Living in the past (2022)
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1. I arrive in the city where
they’ve unveiled a bust
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of my predecessor still much discussed.
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We tried to forget him, his
crimes were catalogued,
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but
in the new circumstances once again he’s a god.
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The past isn’t even past, that’s how long it lasts.
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2. I want them to fear me like everyone feared him,
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arrested
and shot but still they revered
him.
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Like him I’ll win, I
won’t be eclipsed,
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I want men to die with my name on their lips.
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The past isn’t even past, that’s how long it lasts.
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The past isn’t even past, that’s how long it lasts.
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+ I’m the living embodiment of a heart of stone,
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a
human monument to testosterone.
F#m Em
Though inside I’m dead, it’s
too late to lose,
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I’m all they ever talk about
on their news cycle of abuse.
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3. I’m there on your borders, not gonna
quit,
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to
new world orders I will never submit.
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Call me a warmonger and I’ll
give you a war,
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say
I’m a cheat and I’ll still fake the score.
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There’s no defeat that I’ll
answer for,
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the
West is effete and they’re begging for more.
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I’ll get it all back, the old
status quo,
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I remember how it was and I won’t let it go !
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That’s how long it lasts.
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The past isn’t even past, that’s how long it lasts.
(Pet Shop Boys)