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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Messerschmitt Twins (1980) | Track profile | Dork

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The Messerschmitt Twins

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

The Messerschmitt Twins

Release date: 1980

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"The Messerschmitt Twins" is a track by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, from the album Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, released 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Lyrics

The Messerschmitt Twins

My mind is made up, I'm changing faster

Your mind is made up, avoiding worries

My old image is set to fade away

Forget the talking

Forget the actions

And quiet voices and all that happened

In just one hour

You could knock me down

The twos are one now

And ones are fuller

No longer giving

No longer taking

These ways are tried

They never seem to fail

And when you're asking

You sound like telling

Despite the questions

You're not receiving

I can't explain

Why you disappear

Your mind is made up

The time is taken

You reach decisions

We can't avoid them

There's no success

No matter what we do

The two are ones now

And ones are fuller

No longer giving

No longer taking

These ways are tried

They never seem to fail

These ways are tried

They never seem to fail

These ways are tried

They never seem to fail

These ways are tried

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From Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark

1980

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Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

22nd February 1980

Release year

1980

—The Messerschmitt Twins
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—Julia's Song
—Bunker Soldiers
—Almost
—Dancing
—Mystereality

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
Producer: Andy McCluskey, Chester Valentino, Paul Humphreys