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Hand in Hand (Death Walks With Life)
Hand in hand
Death walks with life
Evil within you clutches the Knife
Deep in the mirror
Opposite manifest
A parallel presence forever exist
You look at him
He looks at you
Which will you choose?
Hung in the noose
Good and evil stand side by side
Light and darkness
Jekyll and Hyde
Footprint of demons are left to be seen
Wings of an angel will fly in between
They're here!
You fear!
You have to answer
Which way will you turn?
The fire in hell will burn
Colliding! The casting blow
Has ripped up and tortured your soul...
Hand in hand, constant drain
You have to answer or live with the pain
Hand in hand, the dye it is cast
A breath of temptation
Your first to your last
The powers will trick you so don't be misled
The ultimate guilt is the voice in your head
You look at him
He looks at you
Which will you choose?
Hung in the noose
Which way will you turn?
The fire in hell will burn
Colliding! The casting blow
Has ripped up and tortured your soul...
Hand in hand, constant drain
You have to answer or live with the pain
Answer!
They're here!
You fear!
You have to answer!
Hand in hand
Death walks with life
Evil within you clutches the knife
Deep in the mirror opposite manifest
A parallel presence forever exist
You look at him!
He looks at you!
Which will you choose?
Hung in the noose
Which way will you turn?
The fire in hell will burn
Colliding! The casting blow
Has ripped up and tortured your soul...
Hand in hand, constant drain
You have to answer or live with the pain
Hand in hand…
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Against the Grain
Sheep head, brain dead
Lookin' at you and I'm seethin'
Go with the flow
A trait I don't know
While I'm breathin'
Procrastinate a fatal mistake
Become jaded
The mass you see smil'n happliy
Masqueraded
Evil roar inside me
Intuition guide me
Destiny calling
Etched in my soul
Against the grain
I will never give in
Tough to tame
And I'll fight to the end
Rage is sleeping
Compromise, routinize
Selling yourself to be dusted
A retail slut, satisfied in a rut
Well adjusted
Pay day, mayday
Stand in a line so neatly
The rat race is the last place
That you'll see me
Won't be sub-human
End of time keeps loom'n
Destiny callin... etched in my soul
Against the grain
I will never give in
Tough to tame
And I'll fight to the end
Rage is sleeping
If I move with the system
I'm moving way too slow
In the opposite direction
Is the way I want to go
Sheep head, brain dead
Lookin' at you and I'm seethin'
Go with the flow
A trait I don't know
While I'm breathin'
Procrastinate a fatal mistake
Become jaded
The mass you see smil'n happliy
Masqueraded
Destiny calling
Etched in my soul
Against the grain
I will never give in
Tough to tame
And I'll fight to the end
Rage is sleeping
Against the grain
I will never give in
Tough to tame
And I'll fight to the end
Rage is sleeping
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Blue Liquid Eyes
Sleepless, morbid dreams
Voiceless, sonic beams
Mannic Distortion obstructs the view
Taste of disaster is coming true!
In my head and in my soul
The demons continue
Will they ever let go?
Blue liquid eyes
Stare through the window
Blue liquid eyes
Stare right down
Wicked disguise
No you're not able to die...
Injured, feel the wounds
Mind is in orbit, with coloured moons
Fill my prescription for my disease
Life is twice faster or so it seems
In my head and in my soul
The demons continue
Will they ever let go? Let go!
Blue Liquid Eyes
Stare through the window
Blue Liquid Eyes
Stare right down
Wicked disguise
No you're not able to die...
Desperate state!
Suffocate, isolated endless spell
Terminate, assassinate
Demon pointing straight to hell!
Outcast, inside of doom
Relinquish all innocence
Locked in a tomb
Eyes of disaster, a deadly peer
Violently, stabbing me!
