Welcome to the Machine Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro: 00:00-01:04]
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It's all right we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline filling in time
Provided with toys and scouting for boys
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
You didn't like school and you know you're nobody's fool
[Refrain]
So welcome to the machine
[Instrumental Break: 02:16-03:58]
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
What did you dream?
It's all right we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar
He loved to drive in his Jaguar
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It's all right we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline filling in time
Provided with toys and scouting for boys
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
You didn't like school and you know you're nobody's fool
[Refrain]
So welcome to the machine
[Instrumental Break: 02:16-03:58]
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
What did you dream?
It's all right we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar
He loved to drive in his Jaguar
About
Genius Annotation
“Welcome to the Machine” is the 2nd track on Pink Floyd’s 9th studio album, Wish You Were Here.
The song could be interpreted in two main ways:
- Pink Floyd’s own scathing view of the music industry;
- a dystopic vision of the present or the future society in which we live; this society is depicted as a machine that shapes our lives since our birth (in a Huxley’s “Brave New World” fashion).
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- 10.Fearless
- 11.San Tropez
- 12.Seamus
- 13.Echoes
- 14.Speak to Me
- 16.On the Run
- 17.Time
- 19.Money
- 20.Us and Them
- 22.Brain Damage
- 23.Eclipse
- 25.Welcome to the Machine
- 26.Have a Cigar
- 30.Dogs
- 32.Sheep
- 34.In the Flesh?
- 35.The Thin Ice
- 39.Mother
- 40.Goodbye Blue Sky
- 41.Empty Spaces
- 42.Young Lust
- 43.One of My Turns
- 47.Hey You
- 49.Nobody Home
- 50.Vera
- 52.Comfortably Numb
- 55.Run Like Hell
- 57.Stop
- 58.The Trial
- 59.Outside the Wall
- 60.Signs of Life
- 61.Learning to Fly
- 62.The Dogs of War
- 63.One Slip
- 66.Round and Around
- 68.Terminal Frost
- 70.Sorrow
- 71.Arnold Layne
- 73.See Emily Play
- 74.The Scarecrow
- 76.Paintbox
- 78.Julia Dream
Credits
Produced By
Written By
Sound Engineer
Bass Guitar
Vocals
Cymbals
Timpani
Minimoog Synthesizer
Arp String Ensemble
EMS VCS 3
Hammond Organ
12-String Acoustic Guitar
6-String Acoustic Guitar
Recorded At
EMI Recording Studios, St. John's Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Release Date
September 12, 1975
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Mermaid by Killah Priest, 1975 by The Hood Internet, Another 2 (PSI Mix) ~ And Goes On by 田中宏和 (Hirokazu Tanaka), フラフープ (PSI MIX) (Hula-Hoop (PSI Mix)) by 田中宏和 (Hirokazu Tanaka), Fifth Ave Jamaica Ave by Maxx 39, La follia della donna (Parte I) by Elio e le Storie Tese (Ft. Nicola Savino & Roger Waters) & RAINY DAY by FEMTOGO & Neophron
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Welcome to the Machine Covers
Welcome to the Machine by The V Band, Welcome to the Machine by Todd Rundgren (Ft. Rick Wakeman & Tony Levin), Welcome To The Machine (Pink Floyd Cover) by SAUL (Rock), Welcome To The Machine [Live In Liverpool 2011] by Brit Floyd, Welcome to the Machine by dUg Pinnick, Welcome to the Machine by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Welcome to the Machine by Pinwheel, Welcome to the Machine by Queensrÿche, Welcome to the Machine by Shadows Fall & Welcome to the Machine by Kassogtha
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