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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Performer
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield
Vocals
Sean Moore
Sean Moore
Drums
Richey James
Richey James
Guitar
Nicky Wire
Nicky Wire
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones
Composer
Sean Moore
Sean Moore
Composer
James Bradfield
James Bradfield
Composer
Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Freegard
Mark Freegard
Mixing Engineer
Steve Brown
Steve Brown
Producer
Alex Silva
Alex Silva
Engineer

Lyrics

I hate purity
Hate goodness
I don't want virtue to exist anywhere
I want everyone corrupt
I am an architect
They call me a butcher
I am a pioneer
They call me primitive
I am purity
They call me perverted
Holding you, but I only miss these things when they leave
I am idiot drug hive
The virgin, the tattered and the torn
Life is for the cold made warm
And they are just lizards
Self disgust is self-obsession, honey
And I do as I please
A morality, obedient
Only to the cleansed, repented
I am stronger than Mensa
Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter
I am all the things that you regret
A truth that washes
That learnt how to spell
The first time you see yourself
Naked, you cry
Soft skin, now acne
Foul breath, so broken
He loves me truly
This mute solitude, I'm draining
I know I believe in nothing, but it is my nothing
Sleep cannot hide thoughts splitting
Through my mind
Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors
Too many people awake
If you stand up like a nail
Then you will be knocked down
I've been too honest with myself
I should have lied, like everybody else
I am stronger than Mensa
Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter
I am all the things that you regret
A truth that washes
That learnt how to spell
Learn to spell
So damn easy to cave in
Man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in
Man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in
Man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in
Man kills everything
Written by: James Bradfield, Nicholas Jones, Richard Edwards, Sean Moore
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