Bastards of the Machine

Is anybody listening? How can anyone who loves metal not absolutely love this song, the entire cd just brings down the hammer.

I'm really have difficulties understanding what this song is targeting specifically. Though of course when I listen to it I feel like I've just read a book and heard a story. Lol.

The entire album is revolved around the HumanxRobot subject, like Iconclast explains with the battle to begin the album. So what this makes me begin to think of is possibly humans that are being born outside of the remaining society suiting themselves to choose whether to assist the robots or go with the humans, etc. I really lean towards this merely because how the song is always left and right with the crucial subjects. So I begin to think Human or Robot as well.

Though to go into depth on other thoughts, I begin to think that no matter what decisions they make that are suggested in the song that at some point they are going to be taken by the robots, etc. Because its saying you have your choice of what you want to be, then suddenly says "Enslaved and hypnotized", and so fourth as it continues on with good or bad, then proceeds to say "With a kiss of death - a last farewell".

The humans who are caught are turned into robots by the robots themselves, and when he says,

"I see your demons rise - Deep within your burning eyes You are the Bastards of the Machine The Bastards of the Machine"

It may be a reflection or more or less warning to the newer humans that if they don't make the right decisino that they'll end up being one of the robots in the end. They're bastards because their mother and father characteristics no longer even matter since they're a whole new being. - This is my best guess anyways.

I feel this song is actually about technology in general, particularly the Internet and social media today and how society has become so woven into it.

It's also about how people can use the Internet for good or "evil":

"You can be all you desire" "An honest man, a vicious liar" "Seek out the Light or seek the Dark"

"Enslaved and hypnotized" "Chained to artificial lives"

Refers to how people are practically addicted to social media like Facebook and their electronic lives.

The rest of the lyrics also speak about how certain people use technology and the Internet. Overall, an incredibly awesome and timely song, the solo and the harmonized riff that comes after it are just incredible.