The meaning of (Artificial Immortality)

[zerohex555]

I'm hoping people can give me their thoughts on what the lyrics of Artificial Immortality mean. I have attached a word for word copy of the lyrics out of the album cover. Is there anything on the subject from the band itself?

Technology will conquer, Biology will fall - Machines provide the means for the chosen few - To rise up and be "immortal" - Discard the body to elevate the intellect - Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial - Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... No! - Shake of the chains - The constraints of your mortality - This new evolution puts "perfection" within our grasp -Discard the body to elevate the intellect - Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial - Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... No! - I am not a mechanism - I am part of the resistance - I am an organism - An animal, a creature, I am a beast!


I do not own or have any rights to Becoming The Archetype music or lyrics.

Please and thankyou very much.

[thedude]

in b4 move to Band section

and welcome!

[Jeremy]

Jan 13, 2010 21:35:27 GMT -5 thedude said:

in b4 move to Band section

and welcome to this places of wonders!

Jan 14, 2010 3:12:45 GMT -5 zerohex555 said:

I do own Becoming The Archetype music.

[scribe]

hahaha

[Josh]

Read CS Lewis's sci-fi trilogy.

[conner]

It doesn't mean anything.

It's just a song, bro.

[Ferd Berfel]

*moves to BTA section instead of Band section, where it actually belongs*

This song has a lot to do with the CS Lewis Space trilogy. I'd recommend reading it for a fuller understanding of all of the lyrics in this album.

Also, welcome to the forums.

[Radiant Magnificence Alastair]

Jan 13, 2010 22:47:25 GMT -5 Josh said:

Read CS Lewis's sci-fi trilogy.

My brother gave me that trilogy a couple of years ago, I'm not sure if it'll be a worthwhile read or not.

[Josh]

Its a bit slow moving at parts, but overall its a worth while read.

[countseth]

The song is really about the biological essence of man and how mankind is trying to isolate the mind and discard the body. We are biological creatures and a move toward machine-flesh integration is something we're mostly opposed to.
It's obviously more complicated and nuanced than that, but I don't have the time or energy to get into it.
Does that help?

[Shiv]

Cop-out

[Patrick]

Feb 4, 2010 14:51:41 GMT -5 countseth said:

We are biological creatures and a move toward machine-flesh integration is something we're mostly opposed to.

What kind of machine-flesh integration? That sounds like something off of Star Trek. Do you mean the Government's talk of making it a law that everyone gets a microchip ID implanted in them?