Lyric discussion by matt675 

Cover art for Stay Beautiful lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

I love this song, it's just so full of the manics early anger and desire to make an impact, with lines like "don't fall in love cos we hate you still!". classic. And i reckon the way James cuts out the obvious omitted swear words with a cunning scrape of guitars only adds to that. The ending declaration "anxiety is freedom" also sounds very 1984, like the party statements from the book: "War Is Peace; Freedom Is Slavery; Ignorance Is Strength"