The Torture Never Stops
Frank Zappa * Track #3 On Zoot Allures
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The Torture Never Stops by Frank Zappa
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Frank ZappaProduced by
Frank ZappaWrited by
Frank ZappaAbout
One of Frank’s best known songs, he would often play this live and would continue to up until the last tour in 1988.
Recorded in 1976, this song is notable for featuring moans through out the songs. according to Frank, taken from an interview.
The sound effects to ‘The Torture Never Stops’ were an...
The Torture Never Stops Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
Prisoners grumble and piss their clothes and scratch their matted hair
A tiny light from a window hole a hundred yards away
Is all they ever get to know about the regular life in the day
[Chorus]
An' it stinks so bad the stones been chokin'
An' weepin' greenish drops
In the room where the giant fire puffer works
An' the torture never stops
The torture never stops
[Verse 2]
Slime 'n rot, rats 'n snot 'n vomit on the floor
Fifty ugly soldiers, man, holdin' spears by the iron door
Knives 'n spikes 'n guns 'n the likes of every tool of pain
An' a sinister midget with a bucket an' a mop where the blood goes down the drain
[Chorus]
An' it stinks so bad the stones been chokin'
An' weepin' greenish drops
In the room where the giant fire puffer works
An' the torture never stops
The torture never stops
The torture
The torture
The torture never stops
[Verse 3]
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
An evil prince eats a steamin' pig in a chamber right near there
He eats the snouts 'n the trotters first
The loins 'n the groin's is soon dispersed
His carvin' style is well rehearsed
[Bridge]
He stands and shouts
"All men be cursed
All men be cursed
All men be cursed
All men be cursed"
And disagree, well no-one durst
He's the best of course of all the worst
Some wrong been done, he done it first
[Chorus]
(Well, well) An' he stinks so bad, his bones been chokin'
(Yeah) 'An weepin' greenish drops
(Well) In the night of the iron sausage
(Well) Where the torture never stops
The torture never stops
The torture
The torture
The torture never stops
[Instrumental Break 04:53-07:52]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
Who are all those people that he's locked away down there
Are they crazy?
Are they sainted?
Are they zeros someone painted?
It has never been explained since at first it was created
But a dungeon like a sin
Requires naught but lockin' in
Of everything that's ever been
Look at hers
Look at him
[Outro]
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
[Instrumental Outro]
The Torture Never Stops Q&A
Who wrote The Torture Never Stops's ?
The Torture Never Stops was written by Frank Zappa.
Who produced The Torture Never Stops's ?
The Torture Never Stops was produced by Frank Zappa.
When did Frank Zappa release The Torture Never Stops?
Frank Zappa released The Torture Never Stops on Wed Oct 20 1976.
What did Frank Zappa say about "The Torture Never Stops"?
In the April 1977 issue of Nuggets, Zappa was asked what the song was about, to which he replied:
“It’s about torture not stopping.”