Death - Open Casket Lyrics






Approach the image filled with fear
As the image grows so clear
Future now takes full control
The one whose past you now behold
Touch - The flesh it is so cold
Turn away - You now have been told
Never to return, memories will last
In the future, you'll think about the past
Never to forget, what you have seen

People come to pay respect
Taking pictures of the dead
That is what life comes to be
Once they lived, now they're deceased

Death is oh so strange
The past no one can change
What you can't predict
Is how long you'll exist
Open casket - Open casket

Life will never be the same
Death can never be explained
It's their time to go beyond
Empty feeling when they're gone

Never to return, memories will last
In the future, you'll think about the past
Never to forget, what you have seen
What can not be real you now believe





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  1. N.... 9....

    2020 R. I. P. Tom a t

  2. V.... :....

    3:10 motherfuck riff motherfuck

  3. p.... s....

    And the bass . . .yeah!

  4. h.... ....

    the first death-metal song i ever heared.......will love it till the end of time

  5. E.... ....

    Touch - The flesh it is so cold
    Turn away - You now have been told

    Murderous breakdown there...

  6. P.... 6....

    Whooooooaaa

  7. J.... G....

    November 3 2019 it never gets old for me

  8. K.... D....

    love those drum kicks

  9. H.... S....

    Approach the image filled with fear
    As the image grows so clear
    Future now takes full control
    The one whose past you now behold

    [Pre-Chorus]
    Touch - the flesh it is so cold
    Turn away - you now have been told

    [Chorus 1]
    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you have seen

    [Verse 2]
    People come to pay respect
    Taking pictures of the dead
    That is what life comes to be
    Once they lived, now they're deceased

    [Bridge]
    Death is oh so strange
    The past no one can change
    What you can't predict
    Is how long you'll exist

    [Refrain]
    Open casket
    Open casket

    [Chorus 2]
    Life will never be the same
    Death can never be explained
    It's their time to go beyond
    Empty feeling when they're gone

    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you have seen
    What can not be real you now believe
    Tatohugo.cr.

  10. T.... ,....

    fuuuuuck yes !

  11. J.... ....

    Death is oh so strange
    The past no one can change
    What you can't predict
    Is how long you'll exist
    Open casket, Open casket!

  12. D.... :....

    2:44
    3:03
    3:10

  13. C.... C....

    Why death had the best drummers?? Unbelievable ❤

  14. M.... m....

    Chuck Schuldiner Master of Death Metal Rest in Peace

  15. a.... y....

    Death metal mozart

  16. J.... P....

    Heaviest drums ever

  17. J.... B....

    For my Nana 💙 R.I.P. RACHEL GUNN WHITE

  18. A.... M....

    OPENNNNNN.....CASKETT!!!!!

  19. 2.... ....

    FUCK THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY!!!!!!!

  20. A.... p....

    one of the most badass death opening riffs
    1 misanthrope
    2 spiritual healing
    3 open casket
    4 flesh and the power it holds
    5 symbolic

    A.... p....

    6. Evil Dead
    7. Born Dead
    8. Altering The Future
    9. Regurgitating Guts
    10. Zombie Ritual
    11. See Through Dreams
    12. Genetic Reconstruction
    13. Mutilation
    14. Perennial Quest
    15. Story To Tell (last but CERTAINLY not the least)
    Basically, every Death song has killer riffs.

  21. A.... E....

    Am I the only one that thinks the solo sounds exactly like raining blood?

  22. z.... ....

    OPEN CASKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  23. M.... Z....

    Bill Andrews 11/10

  24. T.... U....

    DEATH RULES!! CHUCK RULE!! R. I. P

  25. m.... d....

    I had a death experience

  26. A.... ....

    30 years!

  27. C.... ....

    Wtf did i just listened to

    C.... ....

    A fucken awesome some

  28. S.... g....

    3:00 Dem drums

  29. M.... M....

    The best Death Metal band ever ❤

  30. h.... ....

    one of the best oldschool death-metal songs ever.

  31. G.... V....

    I just love that drumming from 2:50 !

    G.... V....

    Bill Andrews did a brilliant work on this album.

  32. D.... W....

    Definitely top 3 Death songs of all time! Speaking of Death. How the fuck are you gonna form the band Death & name the band Death & write all the music & all the lyrics & come up with the Death emblem and basically represent Death & its likeness & death takes him at 37 with a brain anyrism? That's fucking retarded! I'd be pissed if i was Chuck. He shoulda been golden til 90-95 at least!!

  33. R.... S....

    This is Such a Beautiful Song......Never to Learn, Never to Last....

    *Approach the image filled with fear*
    *As the image grows so clear*
    *Future now takes full control*
    *The one whose past you now behold*
    *Touch, The flesh it is so cold*
    *Turn away, You now have been told*
    *Never to return, memories will last*
    *In the future, you'll think about the past*
    *Never to forget, what you have seen*
    *People come to pay respect*
    *Taking pictures of the dead*
    *That is what life comes to be*
    *Once they lived, now they're deceased*
    *Death is oh so strange*
    *The past no one can change*
    *What you can't predict*
    *Is how long you'll exist*
    *Open casket, Open casket*
    *Life will never be the same*
    *Death can never be explained*
    *It's their time to go beyond*
    *Empty feeling when they're gone*
    *Never to return, memories will last*
    *In the future, you'll think about the past*
    *Never to forget, what you have seen*
    *What can not be real you now believe*

    Damn, I'm hungry.....

