Memory Machine

by The Dismemberment Plan

From the album: Emergency & I

Track 2 of 12 on Emergency & I (1999).

Duration: 02:43

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Lyrics for Memory Machine

Red wire: right temple Black wire: left temple Red wire: right temple Black wire: left temple There are times I think eternal life ain't such a bad gig Smoke all you want and see the planets If and only if they find a way to cure the longing The distant panic Someday, I'm telling you They'll make a memory machine To wax our hearts to a blinding sheen To wash away the grief Someday, I'm telling you They'll make a memory machine To wax our hearts to a blinding sheen To wash away the grief There are folks that think to have a soul, you've got to suffer Well, lately I've had my RDA of that And call it fascist, but I know that someday happy Will be all that matters Someday, I'm telling you They'll make a memory machine To wax our hearts to a blinding sheen To wash away the grief Someday, I'm telling you They'll make a memory machine To wax our hearts to a blinding sheen To wash away the grief Poetry, Aldous Huxley鈥攜eah, yeah, yeah, it'll be a relief If they can make machines to save us labor Someday they'll do our hearts the very same favor The wails of ruined lives brought to a halt By the serene hum of computers in air-conditioned vaults Red wire: right temple Black wire: left temple Red wire: right temple Black wire: left temple

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