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Machines (Or Back to Humans) by Queen
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Roger Taylor & Brian MayAbout
The fifth track on The Works, “Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’)”, came about as an idea by Taylor, with May collaborating and finishing it with him. Producer Reinhold Mack programmed the synth-“demolition” using a Fairlight CMI II Sampler. It’s sung as a duet between a double-tracked Mercury (singing...
Machines (Or Back to Humans) Lyrics
[Intro]
Machines, machines
Machines, machines
Machines machines
Machines, machines
[Verse 1]
It's a machine's world
Don't tell me I ain't got no soul
When the machines take over
It ain't no place for rock 'n' roll
They tell me I don't care
But deep inside I'm just a man
[Chorus]
They freeze me, they burn me
They squeeze me, they stress me
With smoke-blackened pistons
Of steel they compress me
But no one, but no one
But no one can wrest me away
Back to Humans
[Bridge]
We have no disease
No troubles of mind
We are fighting for peace
No regard for the time
We never cry, we never retreat
We have no conception
Of love or defeat
[Verse 2]
What's that machine noise?
It's bytes and mega chips for tea
It's that Machine, boys
With random access memory
Never worry, never mind
Not for money, not for gold, yeah
[Chorus]
It's software, its hardware
Its heartbeat, is time-share
It's midwife's, a disk drive
It's sex-life is quantized
It's self-perpetuating
A parahumanoidarianised
Back to Humans
Back to Humans
[Post-Chorus]
Back to Machines
Machines, machines
Machines, machines
[Outro]
Living in a new world
Thinking in the past (humans)
Living in a new world
How you gonna last? (humans)
Machine world
Yeah
Yeah
Change
It's a Machine's world, woo!
Yeah I'm coming!
Yeah, woo!
Back to Humans
Hey, yeah
Ha ha ha
Back to Humans
Living in a new world
How you gonna last?
Machine world
It's a Machine's world
Machines (Or Back to Humans) Q&A
Who wrote Machines (Or Back to Humans)'s ?
Machines (Or Back to Humans) was written by Roger Taylor & Brian May.
Who produced Machines (Or Back to Humans)'s ?
Machines (Or Back to Humans) was produced by Reinhold Mack & Queen.
When did Queen release Machines (Or Back to Humans)?
Queen released Machines (Or Back to Humans) on Mon Feb 27 1984.
What did Queen say about "Machines (Or Back to Humans)"?
“Basically, it starts off where everything’s electronic – electronic drums, everything. And what you have is the ‘human’ rock band sort of crashing in. What you wind up with is a battle between the two.”