The Saviour Machine

President Joe once had a dream
The world held his hand, gave their pledge
So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine

They called it the Prayer, its answer was law
Its logic stopped war, gave them food
How they adored till it cried in its boredom

' Please don't believe in me, please disagree with me
Life is too easy, a plague seems quite feasible now
or maybe a war, or I may kill you all

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen
You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

I need you flying, and I'll show that dying
Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time
I perceive every sign, I can steal every mind

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen
You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

The Saviour Machine ... lyrics by David Bowie
from the album: The Man Who Sold the World




The Rocket Thrower, sculpture by Donald Delue; designed for the New York World’s Fair of 1964-65 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. New York. The globe structure is the Unisphere, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age.

Here is a link to a reduced size version of the original pre-photoshopped image: [link]