The Spangle Maker - The Automaton's Rebellion lyrics

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The Spangle Maker - The Automaton's Rebellion lyrics

The buzzing sparks Bring the drone to life Pretty yourself And then you're on the run To beat the other cogs and punch-in the hours So abstract machines can continually devour Forget all you know and all you aspire For your soul is appraised At a reduced price Drive through the sprawl Drink café au lait Be sure to medicate And then count all your greens And try to stay afloat in spite of your drowning In futile treasures and materiel amounting When in the public eye, you're ruthlessly critiqued. They ask me, "Have you made the mark?" Then I say: Do you think I shall spend the years of my youth Fixing your expanding and all-consuming universe? Do you think I shall spend the wages of the day On items acquired by a suave-looking cutpurse? There's a greater world beyond the four-lane run-around Beyond meandering paths and the recent developments. So before you can stake a claim on my persona I'm going to raise the sails and leave these cesspool shores To new frontiers To the promised land Where I can breathe Where I can live Away from the muck Away from the slime Formed from the sin Of our fathers So now I'm armed I speak heresies I draw the sword To cut down the foe. I raise high the blade to smite what I've rejected And remind the vanquished tyrant of his outcome expected. I turn then to the crowd who is ready to banish And with a smile I make my denouement Westward bound we head for a mountainous horizon And behind us we see the congested lights disappear at last Smells of countryside unlock memory's treasure chest And evokes the presence of all time here in the virgin's land. I take hold the reins of my chariot-life To guide it through the skies and toward the final destination. An automaton no more ... I now ask myself ...