20% Amnesia

[Verse 1]

"What is your destiny?" The policewoman said (20% amnesia)

The word that she wanted was "destination" I'm afraid (20% amnesia)

This is your future boy, this is your fate (20% amnesia)

And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you (20% amnesia)

[Pre-Chorus]

In his bedtime boot boy jersey

Ringing up some fantasy tart

Give me strength or give me mercy

Life intimidates art

[Chorus]

Give me strength or give me mercy

Don't let me lose heart

From rage to anaesthesia

20% amnesia

[Verse 2]

Were you passed out on the sofa? (20% amnesia)

Justice was bartered by a drunken oaf (20% amnesia)

This is all your glorious country thinks of your life (20% amnesia)

Strip Jack Naked with a Stanley knife (20% amnesia)

[Pre-Chorus]

So the German queen went home again

But she couldn't find forgiveness

They made a fist of her hand of friendship

But it's only business

[Chorus]

Give me strength or give me mercy

Don't let me lose heart

From rage to anaesthesia

20% amnesia

[Bridge]

The wine you drink has never seen a grape

And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape

But it's a dangerous game that comedy plays

Sometimes it tells you the truth, sometimes it delays it

[Verse 3]

Think back, think back if you still can

When the trumpet sounded and the world began

Somebody said "we must have won"

So they started burying the bogeyman

Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand (20% amnesia)

From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land (20% amnesia)

Mister Gorbachev and some other fella (20% amnesia)

Were taken to a show called "Cinderella" (20% amnesia)

It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery (20% amnesia)

It was calculated and the rest is history (20% amnesia)

[Pre-Chorus]

You don't have to listen to me

That's the triumph of free will

There are promises to break

And dreams to kill

[Chorus]

Give me strength or give me mercy

Don't let me lose heart

From rage to anaesthesia

20% amnesia