Official Live 101 Proof -1997

A New Level / Walk / Becoming / 5 Minutes Alone / Sandblasted Skin / Suicide Note Pt 2 / War Nerve / Strength Beyond Strength / Domination/Hollow / This Love / I'm Broken / Cowboys From Hell / Cemetery Gates / Fucking Hostile / Where You Come From / I Can't Hide

Now a new look in my eyes -my spirit rise
Forget the past, present tense works and lasts
Got shit on, pissed on, spit on, stepped on, fucked with
Pointed at by lesser men
 
New life in place of old life
Unscarred by trials
 
A new level of confidence and power
 
Demanding plea for unity between us all --
United stand, death before divided fall
In mock military order
Vulgar, power
Impatient because time is shorter
 
New life, in place of old life
Unscarred by trials
 
A new level of confidence and power

Hey! I'm gonna tell you something, right the fuck right now. We've got the goddamn cameras on you and we're
filming for the goddamned home video, so we wanna see you go fucking apeshit, right now. Look -Vince., take it
from the fucking verse -can't you see. You ready? One... two... three...

Can't you see I'm easily bothered by persistence?
One step from lashing out at you
You want in to get under my skin and call yourself a friend
I've got more friends like you, what do I do?
 
Is there no standard anymore?
What it takes, who I am, where I've been -belong
You can't be something you're not
Be yourself, by yourself
Stay away from me
A lesson learned in life
Known from the dawn of time
 
Re -everybody! -spect! That's right! Walk! What did you say?!
Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?

Run your mouth when I'm not around, it's easy to achieve
You cry to weak friends that sympathize
Can you hear the violins playing your song?
Those same friends tell me your every word
 
Is there no standard anymore?
What it takes, who I am, where I've been -belong
You can't be something you're not
Be yourself, by yourself
Stay away from me
A lesson learned in life
Known from the dawn of time

Respect! Walk! What did you say?
Respect! Walk! Are you talking to me?!
Respect! Walk! What did you say?
Respect! Walk! Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?!
No way, you fucking punk! Drop dead, punk!

Respect! Walk! What did you say?
Let's go! Respect! Walk! Are you talking to me?!
One more time, everybody!
Respect! Walk! What did you say?!
Respect! Walk! Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?!
Walk on home boy!

One... two... three... do it!
Thank you very much! Thanks a lot!

This is one off the goddamned Far Beyond Driven album, which I've gotta say -I'm very, very happy that
everybody bought that album and put all that fucking commercial shit in their fucking place when our record
came out at number one and all that fucking shit. I like it. Next song's called 'Becoming'. Check it out, we've been through it all

A long time ago I never knew myself.
Then the memory of shame birthed its gift.
No more. The small one, the weak one, the frightened one.
Running from beatings, deflating. I'm becoming more than a man. More than you ever were. Driven and burning To rise beyond Jesus.
I'm born again with snake's eyes, becoming godsize

Let's go!

I found my life was slipping through my hands. Perhaps Through death my life won't be so bad.
I can see you, can fuck you, inside of you. Staring through your eyes.
Belittle your friends to serve me, to suck me, To realize my saving grasp. I of suicide. I the unlord.
I'm born again... everybody!
With snake's eyes
That's right!
Becoming godsize
That's right! Godsize! Bang it! Bang it inside!

I'm born again... everybody!
With snake's eyes
That's right!
Becoming godsize
Fucking A!

I see you had your mind all made up you group of pitiful liars 
Before I woke to face the day, your master plan transpired 
Something told me this job had more to meet the eye, my song is not believed? My words somewhat deceiving? 
Now I'm unwhole.
You've waged a war of nerves but you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are, can't leave that scar.
You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us 5 minutes alone
Back, man! 5 minutes alone!

I read your eyes, your mind was made up, you took me for a fool. 
You used complexion of my skin for a counter-racist tool. -You can't burn me 
I've spilled my guts out in the past, taken advantage of  because you know where I've come from -my past.
You've waged a war of nerves but you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are, can't leave that scar.
I bury your compensation, I ask you please just give us 5 minutes alone
Just give us 5 minutes alone
Fools!

