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You make me feel ashamed
At acting attitudes
Remember ridicule
It should be clear by now, clear by now
Your words are useless
Full of excuses
False confidence
Someone has used you well, used you well
I could be wrong
It could be hate
As far as I can see
Clinging desperately
Imagining, pretending
No personality
Dragging on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on
I think you're slightly late, slightly late
This person's had enough
Of useless memories
Always remember
Twisted amenities
Could be wrong
This person's had enough
Of useless memories
Always remember
Twisted amenities
Out of order, out of order
It could be worse
You're losing all the time
I let you stay too long
I could be wrong
Could be worse
You're losing all the time
I let you stay too long
I could be wrong, could be wrong
Whatever past
Could never last
All in your mind
Where it all began
You're doing wrong
It's not the movies
And you're old
At acting attitudes
Remember ridicule
It should be clear by now, clear by now
Full of excuses
False confidence
Someone has used you well, used you well
It could be hate
As far as I can see
Clinging desperately
Imagining, pretending
No personality
And on and on and on and on
I think you're slightly late, slightly late
Of useless memories
Always remember
Twisted amenities
Could be wrong
Of useless memories
Always remember
Twisted amenities
Out of order, out of order
You're losing all the time
I let you stay too long
I could be wrong
Could be worse
You're losing all the time
I let you stay too long
I could be wrong, could be wrong
Could never last
All in your mind
Where it all began
You're doing wrong
It's not the movies
And you're old
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This song kinda haunted me after my grandmother died. Maybe about his own mother a little bit. I know death disco is supposed to be about her.
This song and Careering are tied for my favorite songs off of Metal Box. I think this song is about John having an extremely hard time dealing with his past. The first half of the song seems directed to a particular individual in his life, while the last half is him manically going back and forth between deciding whether to cast off these memories. Examples: This person's had enough of useless memories ... Always remember I let you stay too long ... I could be wrong I think this song is an underrated masterpiece. The bouncing bass in the beginning is so perfect followed by Levene's super random guitar which seems to burrow its way into your consciousness (memory?).
A beautiful haunting song perhaps my favourite from Metal Box (after Poptones) it could be about anything thats personal to you, an affair gone sour, the death of a loved one.. piL were years ahead of their time, the genius of Lydon Levine Wobble Walker, pioneers of hope in a bleak political British landscape