Testament - Nightmare Lyrics






You wanted money, you wanted fame,
You broke the rules before you know the game
Bounds tearing you up like a knife
Wis it was the end of your life, it's a nightmare
Going down that road on account of you
No escape from the things you put me through
I don't know, I don't care, I can't go anywhere,
It's a nightmare coming back to you!

Don't wanna die, just wanna live!
I've got stop taking what they give
So many roads moving all around
I only see the one going down it's a nightmare
Going down the road on account of you
No escape from the things you put me through
I don't know, I don't care, I can't go anywhere it's a nightmare
Coming back to you!

We got to fight, we got to try
When all is gone we'll know the reason why
To kill the enemy we will win the wars
To find the place our life was before, it's a nightmare
Going down that road on account of you
No escape from the things you put me through
I don't know, I don't care, I can't go anywhere
It's a nightmare coming back to you!.. to you!.. to you!..





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  1. A.... I....

    hahahaaAAA'''' >.<'' it was great listening to this when I was a teeN'

  2. W.... 1....

    This solo is completely insane

  3. H.... T....

    Great song. i think that the "big four" should be Metallica, Slayer, Exodus and Testament

  4. g.... ....

    Prob my fave Testament song. Love this band!

  5. M.... H....

    Fuck ax7 when we have this

  6. J.... D....

    One of Alex skolnicks underrated solos. Best song on the album imo.

  7. R.... V....

    492!!!!!!!

  8. S.... V....

    Que temazo tan chimba

  9. I.... ....

    Great song and one of the most under rated metal bands of all time.They deserve more respect than what has been given to them over the years just like Exodus.i have been listening to Testament since "The Legacy" came out and continue to listen to them.

    I.... ....

    This beautiful album came out in 1989. And was in my hands and ears in 1990. Brainwashed religious fanatics like christians have always told people that Heavy Metal music is "Evil". But what isn't "evil" to them ? EVERYTHING is "evil" to them because they will DEMONIZE everything, anyone, and everyone that does not worship their fake religion full of lies.q They will demonize everything they do not understand, and they understand NOTHING, therefore they will demonize EVERYTHING ( including YOU if you question them on their stupid beliefs that they need to protect - as darkness PROTECTS in their illusions of the blind Ego-mind). As they have no depth whatsoever, which is why they cannot understand anything. as they're always at the surface of images of their blind ego-mind of silly beliefs. Totally SHALLOW in their DARKNESS and their total self hatred. So they DEMONIZE everything and hate everything and hate the world, and hate all of nature, they have absolutely NO PRESENCE!!, They hate the Earth like no other, as its a reflection of their Self hatred.. in their cold and closed inner prisons of endless Bondage and hells within them. But the Divine Truth is, Heavy Metal and Rock music is a divine creation of the infinite intelligence of the Universe of Spirit and Nature, to wake humanity up, hence why it's LOUD and Screaming ! Heavy Metal and Rock music started out as being the "REBEL" music of society during the psychedelic (sacred divine plants) era. As EVERYTHING in human society is a LIE (even your American holidays are ALL totally fake man-made lies, as humans are stupid enough to believe christmas has something to do with a persons birthday, search "America's occult holidays" to see the total sham of it all)..

    And since Heavy Metal is the Rebel of society, and EVERYTHING in Human western society is a LIE, then OBVIOUSLY there will be far FAR more Truths in Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal music is absolutely LOADED with infinite Spiritual Truths that the ego-based mind is afraid to see and afraid to understand.There is NO genre of music on the planet that "ASKS" so many deep questions as heavy metal and rock music. And that's why christian idiots have to label it as "evil" , as they have absolutely no answers to anything, therefore they HATE any deep questions ! Because they hate themselves.

    Listen to rock bands that speak about the illusion of time, and alchemy of sacred divine plants,

    And speak also your divine 7-chakras in their songs. As well as talking about the countless lies of the "I" as who you think you are is total illusion (just as Corrosion of conformity does so well through their discography). Those 4 things are vital, and when you do you will find beautiful Spiritual music from bands like Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Death, Testament, Epica, Amenra, Isis, Dio, Neurosis (very special band !!), and Tool, Black Sabbath, and Queensryche (and many more), as well as softer magical bands like Pink Floyd and Neil Young etc, that is speaking to Soul (not the ego-mind) ;-) . Fake 'party" bands like the van halen's and the ac/dc's of the world cannot touch these bands. And stay away from "Nu metal" bands and 'commercial bands like the Limp Bizkit's of the world and the Papa Roach's of the world. It's total society garbage about the blind ego-mind, or about labeling and blaming (like pathetic pop diva's and eminem who are always labeling and blaming in stupidity of victim consciousness), and "victim consciousness" nonsense that doesn't serve you in any way. < 3

