Orgasmatron Lyrics
My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore.
I am the emperor of lies, you grovel at my feet
I rob you and I slaughter you, your downfall is my gain
And still you play the sycophant and revel in you pain
And all my promises are lies, all my love is hate
I am the politician, and I decide your fate
I speak of great heroic days, of victory and might
I hold a banner drenched in blood, I urge you to be brave
I lead you to your destiny, I lead you to your grave
Your bones will build my palaces, your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars, the god of war, and I will cut you down
My view on this is that we're just shown an apocalyptic view of the epitome of human destruction. The first third is about religion, with its own brutality. The second part is about politics, with the deceit, control and power. And the third part is about war, fought for wrong leaders for example.
These 3, religion, politics and war, are humanity's greatest murderers, and I suppose everybody can easily agree with this. You bring them together, and you've got mankind's destroyer.
My two cents.
It's just their personification of powermadness, and a brilliant one for that. The way the music fits in with the lyrics and his groveling voice, it's haunting!
I AM THE ONE, ORGASMATRON!
pretty much about how priests and politicians fuck us over for their own gain hence orgasmatron
It's about a lot of things and figures that manipulate and deceive us, notably priests, politicians, rulers, dictators, etc. The first verse references Christianity and how it's violent and cruel against Gays, Jews, etc.("Two thousand years or misery, of torture in my name"). It also mentions the Heaven/Hell/Sin concept ("Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law"), about how if you don't live your life by a certain code and follow set laws, you will be damned for eternity. The second verse obviously references corrupt politicians, and the third references proud dictators and rulers who rule with an iron fist and have Nazi-like pride for their country.
Yep, that's one bad ass song.
Lemmy's responses to the song's title and meaning:
"Yeah, the song is about all the things that people like to do instead of orgasms. People get political orgasms and religious orgasms and holy war orgasms. It's all shit."
http://www.punknews.org/article/47109/interviews-ian-lemmy-kilmister-motarhead
In another interview he expanded on that:
"It refers to the three things that I hate most in life, organized religion, politics, and war. Things like people that go to church and cum in their pants while communing with Jesus Christ. It's all a bunch of bullshit. If you are really into that, you don't need to go to a church to talk to God, you can talk to Him anywhere, you know? Or if you join a political party and get your jollies off of that, when your party wins and all that. It's the herd instinct. The same thing with the war. They give you a nice new uniform and march you off to die."
Joel McIver quotes Lemmy in his Motörhead memoir Overkill:The Untold Story of Motörhead:\n"It refers to the three things that I hate most in life - organized religion, politics and war. Things like people that go to church and cum in their pants while communicating with Jesus Christ. It\'s all a bunch of bullshit. If you\'re really into that, you don\'t need to go to church or talk to God, you can talk to him everywhere, you know? Or if you join a political party and get your jollies off that, when your party wins and all that. It\'s the herd instinct. The same thing with war. They give you a nice new uniform and march you off to die."\n\nLemmy also wrote that the album title had nothing to do with the orgasm-inducing machine that appeared in the futuristic Woody Allen film Sleeper, which he had not even seen
I have no words to describe the greatness of the song. Also, it reminds me of George W. Bush. Lemmy, you are a fucking genius.
Who said lemmy's a bad vocalist? he massacred the last verse. won't find this on MTV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasmatron
has anyone seen either sleeper or barberella and no if Motorhead are referrrencinc them in this song?
@Dressed2Depress Lemmy stated he had never seen Sleeper
@Dressed2Depress Lemmy stated he had never seen Sleeper
Lemmy has to be one of the best lyricists ever. Who else do you know that can use the words "obsequious", "clandestine" and "sycophant" in the same song?
@Zughiaq Try Bad Religion, mate....you'll be stoked. Little example:
@Zughiaq Try Bad Religion, mate....you'll be stoked. Little example:
"I Want Something More"
"I Want Something More"
Going through a world of sad debris, Regard quixoitic reveries of ownership: The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion, The ancient western treadmill of deception and derision. But I want something more. Racing through a life of tragic wastage, I experience the loss of trust and innocence. The billowing cyclone of time has blown away our reasons As we trudge like blind men forward trying to avoid collision. But I want something... MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE !
Going through a world of sad debris, Regard quixoitic reveries of ownership: The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion, The ancient western treadmill of deception and derision. But I want something more. Racing through a life of tragic wastage, I experience the loss of trust and innocence. The billowing cyclone of time has blown away our reasons As we trudge like blind men forward trying to avoid collision. But I want something... MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE !