We've taken too much for granted And all the time it had grown From tickle seeds we first planted Evolved a mind of its own Marching in the streets Dragging our feet Laser beaming hearts Ripping man apart From what had seemed a perfection Where we could do as we pleased In secrecy this infection Was spreading like a disease Hiding underground Knowing we'd be found Fearing for our lives Rape by robbing sites Metal gods Metal gods Metal gods Metal gods Machines are taking over With mankind in the coming In time they'd learn to discover How they could make their demands Better be the slaves To their wicked way Unmeeting without death Engulfed in molten red Metal gods I'm living in the land of the metal gods And I can't come down, and I can't come down I'm living in the land of the metal gods And I can't come down, and I can't come down I'm living in the land of the metal gods Metal gods Metal gods Metal gods Metal gods Metal gods