a design for lifeManic Street Preachers

Гимн рабочего класса о библиотеках, давших силу, и пабах, ставших единственной отдушиной. Песня о гордости и ограниченности, заложенных в саму жизнь простых людей.

Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow peice of dignity
I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my dirty face
To wear the scars
To show from where I came
We don't talk about love
We only wan't to get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is the end
A design for life x 4
I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my dirty face
To wear the scars
To show from where I came
We don't talk about love
We only wan't to get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is the end
A design for life x 4
We don't talk about love
We only wan't to get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is the end
A design for life x 4

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  • Строка "Libraries gave us power" вдохновлена надписью "Knowledge is Power" над окном библиотеки в Пиллгвенлли, Ньюпорт, в 15 милях от родного Блэквуда. Название отсылает к дебютному EP Joy Division "An Ideal for Living". Это первый сингл после исчезновения Ричи Эдвардса; Ники Уайр назвал песню "лучом света из очень тёмного места".