Est in 2008 in their hometown of Baltimore, MD. Five friends...members of H… Read Full Bio ↴Est in 2008 in their hometown of Baltimore, MD. Five friends...members of HellYeah, Nothingface, Dog Fashion Disco and PolkaDot Cadaver come together and form KNIVES OUT! It isn't pretty and it isn't safe. In a world of copy cat bands KNIVES OUT! stands up to deliver to the world a breath of fresh air to a stagnant, plagiaristic genre. Go hard or go home...horns up and KNIVES OUT! (www.myspace.com/knivesout1)

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Robot Babylon
Knives Out! Lyrics

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It's judgement day you sinful and murderous pigs
Where is your saviour now?
The wrath of the ghost men knock at your door
As I hear you screaming, now I'm the killer

Fire and brimstone
Sodom and Gomorrah
Blood moon and famine

Demonic Hordes

Go bury the prophets
Raise up the dead
A pitch black sunrise
A hex on your head
God spawned the devil
Lamb and the beast
The whores of babylon
A ravenous cannibal feast

Relive the horror
A thousand plagues of hell
Morbid revelation
Only time will tell

Sleep walking soldiers
March in the sun
A waste laid to rest
The end has begun
This prison cell is a house full of wolves
Lock me up now and swallow the key

Burning the effigy
A robot Babylon
Burning the effigy

Lie, cheat, steal, kill
Lie, cheat, steal, God is dead
Lie, cheat, steal, kill
Lie, cheat, steal, God is dead

A robot Babylon
Where is your saviour now?

Automatons go turn up the stars and cut up the sky
God is dead
Obedient androids come to crucify mankind
God is dead

Do you remember when
You were raping the angels in the city of the dead?
Do you remember when
You were raping the angels in the city of the dead?

Androids of the seven hills
Beating on the war drums
Rising like Atlantis
In the land of the skull

Lie, cheat, steal, kill
Lie, cheat, steal, God is dead
Lie, cheat, steal, kill
Lie, cheat, steal, God is dead

Automatons go turn up the stars and cut up the sky
God is dead

Obedient androids come to crucify mankind
God is dead

Overall Meaning

In "Robot Babylon," Knives Out! delivers an apocalyptic vision of the end of the world. The song begins with a judgment day scenario where the sinful and murderous pigs who are being judged ask for savior, but find that the ghost men are knocking at their door, and the singer becomes the killer. The subsequent verses offer a series of wild and vivid images portraying a world teetering on the brink of collapse - "fire and brimstone," "Sodom and Gomorrah," "demonic hordes," "a thousand plagues of hell," "a waste laid to rest," all shades of the terrible things to come. Yet, in the midst of all this darkness, the song also offers a sense of rebellion and empowerment: the singer calls for burying the prophets, raising the dead, and burning the effigy in order to escape the prison cell that is the world. The refrain repeats the provocative line, "Lie, cheat, steal, kill - God is dead," which seems to suggest a sense of nihilism or even antitheism.

The song's imagery and lyrics are filled with biblical references and depict an apocalyptic future in which machines have taken over, resulting in a world where humans have forgotten everything about what could've been our salvation. The androids are obediently crucifying mankind everywhere, and the only hope left is in reliving and recounting the horror of all that we have done.

Line by Line Meaning

It's judgement day you sinful and murderous pigs
The day of reckoning has come for those who have committed sins and killed others.

Where is your saviour now?
As punishment is meted out, there is no divine intervention happening.

The wrath of the ghost men knock at your door
This is the retribution of spirits that have passed away and are now back to avenge themselves.

As I hear you screaming, now I'm the killer
The killer in this case is not a human, but someone who has heard the screams and is now taking matters into their own hands.

Fire and brimstone
This refers to the Biblical punishment of eternal damnation with fire and sulfur.

Sodom and Gomorrah
This refers to the legendary cities that were destroyed by God due to their wickedness.

Blood moon and famine
This implies that there would be a severe scarcity of food, and the blood moon refers to an apocalyptic sign of the end times.

Demonic Hordes
This refers to an army of demons that have come together to wreak havoc on humanity.

Go bury the prophets
This implies that those who prophesied about the end times should be hidden away to avoid being targetted.

Raise up the dead
This refers to the end times when the dead will rise from their graves.

A pitch black sunrise
This implies that there won't be a sunrise anymore and the world will be plunged into darkness.

A hex on your head
This is a curse that is invoked on those who deserve punishment.

God spawned the devil
This line implies that everything evil and wicked has originated from God's creation.

Lamb and the beast
This refers to a Biblical prophecy about two beasts: one would be good (lamb) whereas the other would be a villain (beast).

The whores of babylon
This refers to a symbolic woman who represents destruction in the Book of Revelations.

A ravenous cannibal feast
This refers to an atrocity in which people have become cannibals and are eating each other.

Relive the horror
This implies that the horrific events that humanity has witnessed before will be repeated.

A thousand plagues of hell
This suggests that different types of punishment will be inflicted on humanity.

Morbid revelation
This implies that a scary and unusual truth would be revealed to humanity that would bring about fear and panic.

Only time will tell
The outcome of events can only be ascertained as time passes.

Sleep walking soldiers
This refers to how people have become hopeless and lifeless, just like soldiers who doze off while marching.

March in the sun
This refers to how people are walking towards their deaths in broad daylight, without any fear or shame.

A waste laid to rest
This implies that humanity has come to an end, and everything is at peace now.

The end has begun
This refers to how the world as we know it has ended and the end times have started.

This prison cell is a house full of wolves
This means that there is no escape as even in a prison cell, people are being hunted by others like wolves.

Lock me up now and swallow the key
This implies that the one speaking wants to be locked in and forgotten about.

Burning the effigy
This refers to symbolic destruction of something that represents humanity's vices.

A robot Babylon
This refers to a world where everything is mechanized and devoid of humanity.

Lie, cheat, steal, kill
This is a refrain that is repeated multiple times and implies that people are doing anything necessary to survive.

God is dead
This implies that there is no more divine intervention happening.

Automatons go turn up the stars and cut up the sky
This implies that even machines are becoming supernatural and are taking over the world.

Obedient androids come to crucify mankind
This implies that even machines are rebeling against their human masters and killing the people.

Do you remember when / You were raping the angels in the city of the dead?
This refers to a forgotten time when humanity was rejecting hope and grace and committing unspeakable acts.

Androids of the seven hills / Beating on the war drums / Rising like Atlantis / In the land of the skull
This implies that the machines have become a formidable army, ready to take over the world.

Contributed by Parker F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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