Violent Sleep of Reason - Meshuggah



A systematically applied veil to heedless eyes

Focus deflected, ignore

This is not our war

Bury the abject shame in the same bile as our ideals

The potent lubricant to deceits grinding wheels



The menacing implications, the violent sleep of reason

Betrayal we all help sustain

Humanitarian treason

This deadly inclination, this forfeiture of innocence

The sacrifice of guiltless souls for our own deliverance



The pain you feel

Indifference thrust into your back

Forged from our ignorance from our immorality

A parody, this mockery

To no avail you kneel before this our insanity



Another life condemned

Your fate sealed the second you came to exist

Your suffering non-essential for we care not if you subsist



We will all belie ang allusion, any crime

Cower and hide any culpability denied



All will imply it's an illusion, a fallacy

So when you die, remember we said it's not reality