Middle-class Heroes Lyrics - Singles - Divine Comedy

"Hello... 

What have we here? 

A young lady! 

To what do I owe this pleasant surprise, my pretty one? 

How may I be of service this dark and wintry night? 

Ah, I see. You wish me to look into the future... your future. 

After GCSEs, A-levels, university... 

After your first badly paid job in advertising... 

Okay, my pretty, just cross my palm with plastic, 

And I'll see what I can do... 

Wait! 

The fog is lifting!" 

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I see oriental paper globes 

Hanging like decomposing cocoons 

While exotic candles overload 

The dusty air with their stale perfume 

And I see lentils, beans, seaweed and rice 

In jars on the windowsill 

And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice 

Running behind the lines of allergy pills 

All these things will come to pass 

When heroes of the middle class 

Face up to their responsibilities 

I see an Indian fertility God 

He's got thirty seven limbs to spare 

And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths 

That double up as evening wear 

And I see naked bodies twist and turn 

On the futon of dreams fulfilled 

But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned 

He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills 

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I see unspeakable vulgarity 

Institutionalised mediocrity 

Infinite tragedy 

Rise up little souls—join the doomed army 

Fight the good fight—wage the unwinnable war: 

Elegance against ignorance! 

Difference against indifference! 

Wit against shit! 

My words fly up to heaven, my thoughts remain below 

Words said without feeling never to heaven go... 

All these things will come to pass 

When heroes of the middle class 

Face up, repent, and pay the price 

For accidentally creating life 

An oversight for which they must atone 

And sacrifice their own