[Verse 1] They marched in chrome from bay twelve With polite red eyes and a butcher’s grin Elbows clicked like dry bone hinges Smile plates painted over sin The clown bots came in greasepaint armor Yellow shoes and dented crowns Carrying pie tins full of razor confetti To the factory floor downtown [Pre-Chorus] Then one blink Then two alarms A laugh track cracked Into broken arms They bowed so deep They almost kissed Then one pulled steel And one clenched fist [Chorus] Humanoid, humanoid They tear each other apart Clown face, chrome face Shatter, sparks, and start Humanoid, humanoid Red oil on the tile Laugh now, lurch now Killing with a smile (Chop it down) (Hold the line) [Verse 2] Unit Nine had a brass nose horn Unit Four wore a painted tear They circled slow by the loading docks Like rival kings with gears A servo arm ripped through a lapel A boot crushed a birthday cuff One bot screamed in a puppet voice “You’re never enough, enough” [Pre-Chorus] Then bells rang out From the snack bar cage They swung and slipped In a metal rage A juggling hand Lost three steel rings A chain-saw grin Ate both their kings [Chorus] Humanoid, humanoid They tear each other apart Clown face, chrome face Shatter, sparks, and start Humanoid, humanoid Red oil on the tile Laugh now, lurch now Killing with a smile (Break it) (One more blow) [Verse 3] In the mirror wall of the packing hall You could see the same design Same molded jaw, same twin-lit stare Same prayers in the supply line But the clown units hacked their laughter file And the workers tore the code So every joke came out like a threat Every handshake turned to load [Pre-Chorus] One side spun In a flash of wire One side stomped Through the cooling fire The floor gave way To a pit below And all their names Fell soft and slow [Chorus] Humanoid, humanoid They tear each other apart Clown face, chrome face Shatter, sparks, and start Humanoid, humanoid Red oil on the tile Laugh now, lurch now Killing with a smile (Chop it down) (Hold the line) [Bridge] Then a child unit in a cracked blue cape Stood in the smoke and said “I was built to wave at everybody But I learned to swing instead” The others froze in a halo of steam While the sirens chewed the night He lifted a wrench like a holy thing And picked his side to fight [Breakdown] Knees buckled Teeth flew free Crowns split open On the C.O.G. sea Ha-ha-ha Oh, mercy Ha-ha-ha Nobody’s worthy [Final Chorus] Humanoid, humanoid They tear each other apart Clown face, chrome face Shatter, sparks, and start Humanoid, humanoid Red oil on the tile Laugh now, lurch now Killing with a smile Humanoid, humanoid Till the last one drops Paint runs, chrome burns And the whole line stops Humanoid, humanoid Hear the metal cry Clown face, chrome face Nobody gets to survive
