Violent Sleep of Reason

A systematically applied veil to heedless eyes

Focus deflected. Ignore

This is not our war

Bury the abject shame in the same bile as our ideals

The potent lubricant to deceit's grinding wheels

The menacing implications, the violent sleep of reason

Betrayal we all help sustain

Humanitarian treason

This deadly inclination, this forfeiture of innocence

The sacrifice of guiltless souls for our own deliverance

The pain you feel

Indifference thrust into your back

Forged from our ignorance, from our immorality

A parody, this mockery

To no avail you kneel before this our insanity

Another life condemned

Your fate sealed the second you came to exist

Your suffering non-essential

For we care not if you subsist

We will all belie any illusion, any crime

Cower and hide

Any culpability denied

All will imply it's an illusion, a fallacy

So when you die, remember we said it's not reality