Gary Numan - Down In The Park

Track 5 of 13 of Replicas remaster

Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet
The machines are playing `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'

I was in a car crash
Or was it the war?
Well, I've never been quite the same
Little white lies like "I was there"

Come to "Zom-Zom's", 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 it looks 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

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[remywood81]

I used to always think he was saying ''We are not lovers, we are not Rome antiques...''

[Brandon Sergent]

Wow. Grim much? I guess it's only a natural speculation. Machines are cold and can therefor do anything without compunction, (like nature) while humanity though passionate can also hate which is perfectly capable of being worse. So what would happen if you combined human hatred and sadism with mechanical disregard?

Well, a trip to "The Park" is apparently one answer to that question.

[Goctagon]

you troll!

[RSLMecha]

No need to say sorry - Numan Fans.

[Goctagon]

This is a great song! But I like the Foo Fighters version the best. Sorry, Numan fans!

[boxman876]

oh d00d m8 im sorry i didnt kno we where on the same side

[err0r]

yer OK look dont be so angry because yr wrong K? marilyn manson's nugget got this in it place. he bings depth of orginality to a place that garry newman simply cannot. i started a website where i do music criticism U THINK ID FKN NO OK?

[err0r]

wots your problem m8 y do u have to hate on me im like u ok your like me we are fans. garry newman is hot music right how he's just acknoleging marylin mansons's place OK?

[kikthedaisy]

dude, Gary Numan wrote this song in 1979. Do your research, bro. look up the track on wikipedia. it clearly states that its covered by not only Manson, but the Foo Fighters, Christian Death, and Dj Hell.