Interpret:

Meshuggah

Album:

obZen

Listen to the hidden tune 
- The essence of lies in notes defined 
As we dance to the dissonant sway 
- The choreography refined 
Will subdued and shackled 
Reason washed aside 
Pledging our love to the chains 
Our ignorance ever-amplified 


Blooded hands lead the waltz 
We're trapped in the out of tune swirl 
Still we set the show on continue mode 
And dance to a discordant system 


We accept the nails we're fed 
- Lies sharpened to bleed us silent 
Muted from the pains 
Defiance employed in vain 
Any attempts to leave the dance, 
Invisibly suppressed 
Questions unasked, we learn the steps 
- Eyes shut like all the rest 


Unsuspecting, willing, blind, controllable herd 
Pawns in a covert game conducted by hands we trust 
Dominated, compliant and deceptable 
Confident that we matter - we don't see that we're but dust 


Committed to a lie we cannot see, cannot know nor comprehend 
We're all asinine drones kept in the dark, kept in line 


Confined, bereft of reason 
Withering in toxicity 
- The deadly fumes of deceit 
And we all reek of complicity 
Humbled, brought to our knees 
By the weight of our own guilt 
Our nescient ways the catalyst 
To injustice and inhumanity 


We dance - to appease 
Compete in stupidity 


Obscured faces file our points 
- Numbers fed to the machine 
Still we stand in line for the next show 
The human spine liquefied 
What are we, but stupefied 
Dancers to a discordant system 


We believe - so we're misled 
We assume - so we're played 
We confide - so we're deceived 
We trust - so we're betrayed