A Hope For Home - The Machine Stops lyrics

A cold steel womb. a distorted view A deafening hum that won't be subdued We've found our being within the churning, and the gears that are turning, but to what End? This is not what I'm meant for, this is not what i am A cog, a spoke in the machinery of men That never takes us to where we haven't been Is it too late to take this all back? If i plant my feet upon this trail without a reason or destination Then this ship has sunk before its sailed An endless churning roar, a labyrinth of steel and ore Our blood becomes the oil, a meaningless, purposeless toil You are all mindless sheep Just a piece of the machine Keep fueling your hopeless dreams They will never mean a thing Detach: can we pull these wires from our veins? Divide our flesh, our blood, our names In the face of the machine i see my reflection stand and turn, as I walk I'm never coming back