World Leader Pretend - Live From Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991

[Intro]

One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]

I sit at my table and wage war on myself

It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing

I know the barricades

And I know the mortar in the wall breaks

I recognize the weapons, I've used them well

[Chorus]

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize

Empathise

This is my mistake, let me make it good

I raised the wall

And I will be the one to knock it down

[Verse 2]

I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses

I proclaim the claims are left unstated

I demand a rematch

I decree a stalemate

I divine my deeper motives

I recognize the weapons

I've practiced them well, use them myself

[Chorus]

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize

This is my mistake, let me make it good

I raised the wall

And I will be the one to knock it down

[Bridge]

Reach out for me

Hold me tight

Hold that memory

Let my machine talk to me

Let my machine talk to me

[Verse 3]

This is my world and I am the World Leader Pretend

This is my life

This is my time

I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit

It's high time I razed the walls that I've constructed

[Chorus]

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize

This is my mistake, let me make it good

I raised the wall

And I will be the one to knock it down

[Outro]

You fill in the mortar

You fill in the harmony

You fill in the mortar

I raised the wall

And I'm the only one

I will be the one to knock it down