind
the crooked cross.
Lead: hanneman, king
king, hanneman
Time melts away in this living inferno
trapped by a cause that i once understood.
blind obedience carries me through it all
do only what is expected of me.
march on through the rivers of red.
souls drift, they fill the air.
forced to fight, behind
the crooked cross.
Song & Lyrics Facts
Slayer's song "Behind the Crooked Cross" is a metal classic from their 1988 album South of Heaven. This dark and powerful track was written by band members Tom Araya, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman.
It features Slayer’s signature thrash metal sound and intense lyrics that reflect on the atrocities committed in World War II. The song takes its title from a phrase used by Nazi soldiers to describe the swastika symbol. The release date for South of Heaven was July 5th, 1988, making it Slayer’s fourth studio album. Behind the Crooked Cross has become one of the most recognizable songs from the album, with its fast-paced guitar riffs and aggressive drumming setting the tone for its provocative lyrics. The message conveyed in this song remains as relevant today as when it first released over 30 years ago.