Obsession - Marshall Law (1983) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Vescera - Lead Vocals Bruce Vitale - Guitars Art Maco - Guitars Matt Karagus - Bass Jay Mezias - Drums Produced by Brian Keane ("Gonna Send You To Vegas Kid"). Recorded at Jhana Sound, Newtown, CT and Scovil Productions, Norwalk, CT. Mixed at Jhana Sound, Newtown, CT. Engineered by Ron Bacchiocchi, Earl Cohen and Gary Scovil. Front Cover Illustration: Bob O'Connor. Front Cover Concept: Obsession. Back Cover and Inner Sleeve Design: Cindy Karagus. Back Cover Photography: Joe Laskowski. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Only The Strong Will Survive (Vitale / Vescera, Mezias) 3:20 2) Hatred Unto Death (Vitale, Karagus / Vescera) 6:57 3) The Execution (Matt Karagus, Vitale / Cindy Karagus) 4:53 4) Marshall Law (Vitale / Karagus) 4:18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Only The Strong Will Survive (Vitale / Vescera, Mezias) 3:20 Someday you'll find you're left behind You can't keep up, life's moving on too fast You're hunted down, we don't mess around We'll cut you out, you know you'll never last You can't keep up with the runnin' and hidin' You tell yourself that you can't take no more Time's running out, they say you'll never last You'll soon find out that only the strong will survive Stick in a hole, you've lost control All of your pride just trash you hold on to The time has come, the strong have won The weak are gone, they have conquered you On your blood we thrive Only we'll survive Solo: Bruce / Art / Bruce / Art / Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Hatred Unto Death (Vitale, Karagus / Vescera) 6:57 I'm searching deep within myself In hopes that I will find The beast that kills my every thought It lives within my mind I cannot take this anymore I'll fight this curse I hate It eats away at all my life I pray it's not too late You're standing there before me Can't understand what you want Well you're the beast within me You crucify and you taunt You know you can't control me My hatred rules over you I can't take all this misuse And all the cruel things you do I can't control it This hatred unto death I've got to fight it This hatred unto death I'll take my sword and my dagger We're gonna fight to the end This match could go on forever Don't try to lie and pretend These chains of hate don't scare you My quest for freedom is clear Your lust for pain just kills me You laugh and say you don't care You can't escape, can't run away Your time is up now you must pay I'll rip your flesh and squeeze you dry You can beg and plead but you must die Well, now you've seen it coming This time you cannot deny My mind is free forever Your time has come now to die My sword destroyed this hatred My dagger sent it away This life I'm free to live now I'll have to take day by day I now control it This hatred unto death It's gone forever This hatred unto death This hatred unto death I'm free at last to live my life With no hatred unto death Solo: Bruce / Art ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) The Execution (Matt Karagus, Vitale / Cindy Karagus) 4:53 Trials complete, painless slice Councils meet, rolling dice Headlines screaming, richmen pay Blade is gleaming, executioners play Lustrous leaders, evil deceit Anxious readers, killing elite Exalted wizards, bodies gashed Bloody blizzard, tin pan splashed Execution - you're waiting in line Execution - you'll pay the fine Execution mastered, deathline waits Dying bastards, sinners' fate Dripping guillotine, cloakmen's wage Audience thriving, executioners' stage Death concluding, debts are paid Gamblers feuding, money's made Cloakmen smile, sinister illusion Heads in piles, it's your execution Execution - you're waiting in line Execution - you'll pay the fine It's time to die Solo: Bruce / Art / Bruce / Art ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Marshall Law (Vitale / Karagus) 4:18 Switch blade, axes, screaming from the stacks Fingers start to counter, to prepare for attack Lips both severed from eating the strings Blood flowing steady as my axe starts to sing Marshall law Suicide roadies blow this place to the ground They overload the circuits as we increase the sound Total destruction, but that's the price you pay A loss of hearing that just won't go away Marshall law Solo: Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------