Styx – Mr. Roboto Lyrics

Styx · Kilroy Was Here

Rock

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Himitsu wo Shiri tai
You're wondering who I am
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Machine or mannequin

(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
I am the modren man
I've got a secret, I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling

My brain I.B.M., so if you see me

Acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone

And somewhere to hide
To keep me alive, just keep me alive

Somewhere to hide to keep me alive
I'm not a robot without emotions
I'm not what you see
I've come to help you
With your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour
Forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances
Went beyond his control
Beyond my control, we all need control
I need control, we all need control
I am the modren man
(Secret, secret I've got a secret)
Who hides behind a mask
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
So no one else can see
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo, Domo
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo, Domo
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Thank you very much, Oh Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape
Just when I needed to
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I want to thank you
Please, thank you, oh
The problem's plain to see
Too much technology
Machines to save our lives
Machines, de-humanize
The time has come at last
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see
(Secret, secret, I've got a secret)

Comments (3)

Anonymous 2009-10-13 21:03:00

I like the beat to this song...who is Kilroy? I can understand it more now that I read it. Who is Kilroy? domo
Zaff 2014-07-13 00:48:00

In all cases in whic hit appears in the lyrics, it's "modren man," not "modern." Modrenism is basically the disdain for our obsession with technology and selfish gain, that we have the resources to feed the starving across the world but instead overindulge to the point of potentially fatal obesity, that we have the sum total of the world's information at our fingertips and yet we resort to chatspeak, butchered and bastardized "English," and excessive acronyms to communicate and employ this vast database of information to send "selfies" to total strangers and watch home videos of cats chasing laser pointers while people in other countries would sell their soul for a book to read, and the ability to read it.
Nosreme 2016-06-07 03:27:00

Except that this was 1983, before selfies, major gluttony, cell phones, and the majority of houses did not have a computer. Having said that, whether you are correct in your interpretation or not, I think the message of the song equally applies to today's world (even more so in fact).