Manic Street Preachers

Symphony Of Tourette

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Stutter stutter says the little boy
I wanna blow a hole in my head
I swear what this world wants to hear
Trapped in what we know as truth syndrome
Strutter strutter silence no friend

Childern can be cruel she said
So I smashed her in the fucking head
Sorry dear that's the nature of Tourette

Stutter stutter nothing else but me
I twitch and turn while underneath
My contemporaries are so in control
Fuck you fuck you I grunt and groan
Stutter stutter can't keep it no more

Childern can be cruel she said
So I smashed her in the fucking head
Sorry dear that's the nature of Tourette

Stutter stutter are your eyes closed
You know a hole through which you can fall
But I can't even be bothered to hang on
When you're this numb news don't register
I just opened my eyes

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shiverforme On Apr 25, 2002

Archives of Pain

A Design For Life

Faster

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Yes

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2002-04-25 21:54:31

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by MyLastDays

24y ago

Best Song On Gold Against The Soul, Great Lyrics, About Tourette's, quite powerful.

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by matt675

21y ago

Tourettes - from which nicky himself was a mild sufferer

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by my nothing

21y ago

Great Tourette's song, really brought this illness into the light for me. For more on Tourette's see 'tourette's' by Nirvana. The lyrics aren't as good, in fact it's fucking impossible to distinguish what Kurt Cobain is saying, but that's the point, it captures the nature of the sufferer perfectly.

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by Bliss Freak

20y ago

I love this song. I have tourrettes my self so this song has a very special meaning to me, along with She's Lost Control by Joy Division

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