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Gary Numan – Down In The Park lyrics
Down in the park
Where the machmen meet
The machines are playing 'kill-by-numbers
Down in the park with a friend called 'five

I was in a car crash
Or was it the war?
Well, Ive never been quite the same
Little white lies like I was there

Come to zom-zoms, a place to eat
Like it was built in one day
You can watch the humans
Try to run

Oh, look, there's a rape machine
Id go outside if it looks the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do

Down in the park
Where the chant is death, death, death
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park with friends of mine

We are not lovers
We are not romantics
We are here to serve you
A different face but the words never change
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Songwriters: Gary Anthony James Webb
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    gingermick
    Revdrdark, wrong! The lyricsc printed are correct, its not marked men. G. N. Wrote a sci fi book (never released) when he was a teenager, where in a dark work, there were Machmen, that were (evil?) dark law-keeping robots. And its 5 not fire. You really should do you research when writing on sites.
    And the meaning of the song: read it: its one mans image of a dark picture of what a future could be like.
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    revdrdark
    These lyrics are all wrong and now they have become viral. It's "Marked Men, not machmen." Also, "I was in a car crash/it wasn't the war/but I've never been quite the same/little white lies like I was there (i. E., in the war)
    and down in the park with a friend called 'fire'. Now it seems everyone posting lyrics, whether it be to the Numan, Manson, or Foo-Fighter versions post this tripe. Good going, tosser.
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    Danileson555
    I love seeing old posts from the internet. Im sure drdark is lving in the woods somewhere calling foul on the last election and claiming earth is flat. That being said, the lurics are correct. As for what the song is about my interpretation is as follows. The narrator is some type of android living in a post war dystopian earth. He has visible damage from a car crash that he tells other androids was caused from the war between androids and humans. This shows that the androids have very himan characteristics including vanity and possibly shame. He is eating with his friend 5 at the Zom Zom a restaurant for androids referenced in another Numan song. They are watching humans being killed for fun in the park by mechmen. Rapist androids are also seen doing there thing at will. The last line about serving I never really understood. At face value I think it suggests they are moching us for crating them. Just my thoughts.
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    • g
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      gingermick
      Revdrdark, wrong! The lyricsc printed are correct, its not marked men. G. N. Wrote a sci fi book... Read more →
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      revdrdark
      These lyrics are all wrong and now they have become viral. It's "Marked Men, not machmen." Also, "I... Read more →

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