Manic Street Preachers

Never Want Again

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I'm feeling sick with alcohol
I'm feeling numb with stupid pain
I smelt death all around our name
I feel the snakes crawling upon my skin
Everywhere, everywhere is on it's knees
I'm too scared and I'm too afraid

We'll go down, we'll go down together
And meet a few of you in hell
Burn on by our side and never want again

I get told I should be happy
I got no rights on how I feel
I lost my language easily
I saw the rain bleaching my way
My gut gets sick of all it's lies
Thrown all hope way outside

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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 22:08:21

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by rahtwinkle

23y ago

love this song. maybe it's them wanting to be themselves? i don't know if this is a cover...

eep x

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by nava115370

11y ago

So here is a theory: We are a band (manics) and we will do everything together and never leave the side of any member but Richey is still feeling distant (could be any band member tho,i wrote Richey cuz it sounds like it could be him) and there are some of our obsessive fans who (for example started cult if Richey) stated that they want to go through basically everything that the band goes through And here Richey or whomever is saying that we are going through hell ourselves we don't need you to overheat it and if you really want that (i.e. if you really want to be me ) you can come to hell with us and then you will see what we are going through is no joke and you will never (as stated) "want (to do this) again" Maybe this is a cover idk but it pretty feels like it should be interpreted this way,though everyones opinions are sacred and unique!

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