According to the Bitter Sweet Symphony Songfacts, the lyrics are a somber look at the ennui of everyday life: "You're a slave to money, then you die."
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" samples an obscure orchestral version of The Last Time , a 1965 song by The Rolling Stones . This was recorded before they got permission from the Stones to use the riff, so the Verve had to sign away most of the royalties from this in order to release it.
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" samples an obscure orchestral version of The Last Time , a 1965 song by The Rolling Stones . This was recorded before they got permission from the Stones to use the riff, so the Verve had to sign away most of the royalties from this in order to release it.
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
by The Verve
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Well have you ever been down?)
(I can't change and you know I can't change)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
You know I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence (I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence (I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(It's just sex and violence melody and silence) been down
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music, Inc.
Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Richard Ashcroft
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by The Verve
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Well have you ever been down?)
(I can't change and you know I can't change)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
You know I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence (I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence
It's just sex and violence melody and silence (I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(It's just sex and violence melody and silence) been down
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music, Inc.
Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Richard Ashcroft
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Burning Wang
This video isn't realistic. No one ever walked for that long down a street in Manchester without being robbed and stabbed in the 90s.
Kamii Puppers
also wales , you know the tiny part attached to you guys , it also has way more danger than england , i think its just cause the English are pathetically weak willed and entitled that even their gangs seem so terrifying to them when in reality they can be compared to the group of bad kids who always blocked the stairs in school , we all know those little wipper snappers my step dad is from Milton kings and he said he came over cause the crime was less now , he laughs when he thinks of how "dangerous " it was back home
Kamii Puppers
You English need to come to Belfast cause no offence your like "you'll be robbed walking down a street" , well over here you have to watch basically anyone and everyone , they will just jump you to beat the shit outta you or stab you for fun , hell they will even let you keep your stuff , just leave you half dead and god forbid if your not from the area you got jumped you'll prob not be the same again after they are done , i always laugh when English are like England so dangerous the gangs are mad like all you have to do is go one mile in any direction and your safe lol , when over here there is literally no safe place until you leave Northern Ireland , and just like england , its getting safer here , now in the 90s and 80s it was mad and i can see it being what people pretend its still like today in the 80s and 90s here, think about this , your prime minister sent the English army to try control us , so your country decided that it was so dangerous and so violent it was a warzone and they needed to send 300,000 troops to put that into perspective thats 2 times the amount that stormed the beaches in Normandy , over here our police are useless too so we dont even involve them we usually just get our problems dealt with by paramilitary terrorist groups who break their legs , hell i know someone down the street who went to prison for chopping a person to pieces and putting him in wheelie bin and he did a couple years in prison for it and then he was out , our prisons arnt accually prisons they are like shitty hostels hell back in the day being in prison was safer than being outta it
A G
He's a lucky guy..or he probably paid everyone off
Khalida Saba
You told that to a kid....
SotiCoto
Pretty sure I've walked down that street myself. It isn't that far from Old Street roundabout, is it?
Anyway... real-life Pedestrian Chicken doesn't typically have that many collisions as most would-be players will typically flake out if they think for a moment that the other guy won't.
Besides... this guy sucks at it. Did you see how many times he collided with someone and actually rebounded sideways from them? Weak. The proper way to play Pedestrian Chicken is like the Juggernaut. You just keep moving forward and don't even show any sign that anyone else exists.
Stoneman180190
He walked like a boss before walking like a boss became a thing.
ADRIAN GARCIA
A moment of silence for those who are still trying to find this song!
Kamii Puppers
@Toni Pugh good song but this isn't a classic plus the whole thing but the words where stolen or "sampled"
Alexander Wolf
Hallelujah