Die in Terror

"Die In Terror" is a song by The Residents, recorded for their Commercial Album, released in 1980 on Ralph Records.
== History ==
"Die in Terror" was written and recorded in 1980, it is one minute long. The song's narrator speaks of a woman he once knew, who "said she wished to die in terror". He wonders where she went, and if she in fact died in terror.
In 1982 the song was rehearsed for a 10th anniversary greatest hits live show that would eventually become The Mole Show.
From 1985 to 1986 the song was performed as part of The 13th Anniversary Show. 
The final re-arrangement of the song came in 2005, for The Way We Were live show.
== Music videos ==
Two music videos for "Die in Terror" were produced for the DVD release Commercial DVD in 2004. The first, directed by The Residents, features a hand feeling a knife, which pulls away to reveal an eye, with more eyes hidden beneath it, that start to move anti clockwise. A pair of eyes appears and begins to spin. The eyes spin onto a CGI face with curly hair, which rapidly ages, the head disappears, and the eyes spin onto a heart.
Artist Incorect created the second video for the song, featuring silhouetted cartoons of The Residents walking through an ice cave. A strange creature appears, and begins to drum out the beat of the song. Another creature appears, with a cube head and a top hat, as well as a bat. The cube-headed creature sings the lyrics while the bat mouths to the song's synthesizer. Afterwards, the cube-headed creature walks off stage.
== Lyrics ==
 She said she wished to die in terror
 Screaming in the night
 To feel the crawling flesh of panic
 As her hair turned white
 She also had a pretty little
 See-through negligee
 I often wonder where she went
 And if she got her wayIma Buddy, Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS, 1992
== List of releases ==
* Commercial Album (1980) 1980 Version (1:00)
* Assorted Secrets (1984) 1982 Rehearsal Version (2:17)
* Hell! (1986) 
* The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (1986) 1985 Live Version (1:00)
* Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986) 1986 Live USA Version (1:26)
* Liver Music (1990) 1985 Rehearsal Version (1:22)
* Stranger Than Supper (1990) 1987 Live Version (1:12)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994) 
* Commercial DVD (2004) 
* The Way We Were (2005) 2005 Live Version (0:59)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010) 1986 Ritz Live Version (1:21)
* The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014) 1986 Live Cleveland Version (1:25)
*Commercial Album pREServed edition (2019) 
=== List of versions ===
== See also ==
* Commercial Album
* The 10th Anniversary Show
* The 13th Anniversary Show
* Commercial DVD
* The Way We Were
== External links and references ==
* Commercial Album at The Residents Historical
* Commercial Album at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
* Commercial Album on Discogs
Category:Commercial Album
Category:One Minute Songs
Category:Songs
Category:Hell!
Category:Heaven? and Hell!
Category:The 13th Anniversary Show
Category:Liver Music
Category:Stranger Than Supper
Category:In Memoriam Torso
Category:The Way We Were
Category:Commercial DVD
Category:The 10th Anniversary Show
Category:Assorted Secrets