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Old 02-09-2010, 11:14
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now i have not listened to it too deeply, or on the greatest of headphones, but are there any gospel choir or vocal harmony lyrics variation - i.e. as in the end of "PCP"?
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Old 02-09-2010, 15:56
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Billion Balconies (I did my best, shut up)

We’ve finally found our way
BLAH BLAH MEMORY BLAH
We’ve all become our personal gods
We’ve all become so sad and lost

A billion balconies facing the sun
A billion faces turned to the screens
The perfect answer to camouflage our screams
A billion lies becoming the truth
An ecstasy of the eye
As wide as eternity tonight

We found expression for our hate
Without any kind of consequence
Who needs patience any more
When all our pleasure’s virtual


A billion balconies facing the sun
A billion faces turned to the screens
The perfect antidote to answer our screams.
A billion lies becoming the truth
An ecstasy of the eye
As wide as eternity tonight
The second line of the song is "We've finally found a way to consume boredom every day". I had to dig up one of Nicky's old tweets for that!! (I thought it was something about memory day myself at first )
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Old 02-09-2010, 16:12
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Like most people here I despaired at the Manics' inarticulate ramblings against the internet a couple of weeks ago but I have to admit I quite like the Billion Balconies lyrics. Whatever you may think of the internet, and this is coming from someone who believes it to be the greatest advance in information distribution since the birth of print, it does have its dark side which this song quite neatly encapsulates.
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Old 03-09-2010, 11:01
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Billion Balconies (I did my best, shut up)

We’ve finally found our way
BLAH BLAH MEMORY BLAH
We’ve all become our personal gods
We’ve all become so sad and lost

A billion balconies facing the sun
A billion faces turned to the screens
The perfect answer to camouflage our screams
A billion lies becoming the truth
An ecstasy of the eye
As wide as eternity tonight

We found expression for our hate
Without any kind of consequence
Who needs patience any more
When all our pleasure’s virtual


A billion balconies facing the sun
A billion faces turned to the screens
The perfect antidote to answer our screams.
A billion lies becoming the truth
An ecstasy of the eye
As wide as eternity tonight
BLAH BLAH MEMORY BLAH = talking to moral memory days...

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I don't know if it's right...
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Old 04-09-2010, 01:59
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No one is having a serious take on Golden Platitudes?
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Old 04-09-2010, 07:30
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No one is having a serious take on Golden Platitudes?
Assumed it had been done in the Golden Platitudes love thread.
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Old 04-09-2010, 08:50
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Golden Platitudes

The platitudes they all disolved, got too deep got too involved
The platitudes just interludes to break the trust with me and you
Oh what a shangri-la, Oh what a shower (? maybe show) we are
Oh what a mess we've made
What happened to those days?
When everything seemed possible, with no-one to tell you "no"
Where did the feeling go? Where did it all go wrong?
Born to the economist (? to be a communist) but then our marriage fails as did the partnership

The platitudes they all dissolved, they got too deep got too involved
The platitudes just interludes, to break the trust with me and you
I fell back in love with love, I know that it might sound odd
The liberal left destroyed every bit of my youth
Left with the barest of bones leaving us all we've honed
Where did it all go wrong? Where did the feeling go?
Why colonise the moon?
When every different kind of desperation exists in every single home
Where did the feeling go? Where did the feeling go?
Where did it all go wrong?
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Old 02-10-2010, 13:31
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If anyone is bored it would be good to add the lyrics to this site:
http://lyrics.wikia.com/Manic_Street_Preachers
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Old 05-10-2010, 15:25
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First time at this, so please add any missing blanks/corrections


Don't be evil

The lines have all been blurred,
to the point of no return,
the sicko and the bullies praise your name,
you then wrecks? their lives with xxx and fame

As txxxxxxxx suit you won't wear
As stupid as the jeans you tear
as evil as a pretence care
God save us all from Satan's stare

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fill the world with your own importance,
xxxxx for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

The lines have all been blurred,
to the point of no return,
with normal people living normal lives,
normal things seen from normal lines?

As xxxxxxxxx suit you won't wear,
As stupid as the jeans you tear,
as evil as a pretence care,
God save us all from Satan's stare

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fill the world with your own importance,
xxxxxx for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fill the world with your own importance,
xxxx for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

and it's all for free
(Guitar)

That means it's going,
last time it's showing,
xxxx when it's all done and dusted

Don't be evil, just be corporate
Fill the world with your own importance

The music is going,
the sun is showing,
pretend technology made us equal,

Don't be evil, just be corporate
Fill the world with your own importance

(guitar break and end)
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Old 05-10-2010, 15:48
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The lines have all been blurred
To the point of no return
The sickos and the bullies praise your name
You then enrich their lives with pleasure and fame

As corporate as the suits you won't wear
As stupid as the jeans you tear
As evil as the pretense you care
God save us all from Satan's stare

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fool the world with your own importance,
Portray your tedium for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

The lines have all been blurred,
to the point of no return,
with normal people living normal lives,
normal things seen from normal eyes

As corporate as the suit you won't wear,
As stupid as the jeans you tear,
As evil as the pretense you care
God save us all from Satan's stare

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fool the world with your own importance,
Portray your tedium for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

Don't be evil, just be corporate,
Fool the world with your own importance,
Portray your tedium for the world to see,
your own movie star and it's for free

The music's going
The sun isn't showing
The printed word is all done and dusted

The music's going
The sun isn't showing
Pretend technology made us equal

Don't be evil...
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