Crass - Beg Your Pardon (1982) скачать видео бесплатно

1990's CD Reissue

LYRICS:

We must beat the bomb and the gun, we must protect the law abiding citizen wherever they are in the United Kingdom, always

The police and the soldiers are required if necessary to shoot to kill to maintain order. That is Civil Defence in nuclear war.

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CHORUS: Beg the question, bend the truth, bail out the basement while there's holes in the roof.

In the beginning they said there was light,

Well there ain't much left of it now.

We're lost in the darkness, searching sound and sight

Of an answer to the what, where or how.

We're talking 'bout freedom while we're locked in a cell,

Dreaming of a world without war,

Forced to live on the boundaries of hell

Like no-one's ever thought of peace before.

But what's the point of preaching peace if it's something you don't feel?

What's the point of talking love if you think that love ain't real?

Where's the hope in hopelessness?

Where's the truth in lies?

Don't try to hold my hand if you can't look me in the eyes.

CHORUS

In the beginning they said there was light

But somebody's burnt out the fuse.

And now we're all lost in eternal night

Looking for a candle to use.

Lots of little candles, isolated hope,

Frail little flames in the gale,

Lost little people who just can't cope,

Just knocking their heads on the nail.

What's the point of talking freedom if you just protect yourself?

What's the point of preaching sharing as you accumulate your wealth?

It's so easy to be giving if the things you give ain't real.

It's easy to lie if your ignore the things you feel.

CHORUS

In the beginning they said there was light

But we never had the eyes to see.

But rather than struggling or putting up a fight

We ran like lemmings to the sea.

No-one really wants to get it all together,

It's easier to just grab what you can.

Everybody's going it, hell for leather,

Building little castles in the sand.

Hypocrisy, delusion, lies, pretence, deceit,

Think only of yourself and the world's at your feet.

I don't believe the things you say, you make bullshit of the truth.

The game you play's offensive and you life's the living proof.

CHORUS

In the beginning they said there was light

But I'm tired of hearing their lies.

I'm tired of deceit, gonna put up a fight,

I'm going to use my own eyes.

Gonna make MY decisions, live my own life,

They can keep their darkness and gloom.

Hypocrisy, trickery, I've had enough,

They can keep their destruction and doom.

I've only one life and I'll live it my way,

They can keep their restrictions and law.

If they think different I'll have one thing to say... "Fuck off 'cos I've heard it before."