The novel Numan wrote, was one in a world ran by men in grey suits who give orders to a class of emotionless and efficient android creatures, the Machmen. The humans who felt negative emotions, like depression, for being enslaved, were called Downstats. People who tried to fight against the Machmen, they were The Crazies, and they lived like rats in the sewers. Still with me? OK, good.
The Park is where the Machines publicly abuse, rape, torture and kill humans to serve as a warning to the rest of the human race, not to oppose the control machine. The Park is set up as an amusement attraction, built around the killing prisoners for sport.
The song is from the standpoint of a Machman, I believe he's watching the carnage in the park from a restaurant window. He is trying to explain who or what he is, but his memories are implanted, fabrications, and underneath it he doesn't know. But ultimately, it doesn't matter, he is here to serve you.
That is, quite literally, what it is about. I remember distinctly reading an old Numan interview where he explains his unwritten novel and how it turned into Replicas. This was, however, in, like 1999, so finding it is an issue.
The novel Numan wrote, was one in a world ran by men in grey suits who give orders to a class of emotionless and efficient android creatures, the Machmen. The humans who felt negative emotions, like depression, for being enslaved, were called Downstats. People who tried to fight against the Machmen, they were The Crazies, and they lived like rats in the sewers. Still with me? OK, good.
The Park is where the Machines publicly abuse, rape, torture and kill humans to serve as a warning to the rest of the human race, not to oppose the control machine. The Park is set up as an amusement attraction, built around the killing prisoners for sport.
The song is from the standpoint of a Machman, I believe he's watching the carnage in the park from a restaurant window. He is trying to explain who or what he is, but his memories are implanted, fabrications, and underneath it he doesn't know. But ultimately, it doesn't matter, he is here to serve you.
That is, quite literally, what it is about. I remember distinctly reading an old Numan interview where he explains his unwritten novel and how it turned into Replicas. This was, however, in, like 1999, so finding it is an issue.