The Machinist

by Have Heart

From the album: 10.17.09

Track 2 of 21 on 10.17.09 (2010).

Duration: 2:46

10.17.09 cover art

Lyrics for The Machinist

I've seen the free which you enslave The walking which you keep chained I've seen the growth which you keep caged and I've seen the minds that go un-raged I've seen the body robbed of soul, just to fuel your control I've seen the standing knocked to their knees, and I see the human beings you treat like machines Machinist I am not, I am not, I am not machine Machinist I am, I am, I am human being A stagnant life's a victory for the lover of life that never breeds Perpetuate, obliterate those addicted to living on their knees The dealers deplete you, the dealers beat you like a drum without a tone You're just skin and bones until you say no more Unlike the silent machines who won't settle the score Unlike the lifeless objects they want you to be You want your object, well you fucking got it I could be the knife in your back The noose around your neck I could be the bullet racing through your skull but I'd rather be the force of my spoken word Let your voices form the weapons No silence No compliance No compliance In defiance of the rape of growth

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More from 10.17.09

  1. Hard Bark On the Family Tree
  2. The Machinist
  3. Life Is Hard Enough
  4. Watch Me Sink
  5. The Same Son
  6. Bostons
  7. Lionheart
  8. Get The Knife
  9. On The Bird In The Cage
  10. Intro
  11. To Us Fools
  12. Something More Than Ink
  13. Pave Paradise
  14. Armed With A Mind
  15. Brotherly Love
  16. What Counts - Bonus Track
  17. No Roses, No Skies
  18. Intro(ld Man) II - Bonus Track
  19. About Face - Bonus Track
  20. The Unbreakable
  21. Watch Me Rise