A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun

Actual lyric: The perfect answer to camouflage our screams

Enola/Alone

Actual lyric: “My heart aches for Enola”

Submitted by ashburtongeorge

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Actual lyric: “I’ve walked Las Ramblas but not with real intent”

Motorcycle Emptiness

Actual lyric: “Under neon loneliness”

Submitted by ashburtongeorge

To Repel Ghosts

Stay Beautiful

Actual lyric: “Destroyed by madness”

You Stole The Sun From My Heart

Hey Manics, thought this would be a good start on a Bradfield-mumble problem.

I’m working on a mock-comic page based on the recently-released demo for ‘Generation Terrorists/Stay Beautiful’ but I can’t work out one vital lyric.

We’re a mess of eyeliner and SPRAYPAINT

DIY destruction on Chanel CHIC

(If you stress?) your TV(’s?) DANGER

(well?) it’s mixed up more (over the?) gas CHAMBER

Does anyone have any idea what the fuck is going on here? Are we suffering the kind of slogan jingo that reduced some of the early songs to borderline nonsense (“itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles” style), or are there actually words beyond the mumble?

The more I listen the less sense it makes. Fresh ears would be appreciated, or any clue in the wider canon.

Or perhaps I should just take the risk and write nonsense? xxx

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Hey can anyone help this guy? I am poor right now so I still don’t have the re-issue. Publishing so maybe someone can help them out.

~Jess xx

If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next

Actual lyric: “I’ve walked Las Ramblas but not with real intent”

A Design For Life

Actual lyric: “I wish I had a bottle, right here in my dirty face”