He’s talking about how the media feeds on personal tragedies like the one he was going through.
How the media manipulates its audiences so these need the media, and how he is just another tragedy more for the media to poison the audience, though these people don’t need that information.
[Verse 1]
The media machine knows what to do
It knows how to feed the poison to you
Useless information for your useless little lives
The TV lies and pacifies
[Verse 2]
Do you believe everything you see?
Children of the void, come follow me
Denounce your faith and penance
The savior is unseen
I am the new drug
Your poison godmachine... poison
[Chorus]
Poison godmachine
[Bridge]
"Poison" is a word
"God" is a word
Used for fear
For fear!
[Solo: Jeff Loomis]
[Solo: Tim Calvert]
[Verse 3]
In subtlety, we obey
Through ink and broadcast wave
The doubts and fears
That shadow media decay
Deprogram this affliction
And the cathode ray unclean
I am the last nail
The empty, soulless screen... soulless
[Chorus]
Poison godmachine
[Outro]
And we eat the poison
We created the poison godmachine
Poison Godmachine was written by Warrel Dane & Nevermore.
Poison Godmachine was produced by Neil Kernon.
Nevermore released Poison Godmachine on Mon Jan 25 1999.