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."
I realize as I awake
Life's to be taken to a new level
Belief is not the way
Dogma will dispirit your soul
The only road to mastery of life
Is to determine it's extremity
When it shall expire
[Lead: Schalin]
Choosing victim is easy
Enemies are first in line
You are the sworn
Targets for my crime
Expectations are growing fast
Stronger as I plan
Life's to get new dimensions
Mercy denied, I celebrate
Only road to mastery
Determine life's extremity
Someone's gonna die
Moment of death I release the blood
Awaiting thrills but I'm still cold
Instead of the power I'd possess
Reinjected emptiness
A belief in something
That couldn't fulfill my needs
I feel nausea
With myself, not with my deeds
So I'm back where I begun
But the only way out is another one
[Lead: Schalin]
Tired, confused, exhausted
I stab the dagger to my chest
My strength is not enough
Enough to penetrate
Pitiful I am
And despite the pain
Laughter from my throat
I just can't restrain
I vomit, I laugh, I suffocate
Ironic no one can deny
Beside my victim I laugh to death
Oh what a funny way to die
Life's to be taken to a new level
Belief is not the way
Dogma will dispirit your soul
The only road to mastery of life
Is to determine it's extremity
When it shall expire
[Lead: Schalin]
Choosing victim is easy
Enemies are first in line
You are the sworn
Targets for my crime
Expectations are growing fast
Stronger as I plan
Life's to get new dimensions
Mercy denied, I celebrate
Only road to mastery
Determine life's extremity
Someone's gonna die
Moment of death I release the blood
Awaiting thrills but I'm still cold
Instead of the power I'd possess
Reinjected emptiness
A belief in something
That couldn't fulfill my needs
I feel nausea
With myself, not with my deeds
So I'm back where I begun
But the only way out is another one
[Lead: Schalin]
Tired, confused, exhausted
I stab the dagger to my chest
My strength is not enough
Enough to penetrate
Pitiful I am
And despite the pain
Laughter from my throat
I just can't restrain
I vomit, I laugh, I suffocate
Ironic no one can deny
Beside my victim I laugh to death
Oh what a funny way to die
Lyrics submitted by TMA2
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