The Legendary Pink Dots - Apocalypse Then lyrics
[The Legendary Pink Dots - Apocalypse Then lyrics]
"And so it came to pass that a flag
Flew in every window and
Widows handed poppies
Out in the square and squares were bashed
And majors barked and marching music laughed
From the airwaves the waves
Were there to rule
Again we had the ambition we had
The ammunition a mission in the name of
God in the name of "democracy", demo-crazy
Die down! Lie down! You forfeited
Your right to survive
I clutched at your sleeve and
We danced in the
Fire just a pair of spastic swingers on
A melting plastic floor but
You crumbled in my
Hands as I fumbled in your blouse
Slipping through my fingers to my feet it
Felt like mustard - hot like custard
And in the dust that was once an arm
A kra-zee wrote the
13th Psalm the final gesture he
Did it with calm precision
He dotted every eye a lullaby for
Lovers on the last day
Paying last respects with cups
Of poison pointed
Passive at the blood sky lying lifeless
At their doors clawing craters in the
Shelters helter-skelter in the lift shafts
Blasting brains out in the dark lIE DOWN!
Lie down! "crime is crime is crime"
(Thatcher's voice)
A dog defaced a baby knawed a rattle
Smashed a pram he was yelping wildly in
A vacuum no-one really gave a damn
They were thinking only of themselves yes
They searched for a
Release they hid in cupboards, under
Tables they cabled Jesus, called the police
And the radio screams out
"We're winning!" And about how
The loss was minimal
And how the gallant sacrifice will live
On in memorials, and how we'll respect again
We're no playground
Anymore you cannot keep this
Country down for long
Because we win so many fucking wars
Flew in every window and
Widows handed poppies
Out in the square and squares were bashed
And majors barked and marching music laughed
From the airwaves the waves
Were there to rule
Again we had the ambition we had
The ammunition a mission in the name of
God in the name of "democracy", demo-crazy
Die down! Lie down! You forfeited
Your right to survive
I clutched at your sleeve and
We danced in the
Fire just a pair of spastic swingers on
A melting plastic floor but
You crumbled in my
Hands as I fumbled in your blouse
Slipping through my fingers to my feet it
Felt like mustard - hot like custard
And in the dust that was once an arm
A kra-zee wrote the
13th Psalm the final gesture he
Did it with calm precision
He dotted every eye a lullaby for
Lovers on the last day
Paying last respects with cups
Of poison pointed
Passive at the blood sky lying lifeless
At their doors clawing craters in the
Shelters helter-skelter in the lift shafts
Blasting brains out in the dark lIE DOWN!
Lie down! "crime is crime is crime"
(Thatcher's voice)
A dog defaced a baby knawed a rattle
Smashed a pram he was yelping wildly in
A vacuum no-one really gave a damn
They were thinking only of themselves yes
They searched for a
Release they hid in cupboards, under
Tables they cabled Jesus, called the police
And the radio screams out
"We're winning!" And about how
The loss was minimal
And how the gallant sacrifice will live
On in memorials, and how we'll respect again
We're no playground
Anymore you cannot keep this
Country down for long
Because we win so many fucking wars