Terminal Illusions

By Meshuggah

On Destroy Erase Improve

Released on July 25, 1995

Thumbnail

[Verse 1]

I don't need religion, god bless no one

Me and my own opinions are written by me

You surrender under mass hypnosis

Bound to illusions produced by your god


[Refrain]

Who is humane?

Real, alive

No god


[Verse 2]

I see your blindness, erase your identity

Your mind is hollow—Carved to inability

I know to be loyal to myself

My integrity leaves myself alone in peace with me


[Guitar Solo]


[Refrain]

God

There's no god

Life is a trap

Unlock your mind

Trust in yourself


[Breakdown]

Wake from the grip of the tongue

You've been choked, oppressed

God owns, god cheats, god lies

God hates, god kills, god slays


[Verse 3]

The pressure on humanity has risen beyond control

We are leading evolution into termination

The sense of hate inbreeding scars to innocence

Genetic prejudice, a self-destructive line in pain


[Outro]

Why this reality?

Life poured into inanity