“Human Strain” deals with apocalyptic origins. The track was explained by guitarist Jeff Hanneman to initially be about the human race dying off by a mutative disease.
[Verse 1]
Illness, infected born, mutilated strain
Issue transfusion, no one left to blame
Nature's way of thinning out
The human fucking herd
Disease, to war
To fear his own kind
[Chorus]
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
[Verse 2]
Cities, increase spread, population rise
Dying, the future, process in the genes
Death stalking man
As he embraces the absurd
Through peace, through life
Through hatred of himself
[Chorus]
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
[Bridge 1]
Death stalking man though peace
Through life, though hatred of himself
Death stalking man
As he embraces his crucifixion
[Bridge 2]
Skinless resurrection
From the bodies of the dead
Sickness is increasing
As the oceans turn red
Apparatus for self-destruction
Day of judgment is now at hand
[Verse 3]
Decayed memories haunt vaccinated minds
Risk contamination, mechanism of death
Anyone left alive scorched, turn to ash
Disease, war, black death touching man
[Chorus]
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
The human strain
Returning plague
Drink the tainted blood
From the only child
Human Strain was written by Jeff Hanneman & Tom Araya.
Human Strain was produced by Greg Fidelman.
Slayer released Human Strain on Tue Nov 03 2009.