"Pain" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their second album The Origin of the Feces, released in 1992. This is the altered version of "Prelude to Agony" on the last album Slow, Deep and Hard. This one sounds no different than the original apart from sound effects at the beginning and Steele at the end saying "Hey, I got some good news for you morons. This is gonna be out last song!". The lyrics is about rebelling on women after being sexually puppeted by them.
This song is split into four cantos, but there are just two musically different ones.
Lyrics[]
[Canto I. "Jackhammerape"]
Agony and ecstasy
Your cries of pain my pleasure
to know my machine internally
Your torment I treasure
Lifeblood combined with semen
You're screaming my laughter
The compressor is running smoothly
'Tis vengeance I'm after
[Canto II. "Pain (Is Irrelevant)"]
Pain
[Canto III. "Jackhammerape" (reprise)]
Begging becomes your love song
You're dying
I masturbate for the crime of burning me
I give to thee jackhammerape
Jackhammerape
Jackhammerape
Jackhammerape
Jackhammerape
[Canto IV. "Pain (Is Irrelevant)" (reprise)]
Pain
Pain
Personnel[]
Group performers
- Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass, arrangements
- Kenny Hickey – guitar, additional vocals
- Josh Silver – keyboards
- Sal Abruscato – drums
Session performers
- The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir – backing vocals
Enginucers
- Peter Steele – writing, production
- Mike Marciano – engineering, mixing
- Josh Silver – effects, production
- George Marino – mastering
- P.T. Barnum – production
- Bialishtok – executive production
- Bloom – executive production