MACHINA/the machines of God

[Chorus]

Rain falls on everyone

The same old rain

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

[Verse 1]

I send my echo out

To get your love without

Obscured reflections of

My love

[Chorus]

Rain falls on everyone

The same old rain

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

[Verse 2]

I’ll save a prayer for you

So lost and longing to

Be dragged through dirty streets

Wrapped up in clean white sheets

And if you think they’ll watch you now

You should know they won’t

[Chorus]

Rain falls on everyone

The same old rain

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

[Bridge]

I send my echo out

To get your love without

Obscured reflections of

Of my secret love

Force down the words about

To get your love without

Obscured reflections of my love

And I’m just trying to talk to you

Between the raindrops

[Chorus]

Rain falls on everyone

The same old rain

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

Rain falls on everyone

The same old rain

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

And I’m just trying to walk with you

Between the raindrops

[Verse 1]

This time I need to know

I really must be told

If it’s over

It’s up to you, you know

The things you want to hold

Are in pieces

[Chorus 1]

Crashing down

Crashing down again

Crashing down

Crashing down, my friends

[Verse 2]

I’ve got to move it on

I’ve got to sing my song

While I still can

Dispatch the last alarms

Hand out the last few charms

There’s no surprises

[Chorus 2]

Only love

Only love can win

Crashing down

Crashing down, my friends

Only love

Only love will win

Crashing down

Crashing down again

[Verse 3]

This time I need to know

I really must be told

That it’s over

I’ve lived my life alone

My every step foretold

To never linger

And yet it haunts me so

What we are letting go

Our spell is broken

[Chorus 3]

Crashing down

Crashing down, my friends

Crashing down

Crashing down again

Only love, yeah

Only love will be enough

Yeah, only love will win

[Bridge]

For every chemical

You trade a piece of your soul

With no return

And who you think you know

Doesn’t know you at all

Their drain is needless

Someday we’ll wave hello

And wish we’d never waved goodbye

To this romance

We’ll drink up every line

And shoot up every word

Till there’s no more

[Chorus 4]

Crashing down

Crashing down, my friends

Only love

Only love can win

[Outro]

So cry these tears

We’ll cry as all

We’ve held so long

To fall apart

As the curtain falls

We bid you all goodnight

[Verse 1]

Everywhere you are

Is everywhere you’ve been

Just lost to the beat

Punching through your skin

You don’t know what to do

But still you want to crawl

All through the broken glass

That’s everywhere you are

[Pre-Chorus]

Your love must always be true

Your love must always be you

[Chorus 1]

Everywhere you are

Anywhere you go

Even if you’re starved

It matters what you do

But even if you’ve gone too far

You can follow you

Everywhere you are

[Verse 2]

And in your mind

You were alone

All this time

With everything you were

And every smile you wore

Still locked in your heart

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Everywhere you are

Everywhere you are

Every single shard

[Chorus 2]

Everywhere you are

You’re never too far

‘Cause anywhere you’d go

Even to the stars

All you have to do

Is play the part of who you are

The rest is up to you

[Bridge]

Phase unwound

By yourself

Atom bomb

On the shelf (unsung)

Pause of light

Pulse of life

New face dawns

[Chorus 3]

Everywhere you are

And everywhere you go

Even if you’re down

Even if you’re low

It's in the thought of you

It’s in the eyes of all

Astride a storied past

That’s everywhere you are

[Pre-Chorus]

Your love must always be true

Your love must always be you

[Chorus 4]

Everywhere you are

Anywhere you go

Even if you’re scarred

It’s all a part of you

But ever should you put it down

You can never lose me

[Outro]

Everywhere you are

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

Everywhere you are (everywhere you are)

[Verse 1]

To the center of the earth

Or anywhere God decides

Full of fever pulling forth

We hear our call as all

To the center of the earth

As if written in

DNA is reaching out

To your frequency

[Chorus 1]

I want to live

Don’t want to die

I want to live

I want to try

All in prayer

Prayer in all

All are scared

Scared of all

[Verse 2]