The next song goes out to everybody out there who never gave up on the fucking heavy music, ever. 
Everybody who ignored all these weak-assed fucking trends, and all thse pussy-whipped fucking ideas. Fuck
'em all. 'Cause you know why? All of us together -look. The trend is dead! (it's dead, it's dead, it's dead) The trend
is dead! (it's dead, it's dead, it's dead,) Thank fucking God, the trend... is... dead!

Scrape it, grind it, peel it, hide it
The trend is over and gone forever
Shelf it, box it, save it, frame it
You won't need that anymore, it's on sale at your fucking  dollar store
Everybody! Waste of time, pantomime, circus doll, at the local mall

Exterminate, it's all fake!
 
Exterminate, it's all fake

Sandblast yourself
Sandblast yourself

That's right. Give us what we all want!
Hands together, all around
Give in to waste your soul

You know something? I said... look here, look here. You know what I said all along? I'm sure that maybe you read
somewhere -you know-, I speak my mind and I talk about some shit and I fucking tell it like it is. I don't know if you
ever heard about, uh... you know how the philosophy of Pantera goes. We -you know, we don't give a flying-fuck
about the others, all we care about is our own. And all I've been saying for fucking years to all these stupid 
fucking 'experts'... Hey -do you know what the 'experts' are telling you? That heavy music is dead and gone? Well
look, y'all do me a favour. Y'all do me a favour. Y'all turn around and look at each other right now. Y'all turn around
and look at all these motherfucking people here, and obviously somebody's wanting to hear something that 
fucking, these 'experts' are telling ya you ain't supposed to be hearing.  Alright? Well, check this out. (play the 
hit!) What? Our 'hit'? This is our 'hit'. This next song's our 'hit'. You won't hear this next song anywhere but in 
your goddamned car, at home, or on this fucking stage, and that's the way it should be. Ladies and gentlemen, 
Vinnie Paul on the drums. Please start to jump!

Out of my mind, gun up to the mouth
No pretension, execution, live and learn, rape and turn
Fret not family, nor pre-judged army
This is for me, and me only, savaged, watch me do it

Don't you try to die, like me
It's livid and it's lies and makes graves 

It's not worth the time to try, to replenish a rotting life
I'll end the problem, facing nothing, fuck you off, fuck you all
Tortured history, addict of misery, this exposes me
And me only, savaged,  watch me do it

Don't you try to die, like me
It's livid and it's lies, and makes graves

Descending down
Don't just stand there!
Why would you help anyone who doesn't want it,
doesn't need it, doesn't want your shit advice
when a mind's made up to go ahead and die?
What's done is done and gone, so why cry?

Tortured history, addict of misery, this exposes me
And me only, savaged,  watch me do it

Truly, fuck the world, for all it's worth, every inch of planet Earth
Fuck myself, don't leave me out, but don't get involved, don't corner me
Inside, ulcer, unjust bastards, file out, face first
Meet the lies and see what you are

It's forcing you down, and it's grinding against you
Let the war nerve break 

For every fucking second the pathetic media pisses on me and judges what I am in one fucking paragraph or less
-Fuck 'em all!

Expect the worse, you bleeding heart, but kill me first efore it starts 
Yes my cock is getting hard, we are born different after all
Invite mayhem, produce weapons, burn down, shoot it down,
No CNN and no goddamned media now

It's forcing you down, and it's grinding against you
Let the war nerve break

All the money in the fucking world wouldn't buy me one ounce of trust in anything these assholes are about
Fuck 'em all
And I mean, fuck 'em all

Nothing is worth the sleep that I've lost
Apologies are unacceptable now
A blistered revenge awaits in me
This is fucking loveless
Hell! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate!
Hate mail not read, in jail instead
Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! 
The Lord knows, there's worse
Ignore, this curse

Let me see your hands in the air!
Fuck 'em all!
Thank you very much!

How many of y'all been with us since the fucking 1990 Cowboys From Hell days, huh? All you veterans out there,
you show all thse goddamn newcomers why you keep coming back to see Pantera. Diamond Darrell, start the 
fucking thing off.

There is nothing. No education. No family life to open my arms to. 
You'd say that my job is today, yet gone tomorrow, I'll be broke in a gutter.
I know the opinion. A broken record. 
Fuck you and your college dream
Fact is, we're stronger than all.

