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Tell Me, Mechanist Lyrics
Tell me, Mechanist, is it true?
Does none of it bother you?
Once upon a time
Upon a time behind us
The mechanist inclined
Clockworks of time define us
Who you are, who you are;
Merely springs that tick
The time of things away
The cry from the beast is just the noise
Of a spring that you have touched
Not a human: not a voice
[Chorus:]
If only we could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back...
One and the same
Likely to one another
But the mechanist inclined
Merely our kind can suffer
Who you are, who you are
Does it justify
Pleasing your palate
With the other’s blood?
Tell me why, have the writings on the wall
Nor the dawn of DNA,
Changed a single thing at all?
[Chorus:]
If only we could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back...
to the start
Closing Collision:
The end of our divide
Savor the flavor Of our ancestry rites
Closing Collision:
We’ll realize in time
No opposition
We’re genetically entwined
Tell me, Mechanist, is it true?
Does none of it bother you?
[Chorus:]
We could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back
to the start
Does none of it bother you?
Upon a time behind us
The mechanist inclined
Clockworks of time define us
Who you are, who you are;
Merely springs that tick
The time of things away
Of a spring that you have touched
Not a human: not a voice
If only we could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back...
Likely to one another
But the mechanist inclined
Merely our kind can suffer
Who you are, who you are
Does it justify
Pleasing your palate
With the other’s blood?
Nor the dawn of DNA,
Changed a single thing at all?
If only we could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back...
to the start
The end of our divide
Savor the flavor Of our ancestry rites
Closing Collision:
We’ll realize in time
No opposition
We’re genetically entwined
Does none of it bother you?
We could go back to the start (Tell me, mechanist, is it true?)
We would see we’re not that far apart (Does none of it bother you?)
Realize the likeness of our hearts
If we could go back, we could go back
to the start
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I think it could be to do with LGBT and religion. The mechanist is God not caring that despite us supposedly being his children he didnt make us in his "perfect" image therefore does not care others pick on us (I'm bi). saying ere all the same, were all human no matter out orientation.
It's about animal rights. The line "the cry of the beast is just the noise of a spring" is from the philospher Descartes, who believed that only humans posessed consciousness, and that animals were only machines that experienced no pain or fear. The song goes on to note how we still treat animals as unfeeling objects for our use, despite the fact that modern biology and genetics proves that humans and other animals are all related. The Mechanist could conceivably be the "clockmaker" concept of God proposed by Descartes and other early Rationalists. It could also be the philospher who believes in the mechanistic view of animals and nature.
I searched for this song because I was curious after hearing it if any of the band members were involved in animal rights. Unfortunately, I couldn't really find any place where they discussed the song.
@Damiana It is about animal rights. I found an interview with the singer (who also wrote the song): https://www.metalinsider.net/interviews/interview-delains-charlotte-wessels-says-new-album-is-a-fresh-start
@Damiana It is about animal rights. I found an interview with the singer (who also wrote the song): https://www.metalinsider.net/interviews/interview-delains-charlotte-wessels-says-new-album-is-a-fresh-start