More Machine Than Man is the cybergoth, electrofetish, and industrial multimedia project for the new millennium. This prolific collaboration works in the media of digital music, art film, print/web art, animation, and event promotion. MMTM has successfully established multimedia performances, with live music and performance art, as part of the goth/fetish/industrial club scene in North America.
More Machine’s music is dynamic, guitar driven industrial dance defined by undeniable hooks and pop sensibility. All of MMTM’s songs are dark celebrations of B&D relationships, sci-fi imagery, the fetish scene, pervy sensuality, and post-alternative rage. These songs are strongly reminiscent of electro-goth-industrial mainstays like KMFDM [mdfmk and Slick Idiot], early Ministry, Pitchshifter, Girls Under Glass, Meg Lee Chin, Lords of Acid, Rob Zombie, Bjork, NIN, Chemlab, and Garbage.
God
More Machine Than Man Lyrics
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God of pain
God of sloth
Who sees justice slain
God of malice
God of rape
God of wrath
Well there’s no escape
Do you bury the needle
To get a fix?
Or kneel at the foot of a crucifix
Do you bury the needle?
To get a fix?
Or kneel at the foot of a
Crucifix?
God of ignorance
God of hate
God of passion
For whom, heaven waits
God of penance
God of rage
God of slaves
In a lonely cage
Moving under radar?
Operating stealth?
Ruling from a distance
Leaving us in hell
The song "God" by More Machine Than Man is a scathing criticism of the concept of God and organized religion. The lyrics describe a wrathful and sadistic God who is responsible for all the agony, pain, and suffering in the world. The song seems to suggest that people are either addicted to drugs or blindly submissive to religion because they are looking for an escape from the misery and oppression of their lives. The lyrics also point to the idea that God is an enabler of slavery and that he rules over his subjects from afar, causing human beings to suffer in a hellish existence.
The song "God" is a powerful attack on organized religion and the concept of God, but it is also a call to action. By describing God as a malevolent figure who causes suffering, the lyrics challenge listeners to take matters into their own hands and fight against oppression and injustice. The song encourages people to look for solutions to their problems within themselves, rather than relying on an external force to save them.
Line by Line Meaning
God of agony
This line refers to a deity in charge of causing emotional pain and suffering.
God of pain
This line refers to a deity in charge of causing physical pain and suffering.
God of sloth
This line refers to a god who causes people to be lazy or inactive, making them unwilling to work or make an effort to do anything.
Who sees justice slain
This line refers to how those gods who cause pain and suffering are not being held accountable, and justice is not being served.
God of malice
This line refers to a deity who causes ill will or desire to harm others.
God of rape
This line refers to a god who causes sexual assault or violation against others.
God of wrath
This line refers to a deity who causes extreme anger or anger that leads to punishment.
Well there’s no escape
This line emphasizes how there is no way to get away from the influences of these gods and the harm they cause.
Do you bury the needle
This line questions whether the listener turns to drugs for relief from suffering.
To get a fix?
This line refers to using drugs to try and escape or numb from emotional and physical pain.
Or kneel at the foot of a crucifix
This line contrasts turning to drugs with turning to religion for comfort or healing.
God of ignorance
This line refers to a deity that causes people to be uninformed and unaware of the world around them.
God of hate
This line refers to a god who causes feelings of strong dislike or disgust towards others.
God of passion
This line refers to a deity who creates intense emotions, often with a sexual connotation.
For whom, heaven waits
This line implies that such a god falsely promises an afterlife of bliss and happiness, intended to manipulate its victims.
God of penance
This line refers to a deity who requires its followers to make amends for their wrong deeds.
God of rage
This line refers to a deity who causes intense anger or fury within people.
God of slaves
This line refers to a god who creates a system of oppression and servitude.
In a lonely cage
This line expresses how followers of such gods are trapped and confined in miserable circumstances.
Moving under radar?
This line refers to who or what operates in secret, evading detection and punishment.
Operating stealth?
This line refers to a system or entity that operates covertly, sneaking around to avoid accountability.
Ruling from a distance
This line refers to those in power who control and manipulate others from afar, without ever directly interacting with them.
Leaving us in hell
This line references how such systems or entities leave people in a state of suffering, torment, and despair.
Contributed by Scarlett B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.