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Portishead

Elysium

Release date: 16th September 1997

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"Elysium" is a track by Portishead, from the album Portishead, released 16th September 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Portishead

Portishead

Lyrics

Elysium

[Verse 1]

No one has said

What the truth should be

And no one decided

That I'd feel this way

If you felt as I

Would you betray yourself?

[Chorus]

But you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

[Verse 2]

No one should fear

What they cannot see

And no one's to blame

It's just hypocrisy

It's written in your eyes

And how I despise myself

[Chorus]

But you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

[Verse 3]

And it's your heart

That's so wrong

Mistaken

You'll never know

Your feathered sacred self

[Chorus]

But you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

And you can't deny how I feel

Oh, why should you decide for me?

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    Credits

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    Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Dave McDonald (engineer), Geoff Barrow
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