Then disappear
Blue Liquid Eyes
Stare through the window
Blue liquid eyes
Stare right down
Watching me die, piercing through
I feel those blue liquid eyes
Blue liquid eyes
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Broke Dick Dog
Death fright
As I stare up in the light
Yeah I think about it everyday
ALways around
I feel my heart up in my throat
Guess it's time to change my way
If there's a moment
When you think you're near the end
You better stop and contemplate
So hear the gunshot
That's been ringing in your head
A voice deep inside says it's not too late
This life like a gateway to hell
Fighting your way through the fog
Don't go and try to seek the answer my friend
I wouldn't trust their lies on a broke dick dog
It ain't fair
To anticipate the terror
No purpose for a sacrifice
I love the thrill
Of hanging out over the edge
But sooner or later
Gonna pay that price
Lightning struck
When my bro up and died
Fill this void, endless pain deep inside
This life like a gateway to hell
Fighting your way through the fog
Don't go and try to seek the answer my friend
I wouldn't trust their lies on a broke dick dog
Guardian angels talk'n
Can't justify their stalkin'
(I wouldn't trust 'em on a broke dick dog)
Death fright
As I stare up in the light
Yeah I think about it everyday
Always around
I feel my heart up in my throat
Guess it's time to change my way
If there's a moment
When you think you're near the end
You better stop and contemplate
So hear the gunshot
That's been ringing in your head
A voice deep inside says it's not too late
This life like a gateway to hell
Fighting your way through the fog
Don't go and try to seek the answer my friend
I wouldn't trust their lies on a broke dick dog
Lightning struck
When my bro up and died
Fill this void, endless pain deep inside
This life like a gateway to hell
Fighting your way through the fog
Don't go and try to seek the answer my friend
I wouldn't trust their lies on a broke dick dog
Guardian angels talk'n
Can't justify their stalkin'
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Faces in the Dark
Got a paranoid feeling
Try to run but can't hide
These jealous dogs are out to get me
Automatically judged
'Cause I'm a different kind
Why can't they blow away
Perfected faces
Plastic mold of a stranger
Detected traces
Guaranteed to bring danger
As I clench this razor
You cannot deny
They'd love to see me end it shortly
They're out to get you
'Till the day that you die
I know they're here to stay
Fly hungry vultures
And prepare for descending
Laughing hyenas grin and wait for the ending
You know they'll always be around
Faces... they surround me in the dark
Faces... they surround me in the dark
They're all around, faces in the dark
As I clench this razor
You cannot deny
They'd love to see me end it shortly
They're out to get you
'Till the day that you die
I know they're here to stay
Fly hungry vultures
And prepare for descending
Laughing hyenas grin and wait for the ending
You know they'll always be around you
Faces... they surround you in the dark
Faces... they surround you in the dark plastic
Faces... they surround you in the dark
Faces... they surround you in the dark
Faces
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Conformity (No, Not Me!)
Refuse to conform
Never will I follow
Label me as a rebel
The inhuman race
And the rules I have to swallow
Must be the work'n of the devil
Fake them
Take them
Society whore
Rape them
Make them
Greedy wanting more
Fabricated mask and a hollowed out soul
Another bullshit artist climbing out of every hole
Make you believe he's the innocent guy
Then make you bleed and care less if you die
Conformity no! Not me! No!
Filled with this rage
The taste is turning sour
Our youth to them doesn't matter
Hell to the people
With their ego craving power
It's their own dreams they will shatter
Drill them
Kill them
Political war
Blood
Thirsty blood
Greedy wanting more
Scientist faced with racing past the moon
Button pushing morons that may end it all too soon
They're all convinced it must be this way
Even if tomorrow brings their dying day
Conformity no! Not me! No!
We scorn the system which is standing
Slowly the walls are tumbling down
The message sent to those commanding
Has finally spread from the underground
Refuse to conform
Never will I follow
Label me as a rebel
The inhuman race
And the rules I have to swallow
Must be the work'n of the devil
Fabricated mask and a hollowed out soul
Another bullshit artist climbing out of every hole
Conformity no! Not me! No!
(Rebellious blood, they'll never shape me)
(Rebellious blood, they'll never shape me)
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Enemy
Motherfucker stuck his knife inside of me!
Does it take blood suck'n look'n for identity?
Trusted you like you trusted me...
Quality time with a backstabb'n enemy
Enemy!
All began with a quick shake of the hand
Slow quick sand, suck me!
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Big mouth hypocrite think he's God
Cause he made it on a flook
With other people's ingenuity
Burnt all his bridges like a moron clod
Now the boy suffers as he makes another enemy
Enemy!