    A band like "Blind Guardian" for example is loaded with beautiful Spiritual truths in their music catalog. It's very deep so you have to look beyond what people tell you what the songs mean. Don't follow "labels" of what other people say the songs mean as the mind can only label things at the surface of images and is blind, as these songs all mean YOU in many deep ways that the left-brain thinking ego mind of thought cannot see or understand.

    In one of my Ayahuasca ceremonies after total surrender of the ego as I surpassed the illusions of death, eye was given the sword of light from the Universe. The sword of Light came through me in magical beauty as I was downloaded massive amounts of knowledge love and wisdom through my heart chakra. This magical sword is far beyond how you see a sword in a picture in the illusions of images as this sword is multi-dimensional as I became "one" with the sword, the sword was me and I was the sword, as ONE in infinite beauty and magic in the 5th dimension of Consciousness. The sword of Light is only to be used for love and light and becoming in full awareness of my Soul purposes and missions on this planet to help awaken humanity out of the countless illusions of human society. Not a sword that can ever be used to harm anyone or anything.

    And through that experience I was taken back to Blind Guardian's "Somewhere Far Beyond" album that I listened to as a young man in the early 1990's, and Mother Ayahuasca showed me that Blind Guardian album cover and she said to me: " You see Robert, You have always been one of the chosen ones of Light, and you will always be one of the chosen ones of Light" .. and she showed me what a sword really means (that has absolutely nothing to do with what silly humans think a sword means as the blind human mind takes everything beautiful and sacred and twists it in countless lies)..

    Blind Guardian's "Somewhere Far Beyond" album cover is an Ayahuasca circle, with the Shaman playing Ayahuasca icaro's at the top through some kind of flute in the shape of an Ayahuasca vine on his chest, the flute at the bottom pointing to the light at the center of the circle. And he's elevated above everyone else sitting on a stool and wearing a crown (not just a hood like the others). And he also has a condor sitting on his shoulder (the highest flying bird that also has the ability to shift between Spiritual dimensions). In Ayahuasca art you will see the condor depicted quite often, and for infinite good reasons. Ayahuasca is the oldest and purest, and is by far the most effective form of Spiritual practice on the planet. Nothing could be more obvious as you listen to that album ;-)

    I so clearly remember as a child listening to heavy metal during the 1980's, & entire worlds opened up for me, bands such as Iron Maiden, Testament, Sabbath, Dio, and other great bands such as "Death" and Queensryche ( "Roads To Madness" by Queensryche for example is an Eternal Spiritual Truths classic), etc. A little later on in the early 1990's I got into the beauty of Blind Guardian with their beautiful album 'Somewhere Far Beyond". So many beautiful things that fake bands like ac/dc could never come close to offering. I never understood when people would tell me that Heavy Metal music is far too heavy to get into and too overwhelming. I always laughed, since I was a child, how people would tell me that this isn't music, but only loud cannons firing.

    I ALWAYS laughed as they tried so hard to sway me, but could never sway me an inch. From family members to friends to pathetic pastors in churches (and let me tell you that you will NEVER find more fake people on the planet than fear-monger pastors and priests in churches), as nobody hates our beautiful Mother Earth and Nature and divides people's more with hatred than pastors in churches, and they mostly hate themselves. And I never once cared for their blind and pathetic opinions, I always laughed hysterically inside. I always laughed hysterically how they couldn't "get it." . Because to me, when listening to heavy metal, it was always a blissful sweet symphony of beauty !!

    For me, it was always so soft, and wonderful, so welcoming, and Magical !! I feel so sorry for the humans that have no capability to ever understand the beauty of real heavy metal music, because heavy metal has so many beautiful Spiritual messages from the infinite Universe that the blind ego-based mind of duality is afraid to see, and afraid to understand.

