1. FLATTENING OF EMOTIONS

Where is the person that could have been
Who, what took over, when did the end begin

Should we not prepare for the uncertain
Mysteries of our life, of our destiny

See things that are not there
Intruding voices
What went wrong to their picture perfect life
They once knew -
Flattening of emotions

A mind shared by an uninvited stranger
Which comes and goes as choose to appear

Should we not prepare for the uncertain
Mysteries of our life, of our destiny

See things that are not there
Intruding voices
What went wrong to their picture perfect life
They once knew -
Flattening of emotions




2. SUICIDE MACHINE

Controlling their lives
Deciding when and how they will die
A victim of someone else's choice
The ones who suffer have no voice

Manipulating Destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there

Prolong the pain
How long will it last ?
Suicide Machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask ?
Suicide machine

How easy it is to deny the pain
Of someone else's suffering

Robbed of natural abilities
In death they now seek tranquility
In a confused state of mind
Extending agony, they must be blind

Manipulating Destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there

Prolong the pain
How long will it last ?
Suicide Machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask ?
Suicide machine




3. TOGETHER AS ONE

Labelled a creation of evil
Ridiculed for their shocking appearance

Sharing both pleasure and pain
Two minds, two hearts, one soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy

Together - they absorb each other's lives
As one - they will live and they will die
A living hell has begun

Displayed as a nightmare
Criticized through words and eyes
As they stare

To the normal it seems grotesque
Connected by a bond of flesh

Sharing both pleasure and pain
Two minds, two hearts, one soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy

Together - they absorb each other's lives
As one - they will live and they will die
A living hell has begun




4. SECRET FACE

There is mask
That covers up one true intentions
Once removed, things become very clear
Analyze behaviour patterns to see beneath
The person that is presented to you

Vulnerable through trust
Life is a twisted maze of obstacles
Presented by people with a secret face

What's on the outside
Is not always all that is real
Live by caution, what I feel
When things are reversed
People are shown for what they are

The truth is revealed
Banish the false
Pacifying moments with an acquired disguise to obtain
The things they want
By the anguish of someone else
Materialistic motives are fulfilled
Cherish the true

Vulnerable through trust
Life is a twisted maze of obstacles
Presented by people with a secret face




5. LACK OF COMPREHENSION

A condemning fear strikes down
Things they cannot understand
An excuse to cover up weaknesses that lie within

Lies

Laying your guilt and pain
On people that had no part in the molding of a life
That creates its destruction

Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your part in the demise of a life

Lack of comprehension
Thriving on your cliche
Compelled by self-resentment

Reaching into the minds of those that created
The depression in which they
In which they drowned their flesh and blood

Lies

So easy to blame the
Everlasting fear on a pathetic attempt
To justify the ending of a life

Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your help in the ending of a life

Lack of comprehension
Thriving on your cliche
Compelled by self-resentment




6. SEE THROUGH DREAMS

Born into darkness
Where sounds portray the images that are out
Out of reach from my sight
Which has has been denied
Hands change into my eyes
Body senses intensified
Sight so close yet far away

In dreams my thoughts take their form
To give memories identity
Through dreams I obtain
The ability to connect sight with sound

Close your eyes and imagine to be without
What we take for granted every time we open our eyes

A permanent shadow to never step away
Feel the dark in the cold
Feel the warmth of the light
Which has been denied
Hands change into my eyes
Body senses intensified
Sight so close yet far away

In dreams my thoughts take their form
To give memories identity
Through dreams I obtain
The ability to connect sight with sound




7. COSMIC SEA

- Instrumental com a participação de Skott Carino no baixo -




8. VACANT PLANETS

Mysterious objects of flight on a voyage
To correct what they have done, what we are doing
Perhaps submerged, living in the inner most
Recesses of the planet - no choice but
To adapt to an underground world

Limiting our passages of thought
Are they examples of regression
A life form's abusive progression
In a realm so vast, we sit among the vacant planets

So many worlds yet to be seen that once have shared
The same effects that come from greed, mass production
Perhaps submerged, living in the inner most
Recesses of the planet - no choice but
To adapt to an underground world

Limiting our passages of thought
Are they examples of regression
A life form's abusive progression
In a realm so vast, we sit among the vacant planets




Todas as letras e músicas por Chuck Schuldiner
© 1991 Mutilation Music / Theory Music / BMI

 

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