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Manic Street Preachers Lifeblood

In 1985, I placed a bet and lied Losing all that I had At least with all my heart intact In 1985, Orwell was proved right Torvill and Dean's bolero Redundant

If the love between us has faded away Left in the rain, scratching at the stains The paralyzed future, the past sideways crawl I must give up on this,

Always, never on my mind Always, always out of time Always, always letting someone down Always, always wanting more Always, always stand-alone Always,

And all the masks I carry on my face For you, for another some calm and then some grace But once within a long and broken night A face like mine, bereft

I live to fall asleep It's when I stop the hate I never want to dream It infiltrates beauty I live to fall asleep Regenerate and sin Skin so tense gives

Emily, Emily, you're gift to me Emily, a modern sense of beauty Emily, as precious as your memory A simple word called liberty The relics, the ghosts