The Up Sound For Down People (2009)

I always wanted to write the Loser’s National Anthem- this is one of several attempts I’ve made. I wanted to catch that feeling when you are slouching homewards at dawn- dishevelled, reeling, filthy but strangely proud of yourself, sniffing the clean air with pleasure. You feel electric- very much ‘of the world’ yet also detached and above it at the same time. Gutter Aristocracy.

PLEASE DON’T FEEL WRONGED
DON’T GET ME STARTED.
BECAUSE AFTER ALL- LESS IS MORE
LESS IS MORE.
MY PROBLEM WITH EVERYONE- OR MOST OF THEM
IS THEY PRETEND.
WELL I DON’T PRETEND.
YOU SHOULD SAY WHATEVER YOU MEAN
AND TAKE WHATEVER YOU NEED
(AND I KNOW WHO I MEAN)

I MEAN THE MAN IN THE DOORWAY WHO JUST GAVE ME A LIGHT
THE JUNKIES ON THE CORNER WHO ARE HAPPY TO SEE ME.
THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST THEY ARE
WE DON’T CARE HOW LOST WE ARE.

I’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN WITH A STORY LIKE THIS
BUT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION THEY’LL BE HAPPY TO SEE ME.
WHERE THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST YOU ARE
THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST YOU ARE.

TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING
THAT’S NOT OUR STYLE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW, WE’VE SUNK SO LOW
-WE’VE GOT NO FURTHER TO GO.
SO THERE’S NO REASON TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS ANYMORE.
SO POUR OUT SOME ANYTHING
THAT’S JUST MY STYLE.
I’VE SAID BEFORE
THAT LESS IS MORE.
(BUT LESS MEANS MORE
IF IT GETS US OUT OF IT ALL)
-THEN, WE WILL TAKE IT ALL.

THE MAN IN THE DOORWAY WHO JUST GAVE ME A LIGHT
THE JUNKIES ON THE CORNER WHO ARE HAPPY TO SEE ME
THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST THEY ARE
WE DON’T CARE HOW LOST WE ARE.
I’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN WITH A STORY LIKE THIS
BUT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION THEY’LL BE HAPPY TO SEE ME.
WHERE THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST YOU ARE
THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST YOU ARE.

THEY DON’T CARE HOW LOST YOU ARE.

BABY, IF WE SINK ANY MORE IN THIS TOWN
THEN WE’RE ALL THE WAY DOWN- ALL THE WAY DOWN…
AND MAYBE IF WE SINK ANY LOWER WE’LL DROWN
ALL THE WAY DOWN ……. MAYBE.

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