This song is about the dissonance between the person some expect themselves to be and the person they really are.
As we form an idea of ourselves that is informed by outside expectations, hopes, and dreams, we often are unable to see the reality of our lives unfolding before us. Regardless of our r...
[Verse 1]
Where is the person
That could have been?
Who, what took over?
When did the end begin?
[Refrain]
Should we not prepare
For the uncertain
Mysteries of our life?
Of our destiny?
[Pre-Chorus]
See things that are not there
Intruding voices
[Chorus]
What went wrong
To their picture perfect life
They once knew?
Flattening of emotions
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
A mind shared by
An uninvited
Stranger which comes
And goes as it choose to appear
[Refrain]
Should we not prepare
For the uncertain
Mysteries of our life?
Of our destiny?
[Pre-Chorus]
See things that are not there
Intruding voices
[Chorus]
What went wrong
To their picture perfect life
They once knew?
Flattening of emotions
Flattening of Emotions was written by Chuck Schuldiner.
Flattening of Emotions was produced by Scott Burns & Chuck Schuldiner.
Death released Flattening of Emotions on Tue Oct 22 1991.