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Manic Street Preachers Lyrics

I hate purity,
I despise innocence and virtue,

Hate goodness,
I loathe morality and righteousness,

I don't want virtue to exist anywhere,
I wish there was no such thing as goodness anywhere,

I want everyone corrupt
I desire everybody to be immoral and unethical.

I am an architect,
I am a creator,

They call me a butcher,
I am labeled as a cruel and savage person,

I am a pioneer,
I am an innovator,

They call me primitive,
I am criticized as a primitive and backward person,

I am purity,
I embody innocence and virtue,

They call me perverted,
I am branded as immoral and corrupt,

Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave,
I realize the value of things only when they are gone.

I am idiot drug hive,
I am a foolish person addicted to drugs,

The virgin, the tattered and the torn,
The chaste, the ragged, and the wounded,

Life is for the cold made warm and they are just lizards,
The purpose of life is to make the cold-hearted warm, and those who do not are seen as reptiles.

Self disgust is self-obsession honey and I do as I please,
Self-hatred is self-centeredness and I act according to my wishes,

A morality obedient only to be cleansed repented,
A moral standard that blindly follows the need to be purified and repented for shortcomings.

I am stronger than Mensa, miller and mailer,
I am more intelligent than the great intellectuals and writers.

I spat out Plath and Pinter,
I reject literary giants like Sylvia Plath and Harold Pinter.

I am all the things that you regret,
I embody all that others regret.

A truth that washes that learned how to spell,
An honest and penetrating truth that even the educated cannot escape.

The first time you see yourself naked you cry,
The moment when you see your flaws and imperfections is overwhelming and emotional.

Soft skin now acne,
Smooth and tender skin is now blemished with pimples and acne.

Foul breath so broken,
Breath that reeks and reflects internal brokenness.

He loves me truly this mute solitude I'm draining,
The loneliness that I'm suffering is due to someone who loves me deeply.

I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing,
I recognize that I have no beliefs, but that is my personal choice.

Sleep cannot hide thoughts splitting through my mind,
Sleep cannot conceal the thoughts that are fragmenting in my mind.

Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many people awake,
Shadows are deceitful, and too many people are awake for their own good.

If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down,
If you act boldly and differently, you'll be criticized and put down.

I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else.
I've been too truthful with myself, I should have lied like others do.

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything,
It's very easy to give up and surrender, people destroy everything.