“By Demons Be Driven,” the penultimate song off of Vulgar Display of Power, is a bit of a deep cut in Pantera’s discography, yet continues to show the band functioning perfectly as a unit.
Musically, it’s very aggressive song, highlighted especially by Dimebag Darrell’s otherworldly guitar tones. M...
[Verse 1]
Serving the faith
Abduction the oath
It lie in wait for the offering
Religion is old
For drying the young
Purity withers and dies
Never return to the ones that provided
Children draining parents of will
I hold out my hand to bloodless child
I'm taken by the one I was saving
From death
[Pre-Chorus]
By demons be driven
By demons be driven
[Chorus]
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
[Verse 2]
With decline in mind
End not far
We're left hanging alone here
He pulls us from nails
Shatters our bones
Leaving us crippled and strewn
Boiling my corpse in the blood of his children
Praying for his god to prevail
Burying us with loved ones
To sleep with shelled children of the sixth dimension
[Pre-Chorus]
By demons be driven
By demons be driven
[Chorus]
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
[Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
By demons be driven
By demons be driven
[Chorus]
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
Beckon the call
By Demons Be Driven was written by Phil Anselmo & Dimebag Darrell & Vinnie Paul & Rex Brown.
By Demons Be Driven was produced by Terry Date.
Pantera released By Demons Be Driven on Tue Feb 25 1992.