SKINNY PUPPY – Deep Down Trauma Hounds (1986)

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial dance group formed in Vancouver in 1982. The group is among the founders of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres. Initially envisioned as an experimental side-project by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images in Vogue, Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie). Over the course of 13 studio albums and many live tours, Key and Ogre have been the only constant members.

“Deep down trauma hounds” is taken from Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (1986).

Injured plea crushed destiny Deep down trauma hounds run to corrode integrity Whatever matters and it would they fail to see They make believe reality Helpless deaths ignored to be judged as juvenile Head caves in growing pains no time remains for fantasy Tyranny exists we shrink beneath the ingrown thorns Forced to accept pledge allegiance to a flag Tested to forget you must resist they want you dead

Feels emptyness eternity keeps swallowing Digested benefactors whose silence deafens anything All of whom decease and miss to pierce a point Objects and lessons to realize it’s not the way What’s the point of giving up leaving won’t change anything Political resentment to push away all growth within Puzzles me offers soul to nothing the message screams it’s purity That those with no rights display the right to have no life To have respect they must accept a world commiting suicide