High in the machines Above the earth We observe your lifeform We've come for you Riding the machines, we'll take your souls Riding the machines, we've come to rule About 400 000 years ago, when evolution was still on the make... An extraterrestrial race appeared in our part of the galaxy, heading straight to earth Riding the machines, we'll take your souls Riding the machines, we've come for you When they finally landed, they found a planet with perfect survival conditions A lower lifeform called humans considered them as gods from somewhere out of space