    Mother Ayahuasca showed me in infinite ways how Heavy Metal music was so vital and so beautiful in so many magical ways for my Spiritual growth. And this magical band of beauty, Blind Guardian, was absolutely Massive and monumental for my Spiritual journey of the Universe of be-ing and infinite truths of beauty of Light and Spirit. ;-) .. Mother Ayahuasca showed me how my Soul always chose the right bands and the right music, far beyond my mind. Intuitively I knew it all along... but my goodness Mother Ayahuasca showed me so many deep Spiritual truths in deeper ways of infinite understandings of Spirit, that the blind ego-mind that lives in the illusion of time and the illusions of duality, is totally incapable of understanding.. <3

    Blind Guardian is a very special and very blessed band that the infinite multi-dimensional Universe of Spirit respects and holds very highly. Be in full Gratitude as the infinite Universe of Spirit is speaking to you very deeply through these amazing songs and true Art . Not just Blind Guardian but Iron Maiden , Neurosis, Dio , DEATH. Testament. Black Sabbath, Epica, Amenra, Corrosion of Conformity, ISIS, Tool, Pink Floyd, as well as many others like Queensryche (Geoff Tate of Queensryche sat with Mother Ayahuasca for example, I spoke to him on facebook extensively about Ayahuasca) and alot of other great bands have as well. You just won't find them on mainstream radio, you have to dig more. As our fake government owned media ( Tell- LIE - Vision) will never tell you these beautiful hings

    Eye am so grateful to the infinite enchanted multi-dimensional Universe for having the priceless experiences of growing up in the 1980's !! Infinite endless eternal GRATITUDE ! :- )

  10. D.... ....

    охуенный "клип"! как же вы достали такое дерьмо с картинками наложенными на песню клипать. в жопу се засуньте такое творчество. Фильтруй сам (после вас) называется. козлы.

  11. D.... ....

    охуенный "клип"! как же вы достали такое дерьмо с картинками наложенными на песню клипать. в жопу се засуньте такое творчество. Фильтруй сам (после вас) называется. козлы.

  12. M.... ....

    I played the shit out of this tape everyday in junior high while the rest of the girls listened to New Kids on the Block...(sigh)

    M.... ....

    +greaterJAY it's ok, Testament is better.

    M.... ....

    I prefer bands with lead singers that incorporate two first names for full name..

    M.... ....

    +greaterJAY hahahahaha

    M.... ....

    Same with me, only difference being in my case that the girls listened to Florida Georgia Line and Bruno Mars instead.

  13. h.... ....

    Lol was just thinking the same v v v v

  14. C.... L....

    Seriously underrated Testament song!  

  15. F.... ....

    Nah, the REAL Big 4 should be Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, and Anthrax.

    F.... ....

    You're imbecile

    F.... ....

    Fuck Megadeth. Big 4 should be Metallica, Slayer, Exodus and Testament

    F.... ....

    take donald duck band out of there

  16. j.... s....

    oh really if you said that to the singer hed beat your ass

  17. H.... ....

    Testament are awesome anyway

  18. H.... ....

    Don't touch SLAYER , just don't fuckin touch THEM. They are so BIG that they could make the BIG 4 alone.

    H.... ....

    Holy shit man , I don't even know where to begin with that comment! Much applause 👏!!!!! No metal band is > than SLAYER!!!🤘

  19. K.... C....

    fuck metallica? is like remove jesus from a church, or satan from hell

  20. K.... C....

    or fuck you and take testament with metallica

  21. J.... B....

    Alongside the Teutonic Triad of Kreator, Destruction and Sodon, that makes a big 10.

  22. A.... S....

    dude helloween arent thrash...

  23. g.... ....

    LOL, I’ve been listening to these bands since they started. IMO Testament is better than Slayer. Calling me a troll just shows that you are young and have little idea of what you are talking about. I gave you my opinion. You don’t like it......too bad.

  24. R.... R....

    Remove Slayer from big 4 of thrash metal? This have to be troll...

  25. s.... g....

    fuck metallica, take testament

  26. A.... J....

    This song is the purest form of Thrash Metal and what it's all about \m/

  27. N.... ....

    i, personally, would put helloween in there as well

  28. M.... P....

    What's ur beef with 'tallica?

  29. M.... P....

    I thought exactly the same thing when i first heard the song

  30. M.... P....

    Is something wrong with u??????? The big 4 is MetallicA, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer...

  31. O.... T....

    You can't just remove slayer from the big 4 man, thats just wrong

  32. g.... ....

    LOL, the big 7??? Might as well make it the big 100 then. There is only one chage that is needed to the big 4. REMOVE Slayer and replace them with TESTAMENT!!!!! Then it would be a perfect show/tour.

