Syd

Man/Machine

 

Pupils wide and black
Frozen are his emotions 
An unforgiving mechanical schedule 
He is the plastic poison in the ocean

 

A breath of carbonmonoxide 
As he sings his workers tune
Those who are close by 
Are asphyxiated by the plume

 

Where once blood flowed
Copper wiring now lines his veins
Robotically performing tasks  
Charging twice daily from the mains

 

Steel ball bearings 
Now form his joins 
Sewing needles 
Line his guts
Yet somehow on the outside
He maintains his human looks

 

Where thoughts were true
And muscle was lean
Now soaked in oil
Part man/machine
Following the pide piper blindly, 
Letting out an internal scream...


 
All in the pursuit of conformity
And the Anglo American dream