“When the Stillness Comes” is the first single from Slayer’s first album since the death of founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman.
Guitarist and songwriter Kerry King explained to Rolling Stone that he conceived the song in the midst of a particularly foul mood:
We were touring Europe and we had a thre...
[Verse 1]
Blood was like paste on the walls
Bodies lay lifeless like dolls
A moment that felt like days
Lives extinguished in a rage
So nauseous I don't realize
Incessantly feeding the flies
In the moment of visceral haze
The last thing you see are my crazed eyes
The last thing you see are my eyes
[Verse 2]
Fear lies beneath your facade
In panic, you scream for your god
No way I'll ever abstain
Blood falls from the ceiling like rain
Patiently unleash my violence
Ingesting the sweet sound of your silence
In darkness, this feeling I love
To be covered in blood, blood from above
[Bridge]
This violence finally sets me free
Brings demons back to torture me
There's no god pulling at my strings
I'm above all sorrow faith can bring
[Verse 3]
Disengaged, I see your face
An adrenaline rush I can't replace
Hands around your neck, your senses numb
Staring into your eyes when the stillness comes
When the Stillness Comes was written by Tom Araya & Kerry King.
When the Stillness Comes was produced by Terry Date.
Slayer released When the Stillness Comes on Fri Sep 11 2015.
That’s an odd one, really. When we’re touring in Europe on the festivals runs, it seems like they book you by throwing darts at a map. So we’re in this van driving three hours to some festival and I’m in the back seat being miserable, just having hateful thoughts and I thought, “I should write som...