The Great British Mistake

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[Verse 1]
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The great British mistake was 
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looking for a way out,
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Was getting complacent, not 
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noticing the pulse was racing.
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The mistake was fighting the 
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change, was staying the same.


[Verse 2]
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It couldn't adapt so it couldn't 
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survive.,
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Something had to give.
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The people take a downhill slide 
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into the gloom.
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Into the dark recesses of their 
minds.


[Interlude]
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  I swoop over your city like a 
bird.
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  I climb the high branches and 
observe.
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  Into the mouth, into the soul.
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  I cast a shadow that swallows you 
whole.
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  I swoop, I climb,
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 I cling,
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   I suck, I swallow you whole.
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[Verse 3]
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String out the drip-feed, they're
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 losing their world,
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They're losing their hard boys and 
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magazine girls.
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Advert illegal, T.V. as outlaw, 
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motive as spell.


[Verse 4]
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They'll see the books burn. They'll
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 be 4-5-1.
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It's people against things and not 
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against each other.
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Out of the pre-pack, into the 
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fear, into themselves.


[Verse 5]
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They're the great British mistake.
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The genie's out of the bottle, call
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 in the magician.
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They didn't mean to free him, devil 
behind them,
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devil in the mirror, chained to 
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their right hands.


[Verse 6]
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They're the great British mistake.
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They'll have to come to terms now, 
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they'll take it out somehow.
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They'll blame it all on something.
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The British mistake - when will it 
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be over?
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How can they avoid it, avoid it, 
avoid it?


[Other]
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   The great British mistake
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   The great British mistake
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   The great British mistake
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   The great British mistake

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(repeat to fade with guitar lead)