Meshuggah

Band: Meshuggah

Song: This Spiteful Snake

Album: Obzen

[Lyrics: Tomas Haake, Music: Marten Hagstrom & Tomas Haake]

Reality - this spiteful snake,

Rearing its ugly head

Venom dripping from its grin

As it tosses yet another obstacle in our way

If given a thousand years to collect,

To process, to portray

- We could never encompass the voracity

Of one single day

Trapping us in its winding,

It's closing malignant cycles

A tightening coil to bind us,

Hold us tight in unforgiving embrace

Its all-engulfing jaws - infinite, boundless

Biting down on the dying flesh of hope

Its fiery breath levelling, dismantling,

Flattening, tearing down the structure of our dreams

Overcome, defeated

Terrified, shivering, mute

Reality is terror - this truth is absolute

Reality - this spiteful snake

- Shedding its smothering veil

- A shroud to asphyxiate,

Exterminate, eradicate

Comments

10 years ago

digs0703

The structure of this song makes me imagine a snake uncoiling itself. Fucking brilliant meshuggah are gods among men.

11 years ago

cas ars

Meshuggah - This Spiteful Snake

11 years ago

Metalli Alkaline

Dancers to the discordant systemThis spiteful snake.Closed eye visual.Pineal Gland Optics.Helps me remain in oblivion, indeed this spiteful snake,BleedREALITY SCARS!Thank you fucking life.

12 years ago

MrGabbo97

Look, a song about my penis.

12 years ago

motionfix motionfix

I listen to all sorts of music.. and I might have to agree with that..

12 years ago

slash92able

listening meshuggah you do understand that other genres is shit

12 years ago

Simnein Morst

that was so grovey

12 years ago

Marcelo Ferraz

Wooow...be kicked in the ears sonds like this.

12 years ago

Simnein Morst

when it got to 2:00 i was like woooooooooooo

12 years ago

Simnein Morst

good druming

12 years ago

Digant Trivedi

And the last notch up for tonight's Metal Mayhem is one of the heaviest around, decibel wise, skill wise and adrenalin wise.This. Is. *Meshuggah*.#meshuggah #polyrhythms #insane #heavy

13 years ago

killyou45

lol Yeah, he doesn't write the lyrics though.

13 years ago

digs0795

Jens Kidman's First Words: REEE-AHHH-LAHHH-TEEE!

13 years ago

methwatch

@facepalm486 YEEEEHAAAAAAAAW

13 years ago

wolfman1234

@LWRCftw Boobs!

13 years ago

wolfman1234

@Padmasiddha Yea man, that section at 2:13 is soo damn tasty!

13 years ago

facepalm486

@methwatch problem is however, listening to meshuggah and lamb of god is the same as listening to meshuggah and dubstep or this NOW YOU'RE JUST SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW shit thats playing on the radio. It does not compute. Why would I listen to Justin Bieber after I just listened to Bach. What the fuck is wrong with me? OH YEAH LET ME DRINK SOME DRAIN CLEANER AND PUT ON SOME LAMB OF GOD CAUSE I'M A REDNECK YEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW NASCAR LEFT TURN LEFT TURN LEFT TURN YEEEEEEEHAWWWWWW

13 years ago

facepalm486

@methwatch lyrically wise they are ridiculous. THIS IS A MOTHERFACKING INVATAAAAAATION.wow. really. you're a redneck - thats fucking great. 90% of the high school bands I have to see at local pubs/bars all sound like them, thats because there is no talent or artistic value in doing what they do. The drummer I suppose has some merit....but all in all it's mass produced anti-metal metal. Utter fucking garbage. But yes, in matters of opinion, debate is meaningless.

13 years ago

methwatch

@facepalm486 I'm sorry but that just sounds a little ridiculous. I love LoG and Meshuggah. They're both ACTUAL music. Your use of ignorant is a little funny. Why does lamb of god suck? cause you say so? I respectfully disagree.

13 years ago

facepalm486

@Kuolleille they don't 'miraculously' resolve to 4/4. Maybe you should give it another listen 23/16 is not 4/4 (simple math really). Musically speaking, when fusing jazz, prog and metal, there's actually a lot to think about. The interwoven, yet individualistic, musicianship of Meshuggah makes them wholly original. Even so, that their style practically created a new mass-produced genre, played by *ahem* US bands. The chugga-chugga-djent-call-it-what-you-will bands suck badly though.