Middle-Class Heroes
The Divine Comedy"Middle-Class Heroes" is a song by The Divine Comedy, released in 1996 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:16 long and contains 59 lines and 310 words.
Lyrics
0:02Hello
0:03What have we here
0:05A young lady
0:07To what do I owe this pleasant surprise
0:10My pretty one
0:12How may I be of service this dark and wintry night
0:17Ah I see
0:19You wish me to look into the future
0:22Your future
0:25After GCSEs A-levels university
0:31After your first badly paid job in advertising
0:36Okay my pretty just cross my palm with plastic
0:41And I'll see what I can do
0:44Wait
0:45The fog is lifting
0:47I see oriental paper globes
0:53Hanging like decomposing cocoons
1:00While exotic candles overload
1:06The dusty air with their stale perfume
1:11And I see lentils beans seaweed and rice
1:17In jars on the windowsill
1:24And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice
1:29Running behind the lines of allergy pills
1:37All these things will come to pass
1:42When heroes of the middle class
1:48Face up to their responsibilities
1:59I see an Indian fertility God
2:06He's got thirty seven limbs to spare
2:12And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths
2:17That double up as evening wear
2:23And I see naked bodies twist and turn
2:29On the futon of dreams fulfilled
2:35But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned
2:41He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills
2:48All these things will come to pass
2:54When heroes of the middle class
3:00Face up today and responsibility
3:17I see unspeakable vulgarity
3:22Institutionalised mediocrity
3:25Infinite tragedy
3:27Rise up little souls
3:29Join the doomed army
3:31Fight the good fight
3:33Wage the unwinnable war
3:35Elegance against ignorance
3:37Difference against indifference
3:40Wit against sh*t
3:42My words fly up to heaven
3:48My thoughts remain below
3:55Words said without feeling never to heaven go
4:06Never to heaven go
4:12Oh never to heaven go
4:18Never to heaven go
4:42All these things will come to pass
4:48When heroes of the middle class
4:54Face up repent and pay the price
5:00For accidentally creating life
5:06An oversight for which they must atone
5:16And sacrifice their own
Hello What have we here A young lady To what do I owe this pleasant surprise My pretty one How may I be of service this dark and wintry night Ah I see You wish me to look into the future Your future After GCSEs A-levels university After your first badly paid job in advertising Okay my pretty just cross my palm with plastic And I'll see what I can do Wait The fog is lifting I see oriental paper globes Hanging like decomposing cocoons While exotic candles overload The dusty air with their stale perfume And I see lentils beans seaweed and rice In jars on the windowsill And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice Running behind the lines of allergy pills All these things will come to pass When heroes of the middle class Face up to their responsibilities I see an Indian fertility God He's got thirty seven limbs to spare And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths That double up as evening wear And I see naked bodies twist and turn On the futon of dreams fulfilled But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills All these things will come to pass When heroes of the middle class Face up today and responsibility I see unspeakable vulgarity Institutionalised mediocrity Infinite tragedy Rise up little souls Join the doomed army Fight the good fight Wage the unwinnable war Elegance against ignorance Difference against indifference Wit against sh*t My words fly up to heaven My thoughts remain below Words said without feeling never to heaven go Never to heaven go Oh never to heaven go Never to heaven go All these things will come to pass When heroes of the middle class Face up repent and pay the price For accidentally creating life An oversight for which they must atone And sacrifice their own
Translation
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