Tormentor Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sabathiel 

Cover art for Tormentor lyrics by Skinny Puppy

It is an awesome song. Best part of Ohgr's lyrics is that it seems to mean different things to different people. A lot of the older stuff is written while under the influence of heavy drugs and looks more like fragments of thoughts, never really expressed fully. To me Tormentor is about insanity itself.

"pouring thoughts electric fingers blinding pressure sockets stream matter grey the nerve free fall safely buried out behind a face"

It kind of hints that behind the "normal" surface there are raging thoughts and urges, maybe the thoughts of a murderer. The different parts of the lyrics seem to portrait a different madness though.

@Sabathiel This view point is the closest to what It could be in my opinion. I've already tried AI and spoke with friends. I'm replicating Tormentor..(that will be played only as a weapon and will be used sparsely) I must retain the integrity of the track so it's important that I understand the lyrics as much as I can because this is no ordinary piece. It's hard to decipher the words in the samples, so by knowing the song I could search for other samples that retain the direction of its path.This is a masterpiece that must be respected and...