Metal
Gary Numan * Track #2 On The Pleasure Principle
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Metal by Gary Numan
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Gary has said that he wrote this song about a machine that was almost, but not quite human. It was inspired by a newspaper story about cybernetics and building partially organic computers. The lyrics are all in the first person: it is the machine itself that narrates for us over the backdrop of anal...
Metal Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We're in the building where they make us grow
And I'm frightened by the liquid engineers
Like you
My Mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real
Like you
The sound of metal
I want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you
Plug me in
And turn me on
Oh, everything is moving
[Verse 2]
I need my treatment, it's tomorrow they send me
Singing, "I am an American"
Do you?
Picture this, if I could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
And who are you? And how can I try?
Here inside, I like metal
Don't you?
All I know
Is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need
Metal Q&A
Who wrote Metal's ?
Metal was written by Gary Numan.
Who produced Metal's ?
Metal was produced by Gary Numan.
When did Gary Numan release Metal?
Gary Numan released Metal on Fri Sep 07 1979.
whose idea was it to play and do it live with NIN?
According to Gary Numan’s biographical movie Android in La La Land (2016), Gary’s wife Gemma collaborated with Trent Reznor’s wife Mariqueen Maandig to get the two of them together and have Gary guest appear at the 2008 NIN concert in the United States. Gary also appeared with NIN at the O2 Arena i...