Born To End

Manic Street Preachers

Get some pain and I feel alive born to end
Close my eyes overdose on hell born to end
Get run over by no direction born to end
Breathing dead and I'm born to end born to end

Fall to the floor my baby, baby
I no longer believe
Fall to the floor my baby, baby
I've lost the love to sleep

H-bomb the only thing that will
bring a freedom to life
Underneath blue skies beautiful empty dying
Nagasaki dolls are burning

Europe freed by McDonald's and Levi's born to end
Can't afford it so I hate it all born to end
Images linger like repression born to end
Concentration camps of our dreams born to end

Fall to the floor my baby, baby
I no longer believe
Fall to the floor my baby, baby
I've lost the love to sleep

H-bomb the only thing that will
bring a freedom to life
Underneath blue skies beautiful empty dying
Nagasaki dolls are burning

Beg for mercy


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Born to End Lyrics as written by Edwards Bradfield

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  • +2
    General CommentThis song is about the futility of life.
    Bliss Freakon February 12, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General CommentProbably not about post communist eastern europe as the this song was written so soon after the USSR and the Soviet Block were disolved. More likely about the futility/emptiness of a consumer culture.
    TFUon May 09, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Commentthe beginning bit, "Get some pain and I feel alive" seems to me to be about how the self abuse richey dealt with was the thing that kept him real. that statement has always rung true for me so just what i think.

    and i guess the rest is about consumerism and how it is destroying our culture, or in fact has BECOME our culture.
    stay-beautifulon July 05, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General CommentThe last time Sean did backing vocals...
    manic4manicson November 17, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General CommentI think I read that's it's about how Eastern Europe is really no better off after Communism
    Zed92ukon August 05, 2002   Link
  • -1
    General Commentthey're pro communist tho
    Mortonium Iceon January 12, 2005   Link
  • -1
    General CommentOne of my favorite Manic Street Preacher songs, i love the riff and James Voice on this song. I agree with Zep about the lyrics. I think it's about eastern europe and thinks havn't improved.
    ultimatemusicon August 30, 2005   Link
  • -1
    General CommentThe whole new idea of communism was born, just to end as quickly.
    manic4manicson February 10, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General CommentSocialists methinks...social conscience.

    I don't think we mean Communist. That's as fukstoopid as Fascism.

    I don't think they're silly.

    The music's crackin though
    Grassbladeon July 06, 2022   Link

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