"First Republic" lyrics

"First Republic"

You are so alone in Kensington Palace
We should be content in these damp terraces
Thank you for this view from our council estates
I hope you have really guillotined your own head

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We want to play, yes we want to play
In burnt out palace ruins

You once gave us war, racism and slavery
Cut out all our tongues and fucked our industry
Now you've revealed something, you're human after all this
But let's clap our hands and fuck our dear princess

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We want to play, yes we want to play
In burnt out palace ruins

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We want to play, yes we want to play
In burnt out palace ruins

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We want to play, yes we want to play
In burnt out palace ruins


album: "Everything Must Go" (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go album cover
Dixie
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Mr Carbohydrate
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Dead Trees And Traffic Islands
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Dead Passive
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Black Garden
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Hanging On
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
No One Knows What It's Like To Be Me
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Sepia
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
First Republic
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
Glory, Glory
(Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Track)
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