Diktat — Napalm Death

"To have and hold for all eternity" Limitations and amibitions are a pretext to falling short

We'll be doomed, marooned and two fatalities Anomalies in whispered circles For pledges we could never hope to fulfil

But if it works for you Then it works because of you Not a diktat from a guild For who love is (unflinching) servitude

Castigate or deprecate – they want heads hung in shame When a union runs its course For pledges we could never hope to fulfil

Irrepressible, irresponsible love Is the wild-eyed antitote to cold imperatives Love is the wild-eyed antidote To cold imperatives Love is like the last day you'll ever live

So why lose that spark When our paths begin to merge? It's the yoke of absolutes – those pledges We could never blight in compliance

Love is the wild-eyed antidote to cold imperatives Love has since been hi-jacked to tether down its whims

Obey, obey, obey so the passion dilutes Obey, obey, obey, obey, obey, obey, obey

Perhaps under angry clouds of the imagined higher force

Refrain, refrain, refrain From ending on a high note Refrain, refrain, refrain, refrain Refrain, refrain, refrain

Perhaps under angry clouds of the imagined higher force Perhaps it's this and other such constraints From which we must divorce