Perpetual Black Second

By Meshuggah

On Nothing

Released on August 6, 2002

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[Instrumental Intro]


[Verse 1]

Trapped in a ceaseless fever of spite

An unending fit of resentment and anger

Caught in a moment of unforgiveness

In the snapshot of a hate filled second

The speechless flickering of uncomprehending eyes

Dilated in disbelief

Your vacant gaze distorted

Twisted in its accusing glare


[Verse 2]

Teeth glimmering in emotional rage

Spit of hate suspended in mid-air

Bodies strained in fury

Devoured by jaws of despair

One single image frame I wish to forget

Now replayed in succession of millions

The one second I will always regret

My hell found in its reiteration


[Verse 3]

Held within the visualization

The continuous rerun of my own violence

A fraction of time perpetuated

By my regretful soul animated


[Guitar Solo]


[Verse 4]

Please forgive the evil in me

The darkness within

Ferocious, inherent demon

Adrenaline gland resident

Threatened subconscious snake

Repressed into striking coil

Surfacing that black second

Ascending with the boil


[Instrumental Outro]