Lexicon Devil

There are two studio versions. The original EP track runs 2:06 (MusicBrainz lists 2:05 for some entries). In October 1978 the band re-recorded it faster, with Don Bolles on drums, for (GI), where it runs 1:44 and is credited to Crash on the album tracklist. We cannot tell which one our upload is. The lyrics are written in the first person in the voice of Adolf Hitler, as an apocalyptic manifesto; Crash was interested in mind control through rhetoric, and said that Hitler's genius lies in his speech. Chris Desjardins of the Flesh Eaters said Darby literally used the English language as a weapon.

Covers include D.I. on State of Shock (1994), the Freeze on Strange Notes! (1994), the Melvins on A Small Circle of Friends (1996) and Circle Five on their 2025 EP. The song appears in the Grand Theft Auto V in-game radio (2013) and in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004), and a live version is on Live at the Starwood. We found no chart history and could not retrieve a setlist.fm play count.