Jump into the void (nihilistic leap of anti-faith)
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Written in august 2017, lyrics partially reworked during autumn 2019.
Trivia
The final song I wrote for "Sonic degeneracy": after delving into the deepest, most unstable corners of the human psyche in Vol. 2, this song re-emerges from the depths and ties the whole album together, with the reaffirmation of the nihilistic themes from Vol. 1 in a slightly recontextualized form. It's a very energetic, powerful song that encapsulates most of Rotgod's different facets and styles, from thrash to hardcore to noise, and contains an awesome solo courtesy of Jan from death metal band Spasticus. I hope it's an appropriate sendoff for this long, insane journey of an album.
P.S. The spoken bits in the middle section were lifted from two videos from popular YouTube channel "The Amazing Atheist", specifically "Nihilistic optimism" and "But religion gives people comfort!". Amazing stuff, indeed.
Lyrics
Acceptance of the intolerable
The lack of objective meaning
The thing in itself, a miserable scam
Veil of Maya's been torn AND THERE'S NOTHING BEHIND
The idea, just result of perception
No power outside our nervous system
No new age ideals, maybe no ideals at all
No values, nothing, I SEE NOTHING HERE
Abandon hope
And your pretense of significance
You need to take some courage
AND JUMP INTO THE VOID
Will you resign to meaninglessness
While still being able to live to the fullest?
Will you accept the death of big narratives
That gave you the illusion of some sort of purpose
Don't hide yourself behind apathy
To mask a need you still have to get rid of
You just need the courage to face reality
Even without firm points or absolute truths
It's time to say yes to a life without order
(x 10)
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