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Saviour Machine

This version of Saviour Machine was released by David Bowie in 1970.

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President Joe once had a dream
The world held his hand, gave their pledge

So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine

They called it the Prayer, its answer was law
Its logic stopped war, gave them food
How they adored till it cried in its boredom

‘Please don’t believe in me, please disagree with me

Life is too easy, a plague seems quite feasible now
or maybe a war, or I may kill you all

Don’t let me stay, don’t let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away

Your minds are too green, I despise all I’ve seen
You can’t stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

I need you flying, and I’ll show that dying

Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time
I perceive every sign, I can steal every mind

Don’t let me stay, don’t let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away

Your minds are too green, I despise all I’ve seen
You can’t stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

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The lyrics for Saviour Machine are defined as the words making up the song released by David Bowie in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Saviour Machine have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only David Bowie and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Saviour Machine by David Bowie if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Saviour Machine" means the words set to the music of Saviour Machine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by David Bowie. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Saviour Machine and the lyrics to Saviour Machine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of David Bowie who came here looking just for the lyrics to Saviour Machine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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