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Radical by Garbage

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Garbage

Radical

Release date: 29th May 2025

From Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Track 6
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'Radical' by Garbage is an Alternative track from the album 'Let All That We Imagine Be The Light' (2025). The lyrics move through a chain of images, from a lost pearl and found thread to roses on cold ground, with a darker edge that points to dreams and brokenness. Against that, the refrain urges action in stark moral terms, insisting that the only thing left to do is to save a life.

"Radical" is a track by Garbage, from the album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, released 29th May 2025. The track is 4:21 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Garbage.

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Garbage

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Lyrics

Radical

A pearl is lost, a thread is found
The red-blood roses on the cold, cold ground
The boy, he dreams on a bed of bones
No more silence, no more broke
No more ridin' on high line
And no more standin' on the sideline

All you got to do is save a life, save a life
All you got to do is save a life, save a life (it's radical)

It's hard to cry, it's hard to sleep
Nothin' good is ever easy to keep
Did I watch you dance in a long past dream?
The truth is so heavy, it's hard to believe

(All you gotta do)
You broke my heart on the freeway (you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
(All you gotta do)
I lost my hope (you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
(All you gotta do)
Now give me somethin' else to do (you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
'Cause I'm hurt as hell (all you gotta do)
And I'm waitin' on you (you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)

All you got to do is save a life, save a life
All you got to do is save a life, save a life (it's radical)
Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light
Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light, it's radical

It's radical, it's radical
It's radical, it's radical
It's radical, it's radical
It's radical (cold, cold ground)

Grief is love turned inside out
Grief is an honor, grief is our right

But we need language for the small things
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
'Cause everything's so pretty in the mornin'
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)

Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light (be the light)
Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light (be the light)
Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light (be the light)
Let all that we imagine be the light, be the light, it's radical
(It's radical, it's radical, it's radical)

(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
Was lost, but now it's found
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)
The red-blood roses on the cold, cold ground
(All you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta do, you gotta)

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From Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

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Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Garbage
30th May 2025
Track number
6
Release year
2025
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    3:20
  2. 2Chinese Fire Horse
    4:04
  3. 3Hold
    4:34
  4. 4Have We Met (The Void)
    5:12

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