Violent Sleep Of Reason Lyrics - 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