Album Cover Perpetual Black Second

Perpetual Black Second

Meshuggah

9

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 hatefilled second

The speedless flickering of uncomprehending eyes

-Dialated in disbelief

Your vacant gaze distorted

Twisted in its accusing glare

Teeth glimmering in emotional rage

Spit of hate suspended 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

Held within the visualization,

the continuous rerun of my own violence

A fraction of time perpetuated

By my regretful soul animated

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