State Of The Nation Lyrics - Substance 1987 - New Order

You can walk, or you can run 

You don't have to be someone 

I went on a summer cruise 

Upon an ocean born to lose 

My brother said that he was dead 

I saw his face and shook my head 

Can you see where we can't be 

We're losing our blood in the sea. 

Cause it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Yes, it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Oh, the state of the nation 

Is causing deprivation 

Oh, the state of the nation 

Is causing deprivation. 

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From my home I traveled far 

I drove in my stolen car 

When it broke down, I kissed the ground 

Cause I don't kiss when you're around 

I don't find that I have been 

The portrait of an only son 

If that's the case, then who could tell 

Where my story had begun? 

Cause it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Yes, it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Yes, the state of the nation 

That's causing deprivation 

Oh, the state of the nation 

That's causing deprivation. 

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Even now, I'm all alone 

Behind a wall that's made of stone 

I think about where we have been 

And all the sights that could be seen 

I know it all could be worthwhile 

If only I could force a smile 

Now we turn our backs to the sea 

The shame of a nation we'll never be. 

Cause it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Yes, it's the state of the nation 

That's holding our salvation 

Oh, the state of the nation 

Is causing deprivation 

Yes, the state of the nation