Red – Feed the Machine Lyrics

Red · Until We Have Faces

Rock

Turn around they might be watching
And you never disappoint them
Hide your innocence before they see right through
You mustn't disappoint them

You need the danger just to feel your heart beat
You need to die just to find your identity
You need the knife just to know that you can bleed
You need the pain now just to feel anything

We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine
It grows inside
Nowhere to hide

Give up, give up and feed the machine
Give up, give up and feed the machine
They pull you faster, the cadence calling
And you never fall behind

So choose a face you're only calling out
You mustn't fall behind
You need another death just to have a life to save
You need a master just so you can beg

You need the light because you're so afraid
Now bow down and learn to be a good slave
We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine

It grows inside
Nowhere to hide

Give up, give up and feed the machine
Give up, give up and feed the machine
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Wake up

Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine
It grows inside
Nowhere to hide
Wake up, wake up and kill the machine
Wake up, wake up and kill the machine
Wake up, wake up and kill the machine

Comments (1)

Anonymous 2011-03-01 11:26:00

I love this song. My interpretation is political, not spiritual. It can be taken both ways. We feed the machine by falling in line with the status quo. "You need a master just so you can beg. You need a light just because you&#039re so afraid. Now bow and learn to be a good slave" We live the lies we&#039re told without question. We search for our individuality only to go back to sleep. "And you never disappoint them". We just keep feeding the machine. We need to open our eyes and see things for ourselves, choose a face, and believe in ourselves - Only then can we "Wake up, wake up and kill the machine".