Guilty until proven innocent
We condemn your soul and fate
Never mind the possibilities
Too busy for logic or to calculate

Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished

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

Distracted by imagination
That experiments with ease if you could
Taste it, it might be addictive
Where life will crush those who defy

Take part in a diminishing breed
Where complex turns to simplicity
When pain is acknowledged
Frivolous calculations will be abolished

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


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Without Judgement Lyrics as written by Chuck Schuldiner

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    This song is about the destructive property of human kind, judging every other individual. People rate other persons although they don't know them. They don't even want to know. ("We condemn your soul and fate, Nevermind the possibilities").

    The 2nd paragraph gives the explanation: "Where complex turns to simplicity". This means, that people act that way, because it's much easier (more detail in chorus). If people would know, how destructive such judgements are for others, they would stop it. That's the only way to get rid of this "addiction".("When pain is acknowledged, Frivolous calculations will be abolished")

    The Chorus is most important. Cuck says, people judge others to forget their own weakness. If we could not judge others any more, we would see all of our own flaws ("We would be forced to look at ourselves") and how this kind of life made us weak ("emerged in lost time"). It would be a neverending source of perception and wisdom, if we stopped looking at things in such a limited way ("Without judgement perception would increase a million times").

    The melodic part after the chorus (no lyrics) sounds very beautfiful and harmonic. This melody describes the utopian world, where judgement does not exist. As the song is called "without judgement", this part can be called the main part.

    Suddenly we're back in the old evil death metal riff. It becomes clear, that such a world does not exist. Chuck describes the addictive effect of judging others. The wonderful world within ourselves, where the hated ones are always the bad ones ("the imagination[...] where life will crush those who defy"), is so easy for us ("That experiments with ease"), that we cannot stop entering it ("If you could taste it, it might be addictive").

    That's the detailed version ;)

    Matikunon May 28, 2008   Link

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