Oh, Team Machine!
I'm a pound of flesh in a drum machine's dream.
We watch crabs and lobsters eat a dead cop's throat
And stuff our mouths with gutted stereos.

Oh, Team Machine!
Every single piano I've ever met in my life
Never sounded as good as melted Casio keys
Burning in a sea that sings out in 3-D.

Oh, that Laser Rain kept me up all night again
Scratching at the window like a bright colored beast,
Cursing at the dawn like an adulterous priest.

Shake your hands
(Like they're full of feathers!)
Shake your wings
(Like they're laced with sound!)
Shake your skin
(Like a scrambled TV!)
Gnash your teeth like a flamingo swarm.

I think my night unplugged its life.
Digital sunrise! Digital sunset!

Oh, Team Machine!
The world's got no end and it's got no beginning.
Now I'm coughing up maracas and tambourines,
Looking over cliffs of eternity.

Shake your hands
(Like they're full of disaster!)
Shake your wings
(Like they're painted with tar!)
Shake your skin
(Like it's sewn with insects!)
Gnash your teeth like an exploding car.

And if your night unplugs its life
Blame it on the Laser Rain.
And if your life unplugs its eyes
Blame it on the Laser Rain.

Laser Life!
Laser Life!
Laser Life!
Laser Life!

Because you can't blame the sun, it's been bought and sold
To a day that's never dawning.
And you can't blame the sky, it collapsed twelve times;
Now it's buried in a digital coffin.
So you climb out to your windowsill
As the drum machines laugh to themselves.

And if your night unplugs its life
Blame it on the Laser Rain.
And if your life unplugs its eyes
Blame it on the Laser Rain.



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Track duration: 02:45


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  • 0
    General Comment:This song is about QUIT ARGUING OVER THE LYRICS AND DROP MORE ACID

    good day to you all :)
    Flag carotidmeaton September 07, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Guys, the Blood Brothers don't have some "bigger picture" thing going on. They just have their odd and cooky sense of humor.

    This song, kinda like My First Kiss... is a scenario set up in a world different from ours. Think of a robot living in an all-robot world. He thinks of organic life, including humans, and it's nightmarish to him. From there, this song "I'm a pound of flesh in drum machine's dream" is a human being satirical of the robot world, depicting himself as an evil creature.

    It's cute, it's clever, it's awkward; it's catchy. It's not meant to be a huge deal or a world statement. It's just fun: thats what the Blood Brothers are.
    Flag Seveninat0ron May 28, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I think this song has something to do with the environmental impact that the way that we are living has. Laser Rain is Acid rain. The acid rain melting the piano keys. Also it is why the sky collapsed 12 times.

    over all its how we exploit the planet and destroy it
    Flag ravenkisseson March 28, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:you slut :)

    this band is insane.
    Flag MissNeuroticon February 19, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I made out with jordan
    =]
    Hah
    Flag ShyBoysWinXOon February 18, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I could swear I heard "Percy Sledge" during the chorus, when he says "unplugged its life"...

    and though that's not true, I wish it were.
    Flag lacetonon July 27, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Oh, that Laser Rain kept me up all night again
    Scratching at the window like a bright colored beast,
    Cursing at the dawn like an adulterous priest.

    Brilliant. xD
    Flag Sshhh_STFUon July 27, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Oh, Team Machine!
    I'm a pound of flesh in a drum machine's dream.
    We watched crabs and lobsters eat a dead cop's throat and stuffed our mouths with gutted stereos.
    Oh, Team Machine!
    Every single piano i've ever met in my life
    never sounded as good as melted Casio keys
    burning in a sea that sings out in 3-D.
    Oh, that Laser Rain kept me up all night again
    scratching at the window like a bright colored beast
    howling at the door like an adulterous priest.
    shake your hands like they're full of feathers.
    shake your wings like they're laced with sound.
    shake your skin like a scrambled tv.
    gnash your teeth like a flamingo swarm.

    and if your night unplugs its life.
    Digital sunrise. Digital sunset.
    Digital sunrise.

    Oh, Team Machine!
    The world's got no end and got no beginning.
    Now I'm coughing up maracas and tambourines, looking over cliffs of eternity.
    shake your hands like they're full of disaster.
    shake your wings like they're painted with tar.
    shake your skin like it's sewn with insects.
    gnash your teeth like an exploding car.

    and if your night unplugs its life
    blame it on the laser rain.

    and if your life unplugs its eyes
    blame it on the laser rain.

    laser rain
    laser rain
    laser rain
    laser rain

    you can't blame the sun, it's been bought and sold to a day that's never dawning.
    and you can't blame the sky, it collapsed twleve times;
    now it's buried in a digital coffin.
    So you climb out to your windowsill
    as the drum machines laugh to themselves.

    and if your night unplugs its life
    blame it on the laser rain
    and if your life unplugs its eyes
    just blame it on the laser rain
    Flag indielondonon May 15, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Oh, Team Machine!
    I'm a pound of flesh in a drum machine's dream.
    We watched crabs and lobsters eat a dead cop's throat and stuff our mouths with gutted stereos.
    Oh, Team Machine!
    Every single piano i've ever met in my life
    never sounded as good as melted Casio keys
    burning in a sea that sings out in 3-D.
    Oh, that Laser Rain kept me up all night again
    scratching at the window like a bright colored beast
    howling at the dawn like an adulterous priest.
    shake your hands like they're full of feathers.
    shake your wings like they're laced with sound.
    shake your skin like a scrambled tv.
    gnash your teeth like a flamingo swarm.

    and if your night unplugs its life.
    Digital sunrise. Digital sunset.
    Digital sunrise.

    Oh, Team Machine!
    The world's got no end and got no beginning.
    Now I'm coughing up maracas and tambourines, looking over cliffs of eternity.
    shake your hands like they're full of disaster.
    shake your wings like they're painted with tar.
    shake your skin like it's sewn with insects.
    gnash your teeth like an exploding car.

    and if your night unplugs its life
    blame it on the laser rain.

    and if your life unplugs its eyes
    blame it on the laser rain.

    because you can't blame the sun, it's been bought and sold to a day that's never dawning.
    and you can't blame the sky, it collapsed twleve times;
    now it's buried in a digital coffin.
    So you climb out to your windowsill
    as the drum machines laugh to themselves.
    Flag pablo honeyon May 13, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song would be a little hypocritical is the meaning actually is that we rely on technology too much, because without modern technology the blood brothers wouldnt exist and would be nothing.
    Flag eizohon April 22, 2007   Link

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