Pornography

Album: Pornography (1982)
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  • A hand in my mouth
    A life spills into the flowers
    We all look so perfect
    As we all fall down
    In an electric glare
    The old man cracks with age
    She found his last picture
    In the ashes of the fire

    An image of the queen
    Echoes 'round the sweating bed
    Sour yellow sounds inside my head

    In books and films
    And in life and in heaven
    The sounds of slaughter
    As your body turns
    But it's too late
    But it's too late

    One more day like today and I'll kill you
    A desire for flesh and real blood
    And I'll watch you drown in the shower
    Push my life through your open eyes

    I must fight this sickness
    Find a cure
    I must fight this sickness Writer/s: Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Eliseu Carvalho from Canoas, Rs, BrazilWhile "Faith" was grey, gloomy and depressive, "Pornography" was blood-red, hateful and full of anger. I got my vinyl copy today and could notice those strong feelings even more. What about listening to the album in the dark? Yes, I did it. It was one of the most thrilling experiences in my life - and the last track made me shiver and sweat a lot...
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