The Ballad of Bodmin Pill Songtext
von New Model Army

Smash glass against the wall
Curse the music on the radio that the neighbours play
Door slams, she turns her head
Watches through the window as he pulls away
Funny how your racing brain drives you so mad
When all the while you feel so numb
Too old to be clean, far too young to be broken
Like an army we come

Cut back, left behind
I watched you self-destructing oh so many times
Shot down, once again
Sitting in a chair, crying what am I going to do with my life
Just learn to hide the way that you really feel
Never let them know that you′re scared
But understand that you're not the special only one
Watch us now, watch us real close


How we all dance with this fire ′cause it's all that we know
And as the spotlight turns toward us we all try our best to show
We are lost, we are freaks
We are crippled, we are weak
We are the heirs
We are the true heirs to all the world

Let's go build a fire down on the empty beach
When the waves are crashing high
White heat, purify
As the sparks fly up into the great black sky
Sacrifice these crutches to the crackling flames
Stand as silhouettes against the dawn
It′s far too late to try to sleep now
Seems I′m never tired any more

I want to dance with this fire 'cause it′s all that I know
As the spotlight turns toward me I'll just try my best to show
We are lost, we are freaks
We are crippled, we are weak
We are the true heirs to all the world

Oh, how we dance with this fire ′cause it's all that we know
And as the spotlight turns toward us we all try our best to show
We are lost, we are freaks
We are crippled, we are weak
We are lost, we are freaks
We are crippled, we are weak


We are lost, we are freaks
And we try our best to show
We are lost, we are freaks
Crippled, weak
Lost, freaks
And we try our best to show
We are lost, we are freaks