* Machinery is The Rats' first single, Blank Verse is their second single
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First single by The Rats
lyrics
The machine plays on,
The whole night long
Machinery
I wish I was that grey man
On stage reading poetry
By reciting just a few lines
He takes me back to the sea
I’m drinking by the Crystal Ship
Enjoying the scenery
Pining away
I can’t drive no car and I got no degree
If perhaps you’d need me
La Reine des Plages is where I’ll be
Find me at Bal du Rat Mort at table 23
I’m the man with many faces,
Many faces,
Oh, maskery
The machine plays on,
The whole night long
Machinery
I’m six pints deep in a place called The Monkey
I look up in the mirror
When did I turn so ugly?
I look up again and a fleeing coward is all I can see
Pining away
Everyone here thinks I’m embracing liberty
If perhaps you’d hear this
Come and meet me down at the sea
In a vain hope to restore
What never came to be
The confrontation, the realisation
It just wasn’t to be
The cover read
“This will be our year”
Thank you for your services,
We will be taking over from here
credits
from Machinery,
track released March 7, 2023
recorded and mixed by Eno Meulenbergs at Bijloke Studio (Gent)
mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering
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