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'''The Machine''' is the 27th track and the 16th non-transition track on [[View-Monster]]. It tells the story of a man who builds an impossibly massive machine that doesn't do anything. | '''The Machine''' is the 27th track and the 16th non-transition track on [[View-Monster]]. It tells the story of a man who builds an impossibly massive and impressive machine that doesn't do anything. | ||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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Putting the pieces on. | Putting the pieces on. | ||
Building a big machine. | Building a big machine. | ||
He ran out of room inside his room | He ran out of room inside his room | ||
and so he moved it all outside. | and so he moved it all outside. | ||
Now it’s a bit too big. | Now it’s a bit too big. | ||
Now it’s a mile wide. | Now it’s a mile wide. | ||
The family vans across the desert | The family vans across the desert | ||
follow signs to park and stare. | follow signs to park and stare. | ||
Nobody says hello. | Nobody says hello. | ||
Nobody knows he’s there. | Nobody knows he’s there. | ||
They just look at the blinking lights and greebles, | They just look at the blinking lights and greebles, | ||
interlocking arms of steel. | interlocking arms of steel. | ||
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Nothing could be so big. | Nothing could be so big. | ||
Nothing could be so real. | Nothing could be so real. | ||
They think: | They think: | ||
One million springs | One million springs | ||
and spinning things, it’s quite a view | and spinning things, it’s quite a view | ||
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That’s the beauty of it— | That’s the beauty of it— | ||
It doesn’t do anything. | It doesn’t do anything. | ||
He made his own night-vision goggles, | He made his own night-vision goggles, | ||
now he lurks inside the frame. | now he lurks inside the frame. | ||
Perfecting it from within. | Perfecting it from within. | ||
Forgetting his own name. | Forgetting his own name. | ||
All that he knows is that it needs him, | All that he knows is that it needs him, | ||
All it knows is he needs it. | All it knows is he needs it. | ||
Every piston. | Every piston. | ||
Every single little bit. | Every single little bit. | ||
The government people in black helicopters | The government people in black helicopters | ||
try to snoop around. | try to snoop around. | ||
I’m so sorry, but he needs the extra parts. | I’m so sorry, but he needs the extra parts. | ||
He takes the choppers down. | He takes the choppers down. | ||
Now there are tanks on the horizon, | Now there are tanks on the horizon, | ||
asking what are his demands? | asking what are his demands? | ||
Not one of them understands. | Not one of them understands. | ||
Nobody understands. | Nobody understands. | ||
And the megaphones scream: | And the megaphones scream: | ||
One million gears | One million gears | ||
Perhaps our fears are coming true | Perhaps our fears are coming true | ||
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That’s the beauty of it— | That’s the beauty of it— | ||
It doesn’t do anything. | It doesn’t do anything. | ||
Lost in solipsism | Lost in solipsism | ||
he then slowly pulls a lever | he then slowly pulls a lever | ||
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From its finale to its genesis | From its finale to its genesis | ||
we slowly pull it all apart. | we slowly pull it all apart. | ||
That’s the beauty of it— | That’s the beauty of it— | ||
It doesn’t do anything, do anything. | It doesn’t do anything, do anything. | ||
Doesn’t do anything, doesn’t do anything. | Doesn’t do anything, doesn’t do anything. | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 2 August 2023
The Machine is the 27th track and the 16th non-transition track on View-Monster. It tells the story of a man who builds an impossibly massive and impressive machine that doesn't do anything.
Lyrics
All that he does is chip away. Each day he sticks to his routine: Putting the pieces on. Building a big machine. He ran out of room inside his room and so he moved it all outside. Now it’s a bit too big. Now it’s a mile wide. The family vans across the desert follow signs to park and stare. Nobody says hello. Nobody knows he’s there. They just look at the blinking lights and greebles, interlocking arms of steel. And they think: Nothing could be so big. Nothing could be so real. They think: One million springs and spinning things, it’s quite a view We have no clue What does it do? That’s the beauty of it— It doesn’t do anything. He made his own night-vision goggles, now he lurks inside the frame. Perfecting it from within. Forgetting his own name. All that he knows is that it needs him, All it knows is he needs it. Every piston. Every single little bit. The government people in black helicopters try to snoop around. I’m so sorry, but he needs the extra parts. He takes the choppers down. Now there are tanks on the horizon, asking what are his demands? Not one of them understands. Nobody understands. And the megaphones scream: One million gears Perhaps our fears are coming true What does it do? What does it do? That’s the beauty of it— It doesn’t do anything. Lost in solipsism he then slowly pulls a lever which sets off a mechanism which does nothing whatsoever but the nothing that it does negates the everything we know because it’s screaming “Just because!” because it’s neither friend or foe and so they label it a menace or a grandiose work of art. From its finale to its genesis we slowly pull it all apart. That’s the beauty of it— It doesn’t do anything, do anything. Doesn’t do anything, doesn’t do anything.