A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun Lyrics

Lyric discussion by manic4manics 

Cover art for A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

'Very inspired by John Gay, the philosopher... and JG Ballard's quote about everyone being their own movie star, and he said this in '56 whatever, '62, and I think the phrase is JG Ballard's- "A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun", and there's some of my favourite lines in there, y'know, it's just that idea of all our pleasures' virtual, we've finally found away to consume boredom everyday, just that idea of the minutiae of life being displayed for everyone to see, really, when it's just utterly tedious if you're living it, let alone expecting someone else to do it, and I do think it's the start... the drums- it's supposed to sound like Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac, but it's one of the most terse lyrics on the record.'

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