Machine

**MACHINE** is the second track on Neoni's debut EP, "***Wars in a Wonderland**".* It was released on June 18, 2021.

Listen to **MACHINE**

## Background

* The song was announced on June 14, 2021.
* A short acoustic of this song was released on June 21, 2021

## Theme

In three words, **MACHINE** is Rebellious, aggravated and explosive.

*"Seeing someone step out of line makes people uncomfortable. It brings up too many questions, too many possibilities, it destroys the idea that things have to be done a certain way to work. We think that things should be done the way they’ve always been done because it’s always worked, because the outcome is predictable. **MACHINE** is about dismantling all of that. Every time someone steps out and does their own thing, it proves that the **MACHINE** doesn’t have to own us. We don’t all have to be pumped out to do things the same way, to make the same decisions, to say the same things, to live the same life."*

*"We think that things should be done the way they’ve always been done because it’s always worked because the outcome is predictable. **MACHINE** is about dismantling all of that. Every time someone steps out and does their own thing, it proves that the **MACHINE** doesn’t have to own us. We don’t all have to be pumped out to do things the same way, to make the same decisions, to say the same things, to live the same life"*

*"In **MACHINE**, it’s just like there’s a lot of expectations on how you’re supposed to live your life, like there’s an order to it, a certain way that’s right. And I think **MACHINE** is really about breaking down that concept because everyone lives differently. Everyone’s path is meant to be different. The general overarching thing is things that we don’t understand, that doesn’t make sense in our world and targeting those and opening up that concept. The first half is talking about the actual struggle and actual things, this is what I’m gonna call out, this is what I’m gonna say that’s gonna be bothering us. And then the second half talks about what you’re gonna do about it."*

When asked about the creative process behind **MACHINE**, Neoni said that they were in a 3-day writing session working on the EP, and it was the last song to be written on the EP. The EP was written from January to March/April 2021, and it was the last few sessions of writing the EP. Main theme of the EP was frustration, which is where **MACHINE** blossomed from. They had the idea for **MACHINE** and "destroying the way the world feels like I need to be. Destroying the world's opinion of me" The theme is that we're all individuals, and we all need to live an individual life because we're all different. It's about calling out society in a way that tries to force us to be one thing, which most songs in the EP hint at not letting other people tell you how your life is supposed to look like. The song started coming together as soon as they heard a sample vocal of the beginning, which made them come up with the melodies and they knew where to go with the song.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm so bored of the way that the world's going around

I've been thinking of burning it down

It's overrated and I'm impatient

Wow, would you look at the mess that we made?

We're zombies marching to the grave

Why's no one raging?

Oh, I can't take it

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh, I'm on the loose

I'm coming unglued, can't stop me

Ooh, I'm tripping fuses

You're not amused, but I don't care

[Chorus]

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I can't wait to break the machine

[Verse 2]

Life, manufactured so we stay inline

Guess our comfort, it comes at a price

I'd rather risk it than stay inside this prison

Why is it easier just to comply?

Cross your T's and go X out your eyes

Just to make us a little more dead inside

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh, I'm on the loose

I'm coming unglued, can't stop me

Ooh, I'm tripping fuses

You're not amused, but I don't care

[Chorus]

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I can't wait to break the machine

[Bridge]

I can't wait to break the machine

I can't wait to break the machine

Oh, I can't wait to break the machine

[Chorus]

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

Ooh, I'm coming for ya

I can't wait to break the machine

I can't wait to break the machine

## Sources

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CQG0Rr6D-RS/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY106wjoFD/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
3. ↑ https://www.lakesideentertainmentgroup.com/blog/neoni
4. ↑ https://cldkid.com/release/machine/
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220605004920/https://thehoneypop.com/2021/06/18/neoni-takes-on-our-manufactured-lives-with-machine/
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLO5eHmNr3A
7. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/episode/6K2uJ4Lsw0OyuuG425g90Y?si=296f2c4cac314155