Underpaid Machinery

from Operating in Unsafe Mode by Figures

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VERSE
Form a line
leave any baggage behind on the front step, leave it on the outside
Along with any excess weight you find inside
No time to specify the kind of life that you’d expect to be supplied
So let it die,
Better leave it dying right where it lies
They’ve all forgotten down on the front and centre lines
In the trenches we all fight to fortify
Keep someone else’s vision from taking the short dramatic dives
So suck it up
Bare the buck
And fucking row

CHORUS
To them you’re nothing more--
More than underpaid machinery
You’re flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak

VERSE
Flail in the deep end
Hope and pray that you can deliver the boat load
Keeping you submerged until you choke
Sink or swim while spinning china plates
Oh fuck the rates
And fuck whatever you were promised right out of the gate
They say that kids complain well they’re playing the blame game
Compare themselves to slaves while centre stage
They bravely coat the boat with tears and sweat for years with broken hearted varnish
Now tarnish the tow
Make those mother fuckers know

CHORUS
Make ’em know you’re more
More than underpaid machinery
Flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak
You’re more than what they’ve led to you to believe

BRIDGE
So why would you stay here?
why would we stay?
Why would I stay?

We’re more than underpaid machinery
Flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak
You’re more than what they’ve led to you to believe
So why would you stay to work another day?

Make those mother fuckers know
Make those mother fuckers know

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from Operating in Unsafe Mode, released July 16, 2020

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Figures Melbourne, Australia

2020 sees the release of a debut album from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures. On Operating In Unsafe Mode, the band’s distinctive take on melodic alternative metal is familiar, but violently ramps the intensity up in a significant way. With equal parts soaring melodies, blistering riffs and rage, their Alternative rock and metal influences are all unabashedly on display. ... more

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