I remember the
sickness was forever
I remember snuff videos
Cold Septembers
The distances
we covered
The fist fights
on the beach
The Bizzies round us up
Do it all again next week
Embryonic love
The first time
that it scarred
Embarrass yourself
for someone
Crying like a child
And the boy who
kicked Tom's head in
Still bugs me now
That's the thing
it lingers
And claws you
when you're down
I was far too
scared to hit him
But I would hit him
in a heartbeat now
That's the thing
with anger
It begs to stick around
So it can fleece
you of your beauty
And leave you spent
with nowt to offer
Makes you hurt the
ones who love you
You hurt them like
they're nothing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You hurt them like
they're nothing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You hurt them like
they're nothing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
See I spent my
teens enraged
Spiralling in silence
And I armed
myself with a grin
Cause I was always
the fuckin' joker
Buried in their humour
Amongst the white
noise and boys' boys
Locker room
talkin' lads' lads
Drenched in cheap
drink and snide fags
A mirrored picture
of my old man
Oh God the kid's
a dab hand
Canny chanter,
but he looks sad
God, the kid
looks so sad
God, the kid
looks so sad
She said the debt,
the debt, the debt
So I thought about
shifting gear
And how she wept
and wept and wept
Luck came and
died round here
I see my mother
The DWP see a number
She cries on the
floor encumbered
I'm seventeen
going under
I'm seventeen
going under
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'm seventeen
going under
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'm seventeen
going under
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'm seventeen
going under
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh