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Level 42 – The Machine Stops (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Level 42
Standing in the Light
The Machine Stops

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The Machine Stops

Release date: 1983

From Standing in the Light

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About This Track

"The Machine Stops" is a track by Level 42, from the album Standing in the Light, released 1983. Full lyrics are available below.

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Level 42

Level 42

Lyrics

The Machine Stops

I found the air

Down here in the chambers

You warned me of danger

But I want to stop this - for a moment

There must be someone - in the open

Waiting for the starlight

Rendezvous at midnight

I want to touch them - and to love them

And we'll be there - when it's over

All the love we'll never know

The machine has got control

Can you hear the voices

Calling out the choices

Spend a lifetime - going nowhere

The machine stops - and it's over

All the love we'll never know

The machine has got control

I found the air

The machine stops

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From Standing in the Light

1983

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Album

Standing in the Light

Release year

1983

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