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NM 156 Lyrics
Uniform printout reads end of line
Protect code intact leaves little time
Erratic surveys, free thinking not allowed
My hands shake, my push buttons silence
The outside crowd
One world government has outlawed war among nations
Now social control requires population termination
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
Microchip logic
have we no more thoughts
"Is this wrong" I enter
Answers sought
Punch! Punch! Punch! Transfer this data into code.
Wide eyes watch my
Number 156 is shown
Created from past life to perform
Illicit function, I fail this conscious
Madness I man/machine imperfection
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
This judgement can be resisted
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
End of line
The song stresses an important element as it tells the tale of man and machine merging into a so-called super being bent on exterminating the imperfect, inefficient human being: emotion is partly what makes us human. The super-logic of machinery able to wipe out civilization is merely a synonym for savagery. There is nothing "superior" in this logic - all humans possess the attributes of emotion and logic. Machines capable of such logic must never be classified "superhuman", for they are but a tiny fraction of what it truly means to be a human being - their cold logic is the worst part of us that forgets, loses or disguises the better angles of a special nature. It can be fairly argued that dictators are machine-like creatures suppressing their own humanity while employing twisted logic to spew inhuman mathematical formulas we now call genocide.
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This song is written from the perspective of a nuclear missile operations officer and takes place in the future. They have been given the directive to fire their missile (Nuclear Missile 156) by a computer in order to reduce world population. He’s struggling with his conscience and asking for clarification as to the authenticity of his orders.
the song is about population control by government where people are assigned a number and picked by lottery and when ur # comes up you die. The guy singing is the programmer and his # came up, 156, so he is going to die. duh. ~rach
@electricboogaloo7 No but close. It;s about the last days. Man merging with machine. When his # comes up, it's because he was snooping where he shouldn't have...Notice the song comes from the 1984( the book 1984) album The Warning. Geoff is warning all of us what the elites are planning for civilization. A population reduction of anywhere from 90 to 99 percent of the earth. One thing is fro damn sure. One of the spookiest songs we'll ever hear. The most intelligent rock band ever??? Without a doubt I say YES.
@electricboogaloo7 No but close. It;s about the last days. Man merging with machine. When his # comes up, it's because he was snooping where he shouldn't have...Notice the song comes from the 1984( the book 1984) album The Warning. Geoff is warning all of us what the elites are planning for civilization. A population reduction of anywhere from 90 to 99 percent of the earth. One thing is fro damn sure. One of the spookiest songs we'll ever hear. The most intelligent rock band ever??? Without a doubt I say YES.
Everyone here is right to some degree. Like many good songs, there is the specifics, and then the theme, which is the chorus. I'm more interested in the general theme - that of losing our humanity because of machines - whether imposed by the government or not.
It's about a machine wanting to become a human
I thought this song was about computers and different electronic stuff.I guess its more than that.It's probaly about TVs!!!