  34. S.... ....

    The intro with the drums makes me so hard

  35. R.... ....

    Only 179k shame

  36. J.... D....

    Bad ass!!!

  37. M.... 2....

    This is one of my favourites...

  38. L.... A....

    Fuck all the leyend will live on......

  39. A.... ....

    Wea extremaa

  40. c.... r....

    the best

  41. J.... ....

    great song for sure, especially the drums. I always thought it would be better if it ended at 4:16 for some reason.

  42. R.... A....

    Death rules

  43. R.... A....

    Killer album a masterpiece

  44. R.... A....

    Killer song

  45. f.... f....

    I remember seeing Deth in a small club in Bayshore Long Island N.y. in 1989. A band called Winter played first. That was a long time ago but it seems like last week! The bar was called Sundance.

  46. m.... ....

    rules opennnnn casketttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

  47. A.... P....

    mind blowing solo

  48. A.... C....

    13-12-2001 R.I.P. Chuck

  49. D.... W....

    One of my all-time favorite Death tunes! Cool name for a band too. Open Casket!!

  50. f.... ....

    DIBUDIBUDEH

  51. g.... g....

    FUCKING HERE WE GO

  52. H.... ....

    Intro \m/
    E: 3:00 also

  53. R.... S....

    When I die just stick me on a fence post and let birds shit all over my worthless flesh to slowly rot away and stink beuitifully into the air

  54. C.... M....

    Fuck, the solo sounds so much like a Kerry King solo

    C.... M....

    True, so much whammy abuse

  55. A.... C....

    Cracking a cold casket with the boys

  56. J.... P....

    BILL FUCKING ANDREWS.

  57. R.... M....

    It's a great album!!!💀😵🤘🗣🍻👀

  58. d.... v....

    love the brutality one of the best gigs i went to great moshing and stagediving

  59. g.... y....

    if somebody is lookinf for perfect song this is it

  60. N.... T....

    Now all enemies....

  61. N.... T....

    Now all enemies....

  62. N.... T....

    Bill Andrews on Drums..............Sick! Rick Rozz on Guitar.....And Terry Butler on Bass............ Massacre Minus Kam Lee

  63. K.... K....

    jazda\m/

  64. S.... N....

    oben gasged :DDDDDD

  65. D.... B....

    What cannot be real, is now believed.

  66. A.... ....

    from 3:10 OMG the drums... pure libido

  67. B.... D....

    First time I heard this my jaw dropped and stayed dropped for a long while after

    B.... D....

    That was "Symbolic" for me, but the effect was the same.

    B.... D....

    Brian Dennehy know whatcha mean mines still on the floor.

  68. R.... D....

    9 dislikes fukin retards

  69. B.... ....

    Life will never be the same
    Death can never be explained
    It's their time to go beyond
    Empty feeling when they're gone

  70. r.... ....

    wow what did just happened the in the last five minutes

    r.... ....

    DEATH FUCKING METAL

  71. C.... N....

    open casket for all of you

  72. T.... H....

    Wow. This song means a whole lot more to me now that I know its meaning. Supposedly Chuck wrote this song in memory of his brother who died at age 16, whose death also inspired Chuck to start playing guitar.

    T.... H....

    yes i also really like this song, you can feel the emotions, and that chuck wrote it with the intention to share something

    T.... H....

    fucking amazing, I never knew that \m/

    T.... H....

    He watched him burn?

  73. A.... U....

    3:40-4:15

  74. M.... G....

    666 likes... sounds about right..

    M.... G....

    Michael Gonzalez yup

    M.... G....

    +Relatively Large Matt Nice profile picture lol

    M.... G....

    Michael Gonzalez thanks mate you too \m/

  75. r.... ....

    that fuckin' riff; those fuckin' drums

    r.... ....

    Dat Chuck

  76. D.... P....

    0.55 - 1.20

    D.... P....

    Dimitris Pel just about to tell my self is a Death on those seconds you mention above. unique style. Awsome riff-Indeed. do agree!

  77. A.... C....

    DEATH BAND!!!

  78. J.... D....

    3:10 fucking amazing!!!!

  79. e.... k....

    This is the best album cover I've ever seen

    e.... k....

    emir karaca Scream bloody gore is better

    e.... k....

    Symbolic

    e.... k....

    Spiritual healing

    e.... k....

    All their album covers are Amazing.

  80. A.... D....

    absolutley 100 percent bad ass !!

    A.... D....

    I see no flaw in this argument.

  81. z.... ....

    Approach the image filled with fear
    As the image grows so clear
    Future now takes full control
    The one whose past you now behold
    Touch - the flesh it is so cold
    Turn away - you now have been told
    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you have seen

    People come to pay respect
    Taking pictures of the dead
    That is what life comes to be
    Once they lived, now they're deceased

    Death is oh so strange
    The past no one can change
    What you can't predict
    Is how long you'll exist
    Open casket - open casket

    Life will never be the same
    Death can never be explained
    It's their time to go beyond
    Empty feeling when they're gone



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    z.... ....

    The last verse is missing.
    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you've seen
    *What cannot be real, you now believe*

    z.... ....

    @Gustavo Goes Gomes Chorus*

    z.... ....

    @Metal Chan Oh, I actually meant "line", in portuguese "line" (in lyrics) is "verso" (as in "verse"), so I mixed up.
    But chorus fits too

  82. M.... F....

    THE BEST DEATH METAL SONG EVER WRITTEN. THATS MY OPINION ANYWAYS. DEATH FOREVER

    M.... F....

    +Myth Plays You are on like every Death video. watch lol

  83. 2.... ....

    This song is almost like a prologue to what Death would become - a technical death metal machine.

    2.... ....

    *Progressive?

    2.... ....

    Deathbyblackhole they were progresive death metal but they also paved the way for technical death metal.

    2.... ....

    Ah it's al semantics. I know how much us metalheads like to indulge in nomenclature. That said, I'd name the intro to "Evil Dead" as Death's first hint of what's to come (be that progressive, melodic or whatever)

    2.... ....

    @whoreisland Atheist were the 1st ones to do so

  84. R.... R....

    (R.I.P.) "Chuck Schuldiner/Death"

    R.... R....

    Wait are you the real Rick Rozz that played on this album? You really ought to post some solo tutorials for this album. Crazy whammy stuff.

    R.... R....

    And Control Denied. May he rest in peace. Keep the metal faith alive!

  85. P.... ....

    0:53 - 1:25

    P.... ....

    +PivotManDx139 best part of the song

  86. w.... .....

    I'm here

  87. D.... ....

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so damn rad

  88. r.... ....

    At Deaths Door 1....on cassette. First time I heard this song and the band....Instant fan.

  89. G.... P....

    Esto es musica!!!!! El no aceptar cuando perdemos a un ser querido (reflexiones del gran chuck), guitarras infernales, bateria monumental, letras maravillosas, pasion y mandar huevo!!!! ESTO ES DEATH!!!!

  90. G.... P....

    DE LAS MEJORES INTROS QUE HE ESCUCHADO EN MI VIDA!!!!!

  91. L.... i....

    The progression of this song is just perfect, the atmosphere of it, the riffs and snare work. Perfect. This is a special stand out track for me, not just from Death, but from death metal in general.

  92. T.... S....

    THE DRUMS ! THE DRUMS ! YEAAAAAH !

    T.... S....

    JelloFluoride, buddy was talking about individual thought patterns

    T.... S....

    The atomic clock only played on ITP and Symbolic.

    T.... S....

    You sound you love tgrash as much as me although this is death metal

    T.... S....

    @Aaron Duckett Human is shit comparing to fucking LEPROSY.

    T.... S....

    @Grishnackh I honestly think Leprosy was their peak. It sounds so fucking good

  93. l.... a....

    master DEATH CHUCK

  94. T.... ....

    I remember bunking off school in 1989 when I was 15 and listening to this on a walkman alongside Crass, Conflict, Napalm Death, Anthrax, Acid Reign and Morbid Angel. Oh and Godflesh. Then I got into oldskool rave music for a while and used to freak out my raver mates with extreme music while tripping balls lol

    T.... ....

    +TheHypernaught you had the best life ever

    T.... ....

    Jared Deberjerak he's still alive tho. I think...

    T.... ....

    Best metal times

    T.... ....

    Godflesh are my favorite band ever!!

  95. T.... L....

    I own this album

    T.... L....

    This album owns you!

  96. V.... T....

    *Fuck. That opening riff!!*

    Approach the image filled with fear
    As the image grows so clear
    Future now takes full control
    The one whose past you now behold
    Touch - The flesh it is so cold
    Turn away - You now have been told
    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you have seen

    People come to pay respect
    Taking pictures of the dead
    That is what life comes to be
    Once they lived, now they're deceased

    Death is oh so strange
    The past no one can change
    What you can't predict
    Is how long you'll exist
    Open casket - Open casket

    Life will never be the same
    Death can never be explained
    It's their time to go beyond
    Empty feeling when they're gone

    Never to return, memories will last
    In the future, you'll think about the past
    Never to forget, what you have seen
    What can not be real you now believe

    V.... T....

    @***** "It will bring you to your death."

    Everything will. Just at different paces, my friend!

    V.... T....

    @***** I believe that you believe that.

    V.... T....

    @***** Hehe. One must admit that this type of music causes thought on a much deeper level than the primal lust images that Poison or Motley Crue bring to mind.

    V.... T....

    @Vlad Tepes Super tare nu-i asa?

    V.... T....

    Vlad Tepes I just seen a video of some believing this song is about Chuck's older brother Frank who died when Chuck was 9. He never really got over his brother's death

  97. L.... O....

    My favorite song open cascket from death lml