I had a Firing Squad Dream I saw it so clearly I saw their head that people scream I saw it so clearly I saw the holy man blood on his holy hands I saw
I saw the advert on my TV screen Slimline girls and a tea machine Housewife proud of her shiny floor As if that's what she was living for The cat who
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All is quiet all is dead the city has melted The sound has penetrated through our heads The world has ended the gas is gone It killed the people now
Here we are in the big, big city Plenty of ways to spend your money Getting ripped off is a way of life Stick your money on a skin flint knife No,no
Silence - is no reaction "Violence" - that one-word caption Can you say it with just one word? Unspoken - the sins that go unheard [Chorus:] Government
Here we are in a new age Wishing we were dead There's a TV in my front room And it's screwing up my head There's a scanner in the toilet To watch you
Hatred in the hearts of the young population Riots in the streets of the "civilised" nation Was it the poverty? Was it the police? No - it's the British
Complicated words are stated Theories become outdated The innovation of your crime Is out of tune and out of No! No! I don t like it! What we gonna
We react How we feel So we're told But who knows for certain these feelings are real? Like we read And we see All around Media telling us what to believe
Smile - It s impossible I-I feel disposable You laugh (ha,ha,ha) - and it fucks me up Fag? - has he woken you up? Words - lots of words Mindless - I
Dehumanisation They take away your name Civilisation It's the dead man game And we all like living this modern life Television, radio, disco fights
Get away from the window The D.S. are outside The little packets in our pockets Stuff we gotta hide Sitting in a corner of a disco Mouth stuck in a bag
Your lungs have got a dirty stain All you feel is cancer pain Leaves your fingers a sticky yellow color Every one fag is less one hour of your life Don
Ever since they put you away Things haven t been quite the same They cut off all your lovely hair And gave you a brand new brain Sent you to university
You fucking lied to me And I trusted you I nearly loved you - Christ! The look in your eyes As you told me lies And you nearly cried So I did it for
Everyday life, everyday life Something somewhere, just ain't right It's half past eight and I'm here again I'd go for a walk but it's pissing down with