Moyet later described how her song "Goodbye 70's" had been inspired by her disillusionment with how the late-1970s punk scene had turned out, saying, "'Goodbye 70's' is about punk and not caring how you were dressed, and then I discovered that so many of my friends that I'd thought it all really meant something to just saw it as another trend... That's what 'Goodbye 70's' was all about, about how sour the whole thing became."
Negativity's too enchanting
'Cause the world seems so depressing
But I know it can't always be
Can't always be that way
I get caught up in my situation
But I know my life's just begun
We all need Inspiration
And the thought of a hundred million smiles
And a hundred million buildings burning to the ground
From a hundred million miles away, I can hear the sound
Of a hundred millions burning definitions
And a hundred million dead restrictions
And a hundred million minds set free
From the chains put there a generation before
I can see the world falling to it's knees
Screaming please someone help me
Now I can see, we've destroyed ourselves with certainty
And this machine will crumble and fade
To a hundred million miles away
Where there's someone just like me
Thinking everything will be o.k.
From a hundred million miles I can see a man
And I know he understands
Saying your chains are your own
It's your mirror, so smash it.
'Cause the world seems so depressing
But I know it can't always be
Can't always be that way
I get caught up in my situation
But I know my life's just begun
We all need Inspiration
And the thought of a hundred million smiles
And a hundred million buildings burning to the ground
From a hundred million miles away, I can hear the sound
Of a hundred millions burning definitions
And a hundred million dead restrictions
And a hundred million minds set free
From the chains put there a generation before
I can see the world falling to it's knees
Screaming please someone help me
Now I can see, we've destroyed ourselves with certainty
And this machine will crumble and fade
To a hundred million miles away
Where there's someone just like me
Thinking everything will be o.k.
From a hundred million miles I can see a man
And I know he understands
Saying your chains are your own
It's your mirror, so smash it.
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