This is based on Twilight Zone episode #100 - "I Sing the Body Electric." The episode originally aired in 1962. It's about a family who orders a robot "Grandmother" after the death of their young mother. Written by Ray Bradbury, the name came from a Walt Whitman poem. The story was later included in a short stories collection with the same title in 1969.
Some believe the song was inspired by the movie THX 1138, one of the first films made by Star Wars creator George Lucas.
The song describes a robot who struggles to break free of the hegemony of the robots' social structure. The chorus repeats several times: one-zero-zero-one-zero-zero-one SOS one-zero-zero-one-zero-zero-one in distress 1001001 is ASCII code for the letter "I". This could indicate the robot's motivation for escape - it's attainment of self-awareness.
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