Anthem for the Year 2000

 

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We are the youth

Apologise for another day

We are the youth

And politicians are so sure

We are the youth

And we are knocking on death's door

Maybe we don't want to live in a world

Where our innocence is so short

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Emotion Sickness

 

As my second favourite lyricist (of course the #1 is Richey Edwards), Daniel Johns captures what it's like to suffer under the mental load that's just too much for you, hiding your suffering, avoiding treatment and trying to heal on your own... 

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Increase, delete, escape, defeat

It's all that matters to you

Cotton case for an iron pill

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Emotion sickness

Addict with no heroin

Good things will pass

Lessons learnt

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