Violent Sleep of Reason Lyrics

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
any allusion, any crime
Cower and hide
any culpability denied

All will imply
it's an illusion, a fallacy
So when you die remember
we said it's not reality