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Arms around each other
Fate falling in the distance
Eyes with the look of yesterday
The weakest in the gang
The last to feel alone
No luck in your tender bones
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
And money it just buys
A new way to disguise
A freedom you don’t own anymore
Divine youth is lying in
A battered and a bruised skin
I wear but don’t recognise
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
The kids are growing old
In a digital haze
Is it evolution in the virtual age
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
Fate falling in the distance
Eyes with the look of yesterday
The weakest in the gang
The last to feel alone
No luck in your tender bones
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
And money it just buys
A new way to disguise
A freedom you don’t own anymore
Divine youth is lying in
A battered and a bruised skin
I wear but don’t recognise
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
The kids are growing old
In a digital haze
Is it evolution in the virtual age
And I sing to myself
My civil wars within
The victories and failures
I daily lose and win
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Divine Youth song meanings
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+1General CommentThis features Welsh singer and harpist Georgia Ruth, whose voice is just gorgeous on this track, which is one that has often been described as worthy of a spot on Rewind The Film instead of Futurology. The name 'Divine Youth' comes from a bootleg Manics t-shirt from quite a few years ago (which Nicky Wire has been photographed wearing) and that, as well as the gentle, meditative lyric, suggests it is quite a personal song about (possibly) him and Richey, and their friendship when they were younger, and how Nicky now copes with his loss.
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