@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
There's no Ghost in this machine,
I make my own mistakes,
We seem like skeletons with bonehead police,
Histories can crucify,
Human super-naturalize,
We hope, we're not alone.
Exploded stars and space debris,
Taught itself to make some things,
A cut, then done up,
What was there before the bang,
How did nothing come to end,
At once, let's ask the atheists.
Let's ask the atheists, the astronauts,
The mystics of the amazon,
The priests, the cults, the withes, the pope,
The crystal ball, the fear of god,
The tarot cards, the dancing rug,
The enochians, alchemists, black magicians, physicists.
Say, no
Say, we don't know.
Ghosts arise from egos
Sick with poltergeists and demons.
Tune your DVD to snow
Watch the first thing ever known
It's always on
But nothing's over, what was there
How did nothing come to end, at once.
Let's ask the atheists, let's ask the astronauts
Let's ask the priests, the cults, the witches, the pope
Dice, the monks, shaman, the nuns
Buddha, the holy ghost, the Satanists
The philosults, mediators, pyramids, mathematicians
As it ends, the enochians, alchemists, black magicians, physicists
Say, no.
Say, we don?t know.
Ghosts arise from egos
Sick with poltergeists and demons.
I make my own mistakes,
We seem like skeletons with bonehead police,
Histories can crucify,
Human super-naturalize,
We hope, we're not alone.
Exploded stars and space debris,
Taught itself to make some things,
A cut, then done up,
What was there before the bang,
How did nothing come to end,
At once, let's ask the atheists.
Let's ask the atheists, the astronauts,
The mystics of the amazon,
The priests, the cults, the withes, the pope,
The crystal ball, the fear of god,
The tarot cards, the dancing rug,
The enochians, alchemists, black magicians, physicists.
Say, no
Say, we don't know.
Ghosts arise from egos
Sick with poltergeists and demons.
Tune your DVD to snow
Watch the first thing ever known
It's always on
But nothing's over, what was there
How did nothing come to end, at once.
Let's ask the atheists, let's ask the astronauts
Let's ask the priests, the cults, the witches, the pope
Dice, the monks, shaman, the nuns
Buddha, the holy ghost, the Satanists
The philosults, mediators, pyramids, mathematicians
As it ends, the enochians, alchemists, black magicians, physicists
Say, no.
Say, we don?t know.
Ghosts arise from egos
Sick with poltergeists and demons.
Lyrics submitted by onethinwallaway
Machine in the Ghost Lyrics as written by Todd Beachle Clark Baechle
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
This song looks at all of the ways of trying to understand the universe (religion, mysticism, science, philosophy, fortunetelling, mind-expanding drugs) skeptically. In the first verse, it goes so far as to say that all of these belief systems are "boneheaded" and have caused a lot of problems (crucified history). The song says that we're nothing more than material from exploded stars (=carbon) that just happened to turn out as humans, and sure, it's difficult to wrap your head around this prospect. "Is that all we are?" we ask, but nobody from among this huge list of systems of thought can give a better explanation so in the end we must conclude "yeah, that's all we are."
"Ghost in the machine": a brief explanation...
Descartes (the philosopher who is famous for "I think, therefore I am") was a dualist: he believed that the body and the mind are separate entities. He believed that the body is a physical entity, and the mind transcends the physical (like a spirit or consciousness) and inhabits the body and controls its actions.
Gilbert Ryle wrote a book in 1949 rejecting Descartes' dualist theory of the mind. He derogatorily called it "the myth of the ghost in the machine," where the ghost represents the mind inhabiting the physical body/machine. So when the song says "there's no ghost in this machine," it's saying the narrator doesn't have a soul or mind that's separate from his body. He probably believes that his "mind" is just his brain, which is a physical entity and is part of his body.
I hope this is a helpful explanation! See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ryle
In its simplest form, this song is about agnosticism. "No," say, "We don't know."
Atheism: a lack of belief. He's saying we shouldn't believe in anything and if you do you are just following the crowd and not thinking for thyself.
the second part of the song goes.
Dice The Monks Shamen The Nuns Buddah The Holy Ghost Sickness The Philsophes Meditators Pyramids Mathematicians ****Acidheads Theologians Alchemists Black Magicians Physicists
one of my favorites on te ablum for sure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine
Mental activity versus physical action (I didn't read much of the wikipedia article provided by the commentator above). That seems to be a pretty valid description of the song, although it seems to go beyond that.
It's a basic questioning of the cycle of existence and its evolution over time. Unlike most people who debate this topic in our modern day and age, the narrator here is extending the question to all walks of life and background - all sorts of religions and persons inspired by said religions, scientists, mathematicians and even the little people (unfortunately categorized as "acid heads").
Even at that, though, the narrator mentions how humans hope we're not alone, even though we strictly focus on the advancement of ourselves. As much as humans would like to think they want other lifeforms out there besides us, they'd be scared shitless if things like that were found to exist. And of course we'd most likely set out to overtake them.
I like the sense of responsibility the narrator assumes in the very first verse, however satiric I know feel he is being. He makes his own mistakes, but without the interference of the "ghost" in the "machine" aka rational thought within the predatory body. Action without thought, as we all know, gets us nowhere.
"Cults arise from egos, sick with poltergeists and feelings." Humans allow themselves to have unnecessarily large egos, and I think that what the narrator is trying to say is that sometimes such egos can create TOO MUCH thought, overthought, hence the "SICK with poltergeists..."
Great song - love the simple electronic beats.
It's amusing how this song appears to be attacking supernatural/occult beliefs at first, but then invites them into the discussion, all the while being entirely indecisive about everything.
In the end, the song is inconclusive, but acknowledges everyone who tried.