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PERFORMING ARTISTS
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
Songwriter
Jeremy Kerr
Jeremy Kerr
Songwriter
Martin Moscrop
Martin Moscrop
Songwriter
Simon Topping
Simon Topping
Songwriter
Peter Terrell
Peter Terrell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
Producer
Jeremy Kerr
Jeremy Kerr
Producer
Martin Moscrop
Martin Moscrop
Producer
Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett
Producer
Pete Terrell
Pete Terrell
Producer
Simon Topping
Simon Topping
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My heart was just an open sore
Which you picked at till it was raw
It bled away my existence
Shriveled under your insistence
[Verse 2]
You forced me to my deadly fate
Turned me into a thing of hate
I flayed your flesh with my thoughts
I flayed your flesh with my thoughts
[Verse 3]
Your fate transforms
In the hope that I could conform
For a moment
I flayed your flesh with insistence
I drew your blood with consistence
I flayed your flesh with insistence
I drew your blood with consistence
Written by: Donald Johnson, Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Pete Terrell, Simon Topping

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