I googled Machmen. The first return was Chaptrer 6 from a book titled "The Hub". It refers to Machmen as I imagined and as the song kind of implies - "Human beings surgically modified, equipped with a variety of devices to permit them to function freely in environments which otherwise would be instantly deadly to a man lacking the protection of a spacesuit or ship. They were instrumented men: machine men—machmen".
If you take the song as a whole, it sounds like it is being sung or narrated by a Machman. I think "I was in a car crash or was it the war" refers to his half human/half machine state. Obviously he is not sure how he got that way as he was probably under anesthesia.
"you can watch the humans try to run" differentiates him (the machman narrator) from the humans who have not yet been captured and altered or killed by the machines that roam like COBHATEBREEDER stated.
I think the final verse "we are not lovers, we are not romantics, we are here to serve you" really sums it up. The Machmen were made by the machines to serve them, that's why they are pretty much left alone, except for the rape machine.
"a different face but the words never change" means ALL Machmen may look different possibly with their still human faces, but they are still there to serve.
All in all, creepy ass song! Some of the music especially the beginning reminds me of the intro music to Manhunt (PS2).
COBHATEBREEDER is on to something.
I googled Machmen. The first return was Chaptrer 6 from a book titled "The Hub". It refers to Machmen as I imagined and as the song kind of implies - "Human beings surgically modified, equipped with a variety of devices to permit them to function freely in environments which otherwise would be instantly deadly to a man lacking the protection of a spacesuit or ship. They were instrumented men: machine men—machmen".
If you take the song as a whole, it sounds like it is being sung or narrated by a Machman. I think "I was in a car crash or was it the war" refers to his half human/half machine state. Obviously he is not sure how he got that way as he was probably under anesthesia.
"you can watch the humans try to run" differentiates him (the machman narrator) from the humans who have not yet been captured and altered or killed by the machines that roam like COBHATEBREEDER stated.
I think the final verse "we are not lovers, we are not romantics, we are here to serve you" really sums it up. The Machmen were made by the machines to serve them, that's why they are pretty much left alone, except for the rape machine.
"a different face but the words never change" means ALL Machmen may look different possibly with their still human faces, but they are still there to serve.
All in all, creepy ass song! Some of the music especially the beginning reminds me of the intro music to Manhunt (PS2).
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