Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Machine

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Wasteful season take my hand
Take the place of the snakes who ran

Savage things wash over me
A crime that leaves the heated green

Oh machine
Machine, I washed it for you
Oh machine
Machine, I wasted for you

And I walk, and I walk
The space left for two
And I wait, and I wait
To wake next to you
And I walk, and I walk
The space left for two
And I wait, and I wait
To wake next to you

Oh machine
Machine, I wasted for you

Machine, machine
I washed it for you

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Track duration: 03:19

"Machine" as written by Nicholas Joseph Zinner Karen Lee Orzolek

Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP

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    General Comment:Vibrator or not, it's about sex. Sex machine, ya know?

    This EP was disappointing, but I liked this song a lot :)
    Flag SitarHeroon May 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think she's referring the machine to herself, cause she's a 'machine' always doing what the guy wants, getting things for him. "I washed it for you" like a washing machine (xD) just to fit the title. I don't know. It's just a little theory of mine.
    Flag marielsupercrazyon March 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is referring to a vibrator. In the lyrics
    "I washed it for you
    Machine, Machine
    I waste it for you"
    she's talking about her vagina (she's referring to her vibrator as her new man).
    Flag BrokenVanityon February 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:though, of course, i want to believe it has some sort of sexual undertone.
    Flag hustleroseon July 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i don't know.. somehow i really doubt it's about vibrators. not much else really makes sense when it comes to that theory. washed what for you? wasted what for you? wasteful season? she waits to wake up to a vibrator?

    ..just sayin'
    Flag hustleroseon July 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:thank you
    Flag zinneron June 19, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:good observation zinner excellent!!
    Flag sumaeson March 18, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Look at all the phallic images. "Take the place of the snakes who ran", this could tie in with the vibrator theory, it taking the place of the men who left her, represented by phallic image of the snakes. The title "Machine", itself can also be seen to represent the vibrator, calling it a machine due to its machine like state, immitating nature.
    Flag zinneron March 04, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Machine= Capitalism?
    Or just success.
    Flag amberyeahon March 04, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I have no idea /what/ this song is about, but I don't think it's about a vibrator.
    Just a feeling.
    Flag BlackEmotionon February 26, 2005   Link

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