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"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said
<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|20% Amnesia}}</noinclude>
 
"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said<br>
20% amnesia
20% amnesia<br>
 
The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid<br>
The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid
20% amnesia<br>
 
This is your future boy, this is your fate<br>
20% amnesia
20% amnesia<br>
 
And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you<br>
This is your future boy, this is your fate
20% amnesia<br>
 
<br>
20% amnesia
In his bed-time boot-boy jersey<br>
 
Ringing up some fantasy tart<br>
And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you
Give me strength or give me mercy<br>
 
Life intimidates art<br>
20% amnesia
<br>
 
Give me strength or give me mercy<br>
 
Don't let me lose heart<br>
 
From rage to anaesthesia<br>
In his bed-time boot-boy jersey
20% amnesia<br>
 
<br>
Ringing up some fantasy tart
Were you passed out on the sofa?<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
Give me strength or give me mercy
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
Life intimidates art
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
 
Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
:Give me strength or give me mercy
<br>
 
So the German Queen went home again<br>
:Don't let me lose heart
But she couldn't find forgiveness<br>
 
They made a fist of the hand of friendship<br>
:From rage to anaesthesia
But it's only business<br>
 
<br>
:20% amnesia
Give me strength or give me mercy<br>
 
Don't let me lose heart<br>
 
From rage to anaesthesia<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
Were you passed out on the sofa?
<br>
 
The wine you drink has never seen a grape<br>
20% amnesia
And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape<br>
 
But its a dangerous game that comedy plays<br>
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?
Sometimes it tells you the truth<br>
 
Sometimes it delays it<br>
20% amnesia
<br>
 
Think back, think back if you still can<br>
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life
When the trumpet sounded and the world began<br>
 
Somebody said "We must have won"<br>
20% amnesia
So they started burying the bogeyman<br>
 
<br>
Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife
Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
20% amnesia
From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
 
Mister Gorbachev and some other fella<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
So the German Queen went home again
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella"<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
But she couldn't find forgiveness
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
They made a fist of the hand of friendship
It was calculated and the rest is history<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
But it's only business
<br>
 
You don't have to listen to me<br>
 
That's the triumph of free will<br>
 
When there are promises to break<br>
:Give me strength or give me mercy
And dreams to kill<br>
 
<br>
:Don't let me lose heart
Give me strength or give me mercy<br>
 
Don't let me lose heart<br>
:From rage to anaesthesia
From rage to anaesthesia<br>
 
20% amnesia<br>
:20% amnesia
 
 
 
The wine you drink has never seen a grape
 
And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape
 
But its a dangerous game that comedy plays
 
Sometimes it tells you the truth
 
Sometimes it delays it
 
 
 
Think back, think back if you still can
 
When the trumpet sounded and the world began
 
Somebody said "We must have won"
 
So they started burying the bogeyman
 
 
 
Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand
 
20% amnesia
 
From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land
 
20% amnesia
 
Mister Gorbachev and some other fella
 
20% amnesia
 
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella"
 
20% amnesia
 
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery
 
20% amnesia
 
It was calculated and the rest is history
 
20% amnesia
 
 
 
You don't have to listen to me
 
That's the triumph of free will
 
When there are promises to break
 
And dreams to kill
 
 
 
:Give me strength or give me mercy
 
:Don't let me lose heart
 
:From rage to anaesthesia
 
:20% amnesia

Latest revision as of 02:40, 27 April 2009

lyrics for
20% Amnesia

"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said
20% amnesia
The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid
20% amnesia
This is your future boy, this is your fate
20% amnesia
And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you
20% amnesia

In his bed-time boot-boy jersey
Ringing up some fantasy tart
Give me strength or give me mercy
Life intimidates art

Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia

Were you passed out on the sofa?
20% amnesia
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?
20% amnesia
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life
20% amnesia
Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife
20% amnesia

So the German Queen went home again
But she couldn't find forgiveness
They made a fist of the hand of friendship
But it's only business

Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia

The wine you drink has never seen a grape
And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape
But its a dangerous game that comedy plays
Sometimes it tells you the truth
Sometimes it delays it

Think back, think back if you still can
When the trumpet sounded and the world began
Somebody said "We must have won"
So they started burying the bogeyman

Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand
20% amnesia
From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land
20% amnesia
Mister Gorbachev and some other fella
20% amnesia
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella"
20% amnesia
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery
20% amnesia
It was calculated and the rest is history
20% amnesia

You don't have to listen to me
That's the triumph of free will
When there are promises to break
And dreams to kill

Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia