Only Death Decides

By Exodus

On Impact Is Imminent

Released on June 21, 1990

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[Verse 1]

Sinner, cheater, liar

Made your living till the day you retired

Stealing, taking, using and abusing

Now for all your sins that you are accused of

Cruelty, greed, dishonesty and hate

Forever locked outside the pearly gates

Begging, praying, pleading and bleeding

Won't extinguish the fire you're feeding


[Pre-Chorus]

They say when you die you go to Hell

But when you're dead, it's too late to tell you

You're left to rot in your wooden cell

Am I in Heaven, or am I in Hell?

Am I in Heaven, or am I just in Hell?


[Chorus]

Only death decides for sure

Don't you know, only death decides where you go?

Can't you see what death decides for me

You'll never know until death decides


[Guitar Solo]


[Verse 2]

Pain, sadness, fear

Is all you've ever given throughout the years

Thievery, intimidation and assault

Tools of the trade until death puts a halt

Because you're deceiving, unfeeling and misleading

The world is final, there's no use in appealing

The culmination and sudden realization

It's all real, no hallucination


[Pre-Chorus]

They say when you die you go to Hell

But when you're dead, it's too late to tell you

You're left to rot on your wooden cell

Am I in Heaven or am I in Hell?

Am I in Heaven or am I just in Hell?


[Chorus]

Only death decides for sure

Don't you know, only death decides where you go?

Can't you see what death decides for me

You'll never know until death decides


[Guitar Solo]


[Verse 3]

Dealer, pusher, conniver

It's no surprise you fell paralyzed

Felon, loser and misuser

You're dead broke, a washed-up boozer

Misery, disaster, catastrophe

Exactly how you knew the end would be

Torture, terror and nightmare

Is what you'll receive when death comes in three's


[Pre-Chorus]

They say when you die you go to Hell

But when you're dead, it's too late to tell you

You're left to rot in your wooden cell

Am I Heaven or am I in Hell?

Am I Heaven or am I just in Hell?


[Chorus]

Only death decides for sure

Don't you know, only death decides where you go?

Can't you see what death decides for me

You'll never know until death decides

Where you go

Where you go

Where you go