You're working for perfect bodies, perfect minds and perfect neighbours.
But I'm helping to legalize dope on your pristine streets and I'm making a fortune.
You're muscle and gall, naive at best. I'm bone, brain and cock. 
Deep down stronger than all.

A sad state of affairs. A crippled America. A pipe dream buttfucked. Immune. Stronger than all.
     
We've grown into a monster. An arrogant, explosive motherfuck.
Hard as a rock. Shut like a lock.
The president in submission. He holds out his hand on
Your television and draws back a stump. It's too late for some.
Far too late. Far too late
    
Hail kings. The new kings. Stronger than all.
A simple process to legalize. There would not be a choice but to take our side. 
Be there no question of certain strengths. 
Know this intention. Forever stronger than all!
Fucking A!

You hear Rex's bass? Answer me! Do you hear the fucking bass? On the Cowboys From Hell album, we've got a song called 'Domination'. We're gonna cut that motherfucker in half. I wanna see everybody break their neck. In the air, one... two... three... shit!

He as hollow as I alone, a shell of my friend -just flesh and bone
There's no soul, he sees no love
I shake my fist at skies above, mad at God

He as hollow as I converse, I wish he'd waken from this curse
Hear my words, before it's through I want to come in after you
My best friend, my best friend, like me... a vision
Come back!

If ever words were spoken, painful and untrue
That's right!
I said I loved but I lied
In my life, all I wanted was the keeping of someone like you
As it turns out, deeper within me
Love was twisted and pointed at you
 
Never ending pain, quickly ending life -
 
You keep this (love) thing, (love) child, (love)  toy
You keep this (love) fist, (love)  scar, (love) break
You keep this (love) (love) (love) (love) (love) (love)
You keep this love

I'd been the tempting one, I stole her from herself
This gift in pain, her pain was life
And sometimes I feel so sorry, I regret this the hurting of you
But you make me so unhappy, I'd take my life and leave love with you
 
I'd kill myself for you, I'd kill you for myself 
 
You keep this (love) thing,  (love) child, (love) toy
You keep this (love) fist, (love), scar, (love) break
You keep this (love) come on! (love) (love) (love) (love) (love)
You keep this love

Let me ask you something. How many of you crazy bastards are gonna come see Pantera again? Let's go. I love it.
Till the next time we see you -we love you. May you get high, may you drop acid, may you get laid and all that 
good shit. The last song of the night is called 'I'm Broken'. I'm having a good time!

(I wonder) if we'll smile (in our) coffins while (loved ones) mourn the day, (the absence) of our faces
Living, laughing, eyes awake. Is this too much for them to take?
Too young for ones conclusion, the lifestyle won.
Such values you taught your son. That's how.
Look at me now. I'm broken.
Inherit my life.
I'm broken

(One day) we all will die, (a cliched) fact of life. (Force fed) to make us heed. (Inbred) to sponge our bleed. 
Every warning, a leaking rubber, a poison apple for mingled blood. 
Too young for ones delusion the lifestyle cost
Venereal mother, embrace the loss. That's how. Look at you now. 
You're broken. Inherit your life
You're broken

That's how, look at me now

Under the lights where we stand tall
Nobody touches us at all
Showdown, shootout, spread fear within, without
We're gonna take what's ours to have
Spread the word throughout the land
They say the bad guys wear black
We're tagged and can't turn back

You see us comin' (you all together run for cover)
We're takin over this fucking town

Here we come, reach for your gun
And you better listen well my friend, it's been slow down below,
Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done -again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales, friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you, we're the cowboys from hell

Yeah!

Pillage the village, trash the scene
But better not take it out on me
'Cause a ghost town is found where your city used to be
So out of the darkness and into the light
Sparks fly everywhere in sight
From my double barrel, 12 gauge,
Can't lock me in your cage

You see us coming (you all together run for cover)
We're takin over this motherfucking town

Here we come, reach for your gun
And you better listen well my friend, it's been slow down below
Aimed at you, we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done -again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales, friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you, we're the cowboys from hell

Here we come, reach for your gun
And you'd better listen well my friend, it's been slow down below
Aimed at you, we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done -again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales, friend
High noon, your doom
Comin' for you, we're the cowboys from hell
Whoa, yeah! Step aside for the cowboys from hell

The reverend he turned to me without a tear in his eyes
It's nothing new for him to see, I didn't ask him why
I will remember he love our souls had sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see now is your...

