I think the above poster somehow confused Meshuggah with Morrissey.
Anyway, going off of what's already been said: humanity is governed by the all-encompassing force known as Chance. Fate is arbitrary and indifferent, and cares not for human concerns. Our lives are subject to "destiny-claws"; we are torn from existence as if merely a straw pulled at random.
The anguish expressed over this sense powerlessness reminds me of a great quote from Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat":
"When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples."
Our rage is impotent; we are utterly unable to control or escape Fate/Nature/Chance.
I think the above poster somehow confused Meshuggah with Morrissey.
Anyway, going off of what's already been said: humanity is governed by the all-encompassing force known as Chance. Fate is arbitrary and indifferent, and cares not for human concerns. Our lives are subject to "destiny-claws"; we are torn from existence as if merely a straw pulled at random.
The anguish expressed over this sense powerlessness reminds me of a great quote from Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat":
"When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples."
Our rage is impotent; we are utterly unable to control or escape Fate/Nature/Chance.