This song could be Al’s realization that his drug habit has started negatively impacting him and his confronting it. At the time this album was recorded, his drug use had begun to get out of hand. During the recording of Ministry’s then-forthcoming album three years later, Animositisomina, Al quits...
Well I just shot a man to death
I caught him crawling around in my head
He fired back and then it stopped
A final shot and a final breath
Afraid to stop and afraid to check
The smell of fear and the color red
An introduction to myself
The lips are blue with the smell of death
Saw my reflection in a spoon
I had a warped mind and a ¼ inch fuse
I've got a supermanic soul
I've pulled the trigger in the record room
I put a stop to his servitude
I took him down in the record room
The interest of you
Dead - practice
The interest of you
Dead - practice
Dead!
Supermanic Soul was written by Bobby Marz & Rey Washam & Louis Svitek & Paul Barker & Al Jourgensen.
Supermanic Soul was produced by Paul Barker & Al Jourgensen.
Ministry released Supermanic Soul on Tue Jun 08 1999.