Well I guess you took my youth -I gave it all away
Like the birth of a new-found joy, this love would end in rage
And when she died, I couldn't cry
The pride within my soul
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories now unfold.

Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

Sometimes when I'm alone, I wonder aloud
If you're watching over me, some place far abound
I must reverse my life -I can't live in the past
Then set my soul free, belong to me at last
Through all those complex years I thought I was alone
I didn't care to look around and make this world my own
And when she died,  I should've cried and spared myself some pain
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories still remain

The way we were, the chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word, I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

The way we were, the chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word, I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

Thank you very fucking much!

What the fuck do you want to hear? Let me... I'm going to ask you again, and I want an answer from the fucking
front, to the goddamn back 'cause I can see everybody in this fucking place. You can't hide from me. What do you
want to fucking hear?! Hostile! It's okay to curse. You can curse if you want to. You paid good money to curse 
out loud. What?! Fucking Hostile! Eh?! Fucking Hostile! I love it man, I swear to God. Alright, I know what you
wanna hear. Everybody take a deep breath in... deep breath. Look -take a deep breath. Blow it out all over the 
motherfucker next to you and give him all your bullshit breath in the face. And until we see you again, four 
seconds from now, everything's gonna look a little bit different. You ready Dime? You ready Rex? You ready 
Vince? Are you ready out there?

Almost every day, I see the same face 
On broken picture tube
It fits the attitude
If you could see yourself
You put you on a shelf
Your verbal masturbate
Promise to nauseate
Today I'll play the part of non-parent
Not make a hundred rules
For you to know about yourself
Not lie and make you believe
What's evil is making love and making friends and meeting God your own way
The right way
 
To see
To bleed
Cannot be taught
In turn you're making us...
I wanna hear you!
Fucking hostile!

We stand alone
 
The truth in right and wrong
The boundaries of the law
You seem to miss the point
Arresting for a joint?
You seem to wonder why
Hundreds of people die
You're writing tickets man
My mom got jumped -they ran!
Now I'll play a public servant
To serve and protect
By the law and the state
I'd bust the punks
That rape steal and murder
And leave you be
If you crossed me
I'd shake your hand like a man, not a god
 
To see, to bleed, cannot be taught
In turn you're making us...
Let's go!
Fucking hostile!

Come meet your maker, boy
Some things you can't enjoy
Because of heaven/hell
A fucking wives' tale
They put it in your head
Then put you in your bed
He's watching say your prayers
Cause God is everywhere -bullshit!
Now I'll play a man learning priesthood
Who's about to take the ultimate test in life
I'd question things because I am human
And call no one my father who's no closer that a stranger
I won't listen
 
To see, to bleed, cannot be taught
In turn, you're making us...
Let's go!
Fucking!
Fucking!
Fucking!
Fucking h-o-s-t-i-l-e!

It's strange to be around again
Can't care about the skies
I was asking for it all
Being dragged down a road
Call it wisdom, call it ignorance
But it's still alive and it's in me now, and it lives and breathes
And I can't give a fuck, I've got a big mouth and there's a lot to learn from a bottle of whiskey
It's where you come from, yeah

A remedy to the curse, on harder wares control
I look at what's around, I just can't lie around feeling sorry for myself
But it's still alive and it's in me now, and it lives and breathes
I could care less, I've got a big mouth and there's a lot learn from weed and whiskey
It's where you come from

I fell in front of my friends, I dropped out in front of the world
You call that supernatural?
I've got a big mouth and there's a lot to learn from a bottle of whiskey
It's where...
Black wings will weather your flight
For some there's no second time
Following the paths of your life
I stepped off the mountain, to the sky

I've written about my inner wars, but I couldn't give a shit right now,
Most of me is all strength and all of me is at war with dope, but my eyes are clear in sight
My guts are blazing, I must have life
I can't hide, to erase what I've done -last year, and the years before

It still takes assholes of all kinds on that fact I am still clear,
I should know and now I do -I'm one of them I'm just like you
I'm just like you, a man that stands his ground with strength
I can't hide, to erase what I've done -last year, and years before
Can't hide myself and I won't try
It makes me strong

It blows away weakness
It blows away detachment
It blows away the depression inside
It blows away the mental withdrawal
It blows away