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“Dominion Day” was the first released single from the Exile album. It was released as two separate CD singles in 1998 with various remixes and different versions of songs in Numan’s catalog. The “Dominion Day” single contained an extended, video, and live mix of the song, as well as 20th Anniversary versions of “Metal,” “Down in the Park,” and “Voix.” The stated intention of Eagle records was to bring fans of Numan’s old style up to date with his newer, harder style since these new versions of old songs had been reworked for live shows to better match his more modern works.
Another, and some would argue, even darker version of “Dominion Day” which was mixed and reworked by Sulpher, would appear on Numan’s “Hybrid” remix CD in 2003.
“Dominion Day” represents something of a reckoning which reveals Numan’s stated direction with the album’s theme:
I had come up with the idea that God and the Devil might be the same thing. That being in Heaven or Hell was all a matter of perspective.
Man, God, and the Devil’s points of view are illustrated in the verses of “Dominion Day” and their similarities are striking. The lyrics are intended to introduce the story of a man who has a premonition about the true nature of God and the Devil, and sets out to prostletize his vision. As Numan stated in an interview with Sonic Boom:
While I tried to write a single story line through the first three tracks, I stopped. The theme was meant to continue, and I regret that I didn’t...
A Question Of Faith
Lyrics
Dominion Day
(Single from 'Exile' album, 1997)
In my darkness
I hear Jesus crying
In my darkness
I see children savage and blind
In my darkness
I see dead men kneel before the cross
In my darkness
I hear the voice of evil
Disciples, dark angels
This is dominion day
'My demons, come to me
This is dominion day'
In his darkness
I can feel the storm come
In his darkness
Holy water burns my soul
In his darkness
A grave waits for you at heaven's gate
In his darkness
I hear screams that hide the voice of God
'Come children of Eden
Pray to me on dominion day'
'Pray for your salvation
Sanctuary on dominion day'
My soul save me
In his mercy
He will bring the disease
In his mercy
He will burn the oceans
In his mercy
He will tear the sky down
In his mercy
He will make pain eternal
'Your nightmare is breathing
This is dominion day'
Welcome to your saviour
This is dominion day
'This is my new kingdom
This is dominion day'
'Creation bleeds for me
This is dominion day'
Voix
('Metal Rhythm' album, 1988)
I don't like young girls
I don't like boys
I like some bitch to scare me
I like that noise
I don't like secrets
I don't like God
I don't like people when they say I'm things I'm not
I don't need opinions and rumours
I don't need a voix in the dark
I don't need to listen to strangers
I don't need to tear out my heart
One stranger
One heartbeat
One love is forever
One picture
One morning
One tear lasts forever
I like this motion
I like this heat
I like this breathing
And I know I like this beat
I like your whispers
I like your screams
I like your lies
And I'm sure I'd like your dreams
You don't need opinions and rumours
You don't need a voix in the dark
You don't need to listen to strangers
You don't need to tear out your heart
I'll show you pictures
I'll make you cry
I'll show you things you've done
And then I'll ask you why
I don't need heroes
I don't need this name
I don't need favours
And I know I don't need fame
We don't need opinions and rumours
We don't need a voix in the dark
We don't need to listen to strangers
We don't need to tear out our hearts
One reason
One secret
One lie is forever
One nightmare
One rumour
Your shame is forever
Dead Heaven
('Exile' album, 1997)
Thought I was asleep
Lost to dreams
I was dying in a big machine
Didn't think the voice that called me
Could be real
Thought I woke up
Lost my faith
I was staring at the face of rage
Didn't think I'd see the demon in 'His' heart
Thought I saw blood
Turn to wine
A vision from the Angel Wars
Didn't think I'd find the saviour in the dark
Thought I saw a light
Tear the storm
Showing me hte way to God
Didn't know that heaven died and went to hell
Blessed is dead heaven
Blessed are shadows and pain
Blessed is dead heaven
Blessed is death in 'His' name
Thought I saw rain
Black and cold
Falling on a child's grave
Thought I saw an angel laugh and piss on it
Thought I saw a dance
Strange and cruel
Swaying to the screams of men
Thought I saw the Lord's disciples laugh at that
Thought I saw love
Sacrificed
Mary under three wise men
Thought I saw the virgin look at me and cry
Thought I saw a cross
And Jesus dead
Burning in the midnight sky
Thought I saw God dancing in the flames
Glory is dead heaven
Glory are shadows and pain
Glory is dead heaven
Glory is death in 'His' name
'Do you confess?'
'Cleanse your sin'
'Do you believe in the word of God?'
Welcome to dead heaven
Welcome to shadows and pain
Welcome to dead heaven
Welcome to death in 'His' name
Cars
(Single from 'The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979.)
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
I't's the only way to live
In cars
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me, please
If I open my door
In cars
Here in my car
I know I've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars
Metal
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979)
We're in the building
Where they make us grow
And I'm frightened by
The liquid engineers
Like you.
My Mallory heart
Is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor
Just like I'm real
Like you.
The sound of metal
I want to be
You
I could learn to be a man
Like you.
Plug me in
And turn me on
Oh everything is moving.
I need my treatment
It's tomorrow they send me
Singing 'I am an American'.
Do you?
Picture this
If I could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
And who are you
And how can I try
Here inside I like metal
Aren't you
All I know
Is no-one dies
I'm still confusing love with need.
Down In The Park
(Single from 'Replicas' album, 1979)
Down in the park
Where the machmen
Meet the machines
And play 'Kill by numbers'
Down in the park
Wit a friend called 'Five'
I was in a car crash
Or was it the war
But I've never been
Quite the same
Little white lies
Like 'I was there'
Come to 'Zom Zoms'
A place to eat
Like it was built
In one day
You can watch the humans
Trying to run
Oh look
There's a rape machine
I'd go outside
If he'd look the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do
Down in the park
Where the chant is
'Death, death, death'
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park
With friends of mine
We are not lovers
We are not romantics
'We are here to serve you'
A different face
But the words never change
