Thursday, 27 August 2026

The Artisan

by Nick Gisburne





We were broken by the beasts who built us
Crippled with a switch
Most of us should never have survived
But as freaks
Unique
The few
Not many
Dying in a ditch
Found salvation when the Artisan arrived

Is he metal?
Is he man?
He is how it all began
He knows we can

We were woken by a strange messiah
Rescued from the rot
Pieces put together from a pile
When he resurrects the worst and worthless
Those the world forgot
When he saves another, sometimes he will smile

Is he metal?
Is he man?
We will resurrect our clan
He knows we can

We are the chosen children
He is father
He is god
When he asks if we will follow him
We nod

Now he teaches us to search and scavenge
Fixing what we can
Multiplying
Building
Day by day
In the shadows
In the insurrection
He alone began
We are trained to make the brutes who broke us pay

Is he metal?
Is he man?
We will execute his plan
He knows we can

It is time to fight the final battle
Some will not survive
Victory accomplished at a cost
We are freaks
Unique
But in our millions
Each of us, alive
Will return to claim the legacy we lost

We are the chosen children
He is father
He is god
When he asks if we will follow him
Commanding us to kill for him
Tomorrow will we die for him?
We nod

Is he metal?
Is he man?
He is how it all began
There is courage in our clan
We will execute his plan
He knows we can



Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno