Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Soundgarden
Canonical path: /soundgarden/never-the-machine-forever
Related lyric paths: 6
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Never The Machine Forever
Read Never The Machine Forever lyrics by Soundgarden on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Never The Machine Forever
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I can't live when it lives
It won't live if I die
Machine has no heart to give
Heart it takes could be mine
Come on, come down
Come out from where you hide
Follows me down the river
Shadows me through the sky
A sideways glance in the mirror
Stalemate machine in a tie
Come on, come down
Come out from where you hide
Get up, get off
Get on with your life
Forever means all is not seen
Never means forever brings everything
I fashion will and desire
Always I and I survive
Mercurial mind the fire
Fervorous direction and drive
Come on, come down
Come out from where you hide
Get up, get off
Get on with your life
Presently, I see myself clearer
Why time I visualize
I spy device in the mirror
Checkmate watch machine die
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Soundgarden performs "Never The Machine Forever", and this lyric page sits inside the Soundgarden catalog on LyroVerse.
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