  33. J.... C....

    Vocals fuckin sound like Hetfield

  34. s.... ....

    bless you brother for speaking the mutha fukkin truth...that list is the perfect 7

  35. d.... ....

    shut up about big 4 already!!! FUCK!!! big 4 is just a marketing system. fuck selloutica too.

  36. L.... ....

    reminds me of the legacy

  37. L.... ....

    Kreator doesn't count because they are german, the big 4 (or 7 in this case) is of American (particularly Bay Area) thrash

  38. M.... ....

    Kreator feels left out.

  39. A.... J....

    and tankard !!!

  40. D.... ....

    Honest to god...fuck slayer. sick of hearing about slayer.

  41. s.... ....

    Imo your talkin about either The Legacy or New Order

  42. a.... ....

    @DonCuloAmargo que genial esta tu nombre de usuario

  43. T.... k....

    me encanta este tema concha grande de tu madre !!!!!!!!!!!!
    Grande TestAmenT y la conchadelaloraaa!!!!!! quiero puro verlos en el the metal fest acá en CHILE !!

  44. t.... ....

    @Varathran Kreatorrrr

  45. J.... ....

    @Varathran What about Death Angel :'(

    J.... ....

    DEATH ANGEL PURE CLASS ACT FOR SURE.

  46. S.... ....

    Screw you A7x Fans This is real metal!

  47. p.... ....

    @Shredder971 metallica has definitely earned a place just about everywhere but i never thought they were very metal, or at least in comparison with the other 3. they seem much more hard rock.

  48. F.... P....

    Sounds like James Hetfield...

  49. d.... ....

    Avenged Sevenfold sucks, this Nightmare is better.

  50. M.... ....

    @satchbooggy THE LEGACY was the best album in THRASH Metal ever for me, this album is a good one too

  51. C.... ....

    solo sounds very kirk hammett like, love testament metallica pantera ext

  52. T.... ....

    @kelter1234 Anthrax fucking rocks.

  53. J.... K....

    @Varathran fuck anthrax also overkill is power/thrash

  54. T.... ....

    scolnick is a fucking madman!

  55. T.... ....

    @bitphr3ak Their new album had some good ones. Broken beat and scarred, All nightmare long, the Day that Never comes, etc. Just not the same as old Metallica.

  56. J.... K....

    FUCK YEAH TESTAMENT

  57. b.... f....

    testament is the shit! gotta love it, i dont know how my friend doesnt like em.....

  58. S.... ....

    @Megadeth757 it's Trash btw, not Thrash... Hope you agree?

  59. G.... ....

    I think Testament has a much higher percentage of good songs, whereas the whole second half of metallica's music isn't even metal, it's mediocre hard rock. Overkill should replace them in the Big 4; they're better and have been around longer.

  60. R.... F....

    @mario1136 That's your opinion. Personally I love both of them the same. I hate it when people say things like it's a fact.

  61. R.... F....

    @Megadeth757 Mostly Megadeth. Dave Mustaine wrote pretty much the whole first thrash album ever.

  62. C.... ....

    Dunno why everyone's arguing (probably something stupid), but Metallica was inspired by bands like Motorhead and Iron Maiden to help build thrash metal...then Dave Mustaine got kicked out, got high, made Megadeth (I prefer Megadeth over Metallica) all about the same time that Slayer and Anthrax got famous - hence the Big 4...Exodus, Overkill and Testament were more underground-bands at the time, hitting mainstream in the following years.

  63. V.... ....

    @metallarovero I don't know, at the time the other thash bands were building and developing the genre, Sepultura sounded more death metal oriented rather than thrash, plus when they started to sound more thrashy, it was the mid 90's, quite late I think, and they had a sound kinda Pantera, not really classic thrash. In any case, I would give more credit to Annihilator though they were not so famous, started quite late and later became more groovy. But that's my opinion.

  64. m.... ....

    @Varathran And don't forget SEPULTURA with Max Cavalera! Big 8!

  65. N.... ....

    @Megadeth757 Dave mustain was a member of Metallica so can we just say Lemmy Killmister was it...he is GOD ya know

  66. L.... ....

    @Varathran Good thats probably the perfect seven.

  67. L.... B....

    @Varathran yea how could i forget overkill

  68. V.... ....

    They should be indeed the big 7. Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Overkill, Testament and Exodus.

  69. V.... ....

    I would include Overkill as well.

  70. k.... ....

    @RideTheMetallica81 well then you probably don't know what the so-called big 4 is about.. :D

  71. j.... ....