Black rooms are calling

To men in leather coats

White labs are cooking

Up the silver ghost

The glass migrates under

Her translucent skin

And all the spiders wonder

What we’ve got us in

[Chorus 2]

All is you

You are all

All with you

You in all

I want to live

I don’t want to die

I want to live

I want to try

[Phone Call/Interlude]

“So it’s all very obtuse, because it’s all, like, I don’t know. So, like, I started thinking that everything I operate on is based on what I believe God was telling me to do. God could be my intuition or whatever, but I always assume, I always assume that the voice I hear is the voice of God. Then I started thinking, what if I’m insane? So I’m operating on the premise that I’m hearing the voice of God or what I perceive to be God speaking to me or through me, but maybe I’m completely in… so all my… demagoguery in my life about me thinking that my life has importance, my… my… thinking that my life has importance. My… my… my thought of it and the fact that I believe I’m following my intuition which in and of itself may be completely false so then I started freaking out, thinking–of itself may be completely false. And again this totally insane creature that believes he’s acting upon heavenly intuition but meanwhile he’s totally rampant. And I started thinking maybe this is the cause of all the negativity against–and I started thinking maybe this is the cause of all the negativity against–and I started thinking maybe this is the cause of all the negativity against…”

[Bridge]

So meets the final coda of a vinyl storm

One more cherry cola to lift up her dead arms

A dream of soft focus, sunsets filters through the dim

We are losing contact as she dials it in

She can hear Glass calling

Or is it someone that looks like him?

She eyes TV reflection, and nods a knowing look

She says it doesn’t matter, she never liked her looks

I have seen a thousand fractures

I have seen everything

‘Cause knowing is its own answer, love something in a book

There’s not much left to ponder, not much left to cook

[Outro]

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as they crawled up inside her

As she counted the spiders, as...

[Verse 1]

There you are, as you always were

In bathing light, and naked blur

You’re a part of me, eternal one

By grand desire and setting sun

[Chorus]

If you wait, I will wait

Taste, I will taste

If you love, I will love

Run, I will run

To my last breath

[Post-Chorus 1]

Last night I turned around and thought I saw myself turning

Inside the strangest dream of life, unloved and cities burning

[Verse 2]

Awake in my arms you cry unharmed

Our age of the hours while they still devour all

So take it all, I doubt if we will know it’s gone

‘Cause we’ve been here since time began

Begged God awake and make these plans

[Bridge]

Wound opens, reveal this broken man

And soon there’s notions of blood on his hands

[Chorus]

If you wait, I will wait

Taste, I will taste

If you love, I will love

Run, I will run

To my last breath

[Post-Chorus 2]

Last night I turned around and thought I saw myself turning

Last night I turned around and thought I watched the world ending

Inside the crushing down I felt a pang, the tide was turning

[Bridge]

Destroyed in the wake

The jealous ingrates

Who’ll tear this world down

To spite God above

With his own love

With his own love

[Outro]

If you wait, if you wait

If you wait, I will wait

Taste, I will taste

If you love, I will love

Run, I will run

To my last breath

[Verse 1]

Taking over, we’re taking over

Throw the weight up off your shoulders now

That we can show our love

It’s almost over, it’s almost over

No more war and no more soldiers

To stand against his love

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Away with all the troubles that you’ve made

Away with waiting for another day

Away

[Chorus]

Look ma, the sun is shining on me

Impatient in love and aching to be

Could you believe in heaven

If heaven was all you had?

[Verse 2]

We’re taking over, we’re taking over

Throw away your four-leafed clovers

And stand beside this love

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Away with everything you’ve grown to hate

Away with everything that holds you safe

Away

[Bridge]

And every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

Every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

Every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

I’m never alone

[Chorus]

Look ma, the sun is shining on me

Taking my time to do as I please

Could you believe in heaven

If heaven was all you had?

[Verse 3]

The sun is beaming, radiating

All the love we are creating

We are creating

[Outro]

And every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

Every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

Every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

Every light I've found (every light I've found)

Is every light that’s shining down on me

I’m never alone