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Down in the park
Where the machmen
Meet the machines
And play 'Kill by numbers'
Down in the park
With a friend called 'Five'
I was in a car crash
Or was it the war
But I've 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
Trying to run
Oh look
There's a rape machine
I'd go outside
If he'd look 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
Where the machmen
Meet the machines
And play 'Kill by numbers'
Down in the park
With a friend called 'Five'
I was in a car crash
Or was it the war
But I've 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
Trying to run
Oh look
There's a rape machine
I'd go outside
If he'd look 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
Lyrics submitted by epitome_of_hate
Track duration: 04:24
"Down in the Park" as written by Gary Anthony James Webb
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The Park is where the Machines publicly abuse, rape, torture and kill humans to serve as a warning to the rest of the human race, not to oppose the control machine. The Park is set up as an amusement attraction, built around the killing prisoners for sport.
The song is from the standpoint of a Machman, I believe he's watching the carnage in the park from a restaurant window. He is trying to explain who or what he is, but his memories are implanted, fabrications, and underneath it he doesn't know. But ultimately, it doesn't matter, he is here to serve you.
That is, quite literally, what it is about. I remember distinctly reading an old Numan interview where he explains his unwritten novel and how it turned into Replicas. This was, however, in, like 1999, so finding it is an issue.
MrLongrove is right, this is based on an unfinished novel Gary wrote when he was younger, I believe the place was called Replicas and the machines were the government. The machmen were kinda like robots livng among humans. The 'friends' referred to in Are 'Friends' Electric and Me! I Disconnect From You were also kinda like robots, but they were rented (or something like that) by people and used to entertain. The Crazies were the few remaining humans left in Replicas, they lived underground.
Thats all I can really remember without rereading the album sleeve....