    @chris1234618 chicken little! i saw the following line-up in 1990: Megadeth, Slayer, Testament and Suicidal Tendencies...believe it or not: I didnt really miss Metallica or Anthrax that night...

  72. w.... ....

    How about instead of arguing who should be in "the big 4" why the fuck not make it bigger like "the big 5" or why not just say all metal is the fucking best!!! \m/

  73. c.... ....

    There's no way Testament can be in the big four because of this: Testament released their first full length album in 1987, whereas Metallica and Slayer already had 3 amazing full lengths out by that time, and Megadeth and Anthrax already had 2 great albums out. Testament got beaten to the punch by about four years, thus their exclusion from the big four.

  74. L.... B....

    @rhymiinNstealiin megadeth, testament, anthrax, slayer

  75. s.... ....

    @RideTheMetallica81 anthrax had more main-stream success

  76. g.... ....

    @Megadeth757: wtf are you talking ? you forgot Slayer you moron

  77. m.... ....

    this song seems like it should have an long intro builing up, like fade to black or bad omen.

  78. S.... N....

    1:37 BLUPIBLUUUBLIBPUBLIPBI

  79. s.... ....

    @SlicerThrasher they most certainly ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  80. b.... ....

    fuckin "A"

  81. Y.... S....

    @wonderland64ds my first word i thought of is EPICNESS !!! \m/

  82. G.... S....

    @wonderland64ds first word to my mind is PIT!

  83. s.... ....

    this record is what master of puppets is to metallica and rust in peace is to megadeth. the whole thing kicks ass

    s.... ....

    No, that is The New Order lol..imo.

    s.... ....

    I totally agree it has a bunch awesome songs on it the whole album you can listen end-to-end

    s.... ....

    @Thomas Spychalski The Legacy

    s.... ....

    @Thomas Spychalski The Legacy

  84. d.... ....

    @Luis444Felipe

    Well, that's my favorite album by Testament, but... eh, maybe. But I don't think they sound like a rip off or anything. And I think overall, Testament are extremely different from Metallica, especially when they started putting death metal into their sound.

  85. L.... ....

    @demon91 Listen to the new order album and youll see that they do sound a bit like metallica

  86. S.... ....

    @demon91
    I know but Jeff and Scott went along with it, it's in a Revolver magazine, the Slayer edition

  87. d.... ....

    @SeeDubyaa

    Fuck Dave Mustaine. He makes those ass claims all the time. Testament sound NOTHING like Metallica.

  88. S.... ....

    @FuckOffAndDie18
    Fuck yeah man, only if Testament came out in 83' as well. Dave Mustaine said Testament is just a rip off of Metallica and then Scott Ian as well as Jeff Hanneman went with what Dave said...I think they are just extremely jealous because they're getting whooped by Testament

  89. S.... ....

    @FuckOffAndDie18
    I disagree, just because a band that once made the music we all know and love changed their path does not mean we should be ungrateful for what they gave us beforehand. Although, Testament definitely should have a place on the list of bands that keep our heads banging.

  90. J.... H....

    sorry boys the big 4 are sabbath ,maiden, preist and acdc !i know im an old fart
    love testament but why argue im 40 and still love all the older metal!
    ps this new band 5finger death puch rocks! metal church original album a top 10! and savatage! dio was the best metal singer! i can go on and on listen to it all like i do

  91. S.... ....

    We Should Kick Slayer out and replace them with testament.
    Thats Just me

  92. d.... ....

    Fuckin A...

  93. c.... ....

    @cronnin

    Testament have better vocalist, guitarist, music, and lyrics. I like Slayer, but their music is just mindless shredding. They turned mild petting with occultism from the '70-ies into satanic DP orgy all LP long. LP stands for Long Penis :)

  94. c.... ....

    @confoundicator
    Ha ha, Testament opening for Slayer, good joke :)
    Too bad it really happened.

  95. Z.... ....

    @Godsmack0Believe That's my opinion.

  96. Z.... ....

    Greg Christian is the best Metal Bass player out there.... that's right better than Cliff...

  97. R.... ....

    @overclockerfx I was under the impression that the major reason that the big four lineup is the way it is was that all of those 4 had huge influence on the rest of the metal scene.

  98. �.... �....

    @hardrocker90 yeah yeahhhh go suck my cockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk fuckheaddddddddd

  99. �.... �....

    @hardrocker90 ohhh reaylly? :P hahahah fagggg