"Bleak" | |
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11th track of Dark Ages | |
Sung by | Max Cavalera |
Duration | 4:56 |
Genre(s) | Groove metal |
Written by | Max Cavalera |
Produced by | Max Cavalera |
Released in | 2005 |
Previous track "Riotstarter" |
Next track "(The) March" |
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"Bleak" is a song included on the fifth album Dark Ages, released in 2005. Tinny metal echoes in the outro was recorded in Hagia Sophia, an ancient temple in Istanbul. This song talks about a disease gotten by maggots.
Lyrics[]
Maggots crawling, posers falling
Suffocating in garbage
So much trash in excess
Feed your ego up your ass
On your knees, blood sucking pigs
Die of your own disease
Worms and ashes, feed the masses
Up your ass, blood cloth dead!
Maggots crawling, two-face falling
Suffocate on your vomit
Just like sheeps to the slaughter
Follow suit, follow orders
On your knees, blood sucking pigs
Drowning on your own shit
Parasites, full of lies
You got nothing left inside
Bleak
Bleak, like crass
Bleak
Bleak, like crass
Maggots crawling, posers falling
Suffocating in garbage
Final warning, no return
It's the end, you fucking scum
On your knees, blood sucking pigs
Die of your own disease
Parasites, full of lies
You've got nothing left inside
Bleak
Bleak, like crass
Bleak
Bleak, like crass
Bleak, fucking sick
Bleak, fucking sick
Personnel[]
Band performers
- Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar, sitar
- Marc Rizzo – lead guitar
- Bobby Burns – bass guitar
- Joe Nuñez – drums, percussion
Songwriter
- Max Cavalera – lyrics, music
Engineers and producers
- John Gray – engineering, recording, digital editing
- Milan "Bare" Barković – additional recording engineering
- Alexkid – additional recording engineering
- Darya Jubenko – additional recording engineering
- John Bilberry – assistant engineering
- Matt Marksbary – assistant engineering
- Justin Salter – assistant engineering
- Terry Date – mixing
- June Murakawa – assistant mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Max Cavalera – production
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Live-only songs on various albums
"Spit" • "Beneath the Remains/Dead Embryonic Cells" • "Roots Bloody Roots" • "Attitude" • "Sanctuary" • "Polícia"