Let's pretend you and I are best friends
Turn my back then, stick me!
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
My Enemy!
Money and time
You took a part of me
Part of my life!
Cheating and lies
Is your reality
You're stuck with your knife!
Motherfucker stuck his knife inside of me!
Does it take blood suck'n look'n for identity?
Trusted you like you trusted me...
Quality time with a backstabb'n
Enemies lurk and you don't know who they are
Till they turn into a jerk and they push you too far!
Don't even give an inch to be fucked for a mile
So here is a song for you at last...
ENEMY you can kiss my ass!
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Burn in hell my friend, my enemy
Burn in hell my Enemy!
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Let Me Out
Insane if they release me
I'll be damned if there's a cure
Electric shock and needles
Stab my brain to make it pure
Impossible to teach me
How to blend with all the rest
Don't try to make me comfortable
Inside this psycho nest
Methods way back from dark ages
Meanwhile sickness inside rages
Let me out
Let me out
I must defy
Let me out
Let me out before I die
Please come and get me
And take me from this padded cell
Let me go and travel on
This winding road to hell
The TV room is crammed
But only seen with vacant stares
A complex operation
For a nurse who doesn't care
We have all this technology
To reach out to the stars
But when it comes to mental health
Let's call the men from mars
At least I like their medication
Lost within this numb sensation
Let me out
Let me out
I must defy
Let me out
Let me out before I die
Soon they'll dissect me
And rape me from my human shell
Let me go and travel on
This winding road to hell
I lie upon my bed at night
And stare on past the wall
I feel a pounding in my head
And voices start to call
My eyelids held with toothpicks
As I watch the morning sun
A spirit comes and points at me
And says. “now you're the one”
Insane if they release me
I'll be damned if there's a cure
Electric shock and needles
Stab my brain to make it pure
Impossible to teach me
How to blend with all the rest
Don't try to make me comfortable
Inside this psycho nest
Let me out
Let me out
I must defy
Let me out
Let me out before I die
Please come and get me
And take me from this padded cell
Let me go and travel
On this winding road to hell
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Guy Mann-Dude (Guy Shiffman) is an American-born musician who was best known in the late 1980s and early 1990s after his eponymous band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1988. A musician renaissance man of sorts, Shiffman began as a drummer and would find himself backing YES singer Jon Anderson on his 1982 ‘Animation Tour’. Although an accomplished drummer doing studio work and leading his bands, Shiffman turned to his first love — the guitar — and reinvented himself as GUY MANN-DUDE.
Before going solo the guitarist served time in the Michael Angelo Band. In 1988 MANN-DUDE would secure a deal with MCA for his first solo album titled “Sleight of Hand”. Bassist Barry Sparks (Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mary Friedman) would be recruited for the album, along with late
Along with late drummer David Eagle. The following year on July 26, 1989 the instrumental shredding nightmare debut would be released.
The album would garnish minimal attention, getting little to no support and push from the label. However, Mann-Dude’s reputation continued to grow.
In 1989, Mann-Dude would be part of the heavy metal supergroup The Dudes of Wrath along with Paul Stanley of KISS and Desmond Child, both on vocals, Vivian Campbell on guitar, Whitesnake's Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, and Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums. The group was specially assembled to record a song called "Shocker" for the soundtrack of the Wes Craven film of the same name. That same year he would also lend his gunslinging talents to Robin Beck's hit album “Trouble or Nothin” as well as Alice Cooper’s “Trash” in 1989.
In 1991 it was time for a GUY MANN-DUDE follow-up. However, this sophomore effort would see a slight change from the shredfest of the first album. Still, as a trio including MANN-DUDE, Sparks and Eagle, they would self-release “Mannic Distortion” (often cited to be (Guy Mann-Dude's Mannic Distortion) under the name Metal Future Records. This 10-song effort would see vocals added to most of the songs contributed by all three members. Only two of the tracks would be instrumentals. ‘Mannic Distortion’ would also delve headfirst into a Bay Area type thrash metal that could have easily rivaled any of its contemporaries at the time. The album would receive another small release on Czechia label Poprun. Neither would get mass worldwide distribution causing the album to become rather rare in later years.
