The band has described the use of the song in the game as a "fluke": "We got asked to provide music for the game during the Meltdown writing period and by complete fluke had just demoed the Clones track!"
The lyrics of the song address a member of an endless series of clones, berating him for having once shown potential to rise about social conformity but in the end reverting to the expectations of his creators. The original music video shows the band performing in an empty warehouse, and ends with lead singer Tim Wheeler confronting a clone of himself. The revised music video released with Republic Commando intersperses the original video with gameplay footage of Delta Squad ruthlessly dispatching their foes, and ends with Boss brutally kicking in the head of a defeated super battle droid.
Now you're a clone With heart of stone Synthetic soul Brainwashed and cold You're just a drone Got no control Forced in a mold Processed and sold Hey You know I find it frightening How you change, it's as fast as lightning You fell from grace Leaving no trace You've been replaced Your name erased Hey It's your self-destruction You never listened to my instruction Shame Shame, shame, shame Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone, Were different from the clones. You were a flash of light A meteorite Unique in time Now out of sight For I have seen What could've been A vivid dream A prophecy Hey Now there's no use waiting Everything is disintegrating Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone Were different from the clones I thought you were the truth Exception to the rule But the truth is cruel Clones Clones, clones, clones Clones Clones, clones, clones Yeah Hey Now there's no use waiting Everything is disintegrating Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone Were different from the clones I thought you were the truth Exception to the rule But the truth is cruel
Now you're a clone With heart of stone Synthetic soul Brainwashed and cold You're just a drone Got no control Forced in a mold Processed and sold Hey You know I find it frightening How you change, it's as fast as lightning You fell from grace Leaving no trace You've been replaced Your name erased Hey It's your self-destruction You never listened to my instruction Shame Shame, shame, shame Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone, Were different from the clones. You were a flash of light A meteorite Unique in time Now out of sight For I have seen What could've been A vivid dream A prophecy Hey Now there's no use waiting Everything is disintegrating Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone Were different from the clones I thought you were the truth Exception to the rule But the truth is cruel Clones Clones, clones, clones Clones Clones, clones, clones Yeah Hey Now there's no use waiting Everything is disintegrating Shame That everyone's the same I thought you stood alone Were different from the clones I thought you were the truth Exception to the rule But the truth is cruel