“Suicide Machine” is a song about euthanasia, the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering—specifically about voluntary euthanasia and one’s choice to die.
It is simultaenously about how alone everyone actually is; people can help you, but they’ll never be able to compl...
[Verse 1]
Controlling their lives
Deciding when and how they will die
A victim of someone else's choice
The ones who suffer have no voice
[Pre-Chorus]
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living
No one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power
Will be there
[Chorus]
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
[Bridge]
How easy it is to deny the pain
Of someone else's suffering
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Robbed of natural abilities
In death they now seek tranquility
In a confused state of mind
Extending agony, they must be blind
[Pre-Chorus]
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living
No one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power
Will be there
[Chorus]
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
Suicide Machine was written by Chuck Schuldiner.
Suicide Machine was produced by Scott Burns & Chuck Schuldiner.
Death released Suicide Machine on Tue Oct 22 1991.