In a 1995 interview with Spark Magazine, Chuck says this song is written from the perspective of “a microgroup of Extra-Terrestrials, beings from other planets, who watch down on the Earth, on us, how we are. Something like God who observe killing animals for various reasons, crimes, mistreatment of...
[Verse 1]
From above and around
Observations are collected
Knowledge is taken in by curious life forms
That may bring hope from beyond
Beneath the giver of life, our sun
An examination of another kind is done
[Refrain]
A view from those who stood high
And breathed the sky
An opinion from below and from above
[Pre-Chorus]
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
[Chorus]
Misanthrope
Hater of all mankind
There is some hope
For those who own their mind
They came, they saw and acknowledged
Some good, some bad
Opinion: dangerous
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Stay where you are, don't get consumed
By what they created from sheer neglect
In denial of years and years of
Shattered souls
That were lost to the power of
Fragile, frightful minds
[Refrain]
A view from those who stood high
And breathed the sky
An opinion from below and from above
[Pre-Chorus]
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
[Chorus]
Misanthrope
Hater of all mankind
There is some hope
For those who own their mind
They came, they saw and acknowledged
Some good, some bad
Opinion: dangerous
Misanthrope was written by Chuck Schuldiner.
Misanthrope was produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner.
Death released Misanthrope on Tue Mar 21 1995.