According to Neil's commentary track on the Damn Skippy album, this song was originally supposed to be about Mr. Rodgers, but eventually decided that robots sounded better.
Lyrics
Lock up your children.
Lock up your pets as well. (Your pets as well.)
It’s time to panic, because something terrible is mad as Hell.
So read the papers,
And read the magazines. (The magazines.)
Something’s approaching,
Oh no, oh no.
And no one knows exactly what it means,
But the killer machines are coming.
Don’t let your guard down, and watch your back.
- It’s time to panic, panic, panic in the city, city, city under fire, fire, fire.
- This is how to act…
- When Robots Attack
- (robot robot robot)
- [x4]
They have malfunctioned. They went insane Here come the buzzsaws and rattling chains. No way to stop them. Nowhere to run. Robotic destruction has now begun.
I hear the beeping.
I hear the people scream. (The people scream.)
I think we’re finished. (oh my God)
How I wish that this were just a dream…
It’s like a nightmare.
Have they forgotten Johnny 5? (Johnny 5)
“No disassemble.” (No, no, no, no, no)
I have a feeling that we won’t survive.
We’ll be eaten alive by robots.
I see them rolling down the railroad track.
- It’s time to panic, panic, panic in the city, city, city under fire, fire, fire.
- This is how I act.
- [Chorus x4]
In man against machine,
machine will conquer all.
In man against machine,
machine will conquer all.
In man against machine,
machine will conquer all.
In man against machine,
machine will conquer all....