Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Written on the day of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, after hearing an interview with a prisoner who survived simply because she could play the cello.
Drawing on Jens Bjørneboe’s devastating technique of horrifying the reader precisely by mentioning incomprehensibly horrific ev...
[Disclaimer: These lyrics were published by the band themselves in the Endarkenment album booklet.]
[Verse 1]
In time and motion, in lines and rows
In sacred figures, to-do list grows
Cello exclusion, in feudal choice
In complete absence of human growth
[Pre-Chorus]
Feeding the death machine
Worshipping banality
Children of the obscene
Tell them that it's all a game
[Chorus]
An unperson of fear
We vermin of the tears
Castrated by events
I'm just an architect
[Verse 2]
With facts and figures, in serried graves
Accountancy's care, paperwork grows
Playing for platforms, overheard throes
In railed stables, professional
[Pre-Chorus]
Feeding the death machine
Worshipping banality
Children of the obscene
Tell them that it's all a game
[Chorus]
An unperson of fear
We vermin of the tears
Castrated by events
I'm just an architect
[Pre-Chorus]
Feeding the death machine
Worshipping banality
Spreadsheets of the obscene
It's just a fucking game
[Chorus]
An unperson of fear (we are no one)
We vermin of the tears (and we cry)
Castrated by events (in the details, it makes sense)
I'm just an architect (we just do as we are told)
Feeding the Death Machine was written by Mick Kenney & Dave Hunt.
Feeding the Death Machine was produced by Mick Kenney.
Anaal Nathrakh released Feeding the Death Machine on Fri Oct 02 2020.