Meaningless

Meaningless is a Progressive Metal project by Israeli composer and multi-instrumentalist Barak Shoshany. It is a concept album, dealing with science, religion and the (lack of) meaning of life. Currently, early sketches are being recorded at the home studio, and will be published here as they are made.

4/6/2011: The first sketch is finally complete! This song, God is Hate, is supposed to be somewhere towards the middle of the piece. Some of the main recurring themes of the composition (harmonic, melodic and rhythmic) may be heard here.

Download/listen here: God Is Hate (Sketch)

Lyrics:

As the night finally falls
Upon this ungodly city
With dark clothes
And pure thoughts
I go out to do God’s bidding

His will is that they die
So I’ve read in his sacred rulebook
The sentence is already set
Justice will be done

As I sneak inside
On this Saturday night
I see that they’re just children
They’re so young and innocent

Now I have second thoughts
And I turn back to leave
But I hear God’s voice
In my mind
He tells me to go on

How they scream
How they beg for their lives
It’s almost as though
They’re just normal human beings

How I wish
God would just love them all
But I know only he can decide
What’s right and what’s wrong

And now I run
I hide my gun
I take off my mask,
now I look Just like one of them

But deep down inside I know
I’m a good person
And I am the only one here
That is holy and pure

I did the right thing
Tomorrow will bring
New faith to the world

As the light shines on me
I wake up to face the new world
Surely now everyone knows
That God is here to protect them

In God’s house
I see my friends
They pray and ask for forgiveness
They cry about the sinners’ death
Where have I gone wrong?

Did God really talk to me
Or was it just the devil?
Why have I not doubted
And just blindly followed orders?

I know that I can tell
Right from wrong by myself
But I didn’t think
I just acted
Like a mindless follower

God
Get out of my head
Just let me think by myself

I must pay for it all
All this pain that I’ve caused
The meaningless crime I’ve committed
In the name of God

Now I know what to do
I trace back my steps
My gun is still where I left it.