According to Chuck Schuldiner, this song is about the court of public opinion, and the fact that the American media judges everyone throughout their entire life.
[Verse 1]
Guilty until proven innocent
We condemn your soul and fate
Never mind the possibilities
Too busy for logic or to calculate
[Pre-Chorus]
Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished
[Chorus]
Without judgement, what would we do?
We would be forced to look
At ourselves emerged in lost time
Assuming what may be
Without judgement
Perception would increase a million times
[Guitar Solo]
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Distracted by the imagination
That experiments with ease
If you could taste it, it might be addictive
Where life will crush those who defy
[Pre-Chorus]
Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished
[Chorus]
Without judgement, what would we do?
We would be forced to look
At ourselves emerged in lost time
Assuming what may be
Without judgement
Perception would increase a million times
Without Judgement was written by Chuck Schuldiner.
Without Judgement was produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner.
Death released Without Judgement on Tue Mar 21 1995.