you can be all you desire an honest man a vicious liar seek out the light or seek the dark you can honor or desecrate sympathize or manipulate carved in your flesh embrace the mark enslaved and hypnotized chained to artificial lives you are the bastards of the machine oh oh the bastards of the machine be a saint for those in need or spin them webs of lust and greed yeah you ve restored my dying faith with a kiss of death a last farewell hand in hand through the gates of hell you ll pay the price for the choice you make i see your demons rise deep within your burning eyes you are the bastards of the machine oh oh the bastards of the machine the bastards of the machine oh you know that you are the bastards of the machine oh the bastards of the machine the bastards of the machine oh you righteous bastards 