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[Verse 1: Tomas Haake]
Inside
Watch the core
Of whatever we had left of our lives
The multiplications divide
We drink to quench the thirst to come
With the bones that we left the trap was sprung
[Verse 2: Tomas Haake]
Blind, ancient and malevolent
Cosmos divides
The truth is we never ever had truth in sight
We spat on this purpose
We ate of whatever was left
The chasm beneath us will open and swallow the rest
[Verse 3: Jens Kidman]
Me, the broken cog
You seem to not have understood
Knives out
Strings set in motion
You act like you're surprised
Preemptive strike
Ruin
Chaos
Focus
[Outro: Tomas Haake]
Whispers, murmurs, voices, voices
Whispers, purpose, voices, murmurs
Whispers, murmurs, voices, voices
Whispers, murmurs, voices, purpose
Broken Cog was written by Mårten Hagström.
Broken Cog was produced by Meshuggah.
Meshuggah released Broken Cog on Fri Apr 01 2022.
Well, opener “Broken Cog” comes at you like a flying slab of concrete – it begins with a palm-muted syncopated barrage. But the first surprise of this record is Jens Kidman’s spoken-word introduction as spectral guitars dance like the celestial ballet of the northern lights. By the time the groove b...
Tomas Haake:
This one is ‘third time’s the charm.’ We actually started recording this for Koloss back in 2012, but it just didn’t feel right. We tried it again for The Violent Sleep of Reason, but it didn’t happen again. This time, we finally got it to work. It was a deliberate choice to put this f...