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Skunk Anansie
Black Traffic
This Is Not A Game

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This Is Not A Game

Release date: 13th September 2012

From Black TrafficTrack 93:21

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About This Track

"This Is Not A Game" is a track by Skunk Anansie, from the album Black Traffic, released 13th September 2012. The track is 3:21 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie

Lyrics

This Is Not A Game

We bathe in the illusion
That you will care for us
Your silence breeds confusion
And the world goes bust

We fight for our survival
Like some old sad cliche
Their failure have no rivals
But shame

This is not a game
People's suffrage
This is not a circus
This is not a game

You scream for some explosion
Then smother all faint sparks
There's power in confusion
To be gained

This is not a game
People's suffrage
This is not a circus
This is not a game
People are in pain
This is no illusion
This is not a game

This is not a game, game, game
This is not a game
People's suffrage
This is not a circus
This is not a game
People are in pain
This is no illusion
This is not a game

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Track details

From Black Traffic

3:212012

Listen

Album

14th September 2012

Track number

9

Release year

2012

1I Will Break You
3:11
2Sad Sad Sad
2:56
3Spit You Out (feat. Shaka Ponk)
3:28
4I Hope You Get To Meet Your Hero

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3:43
I Will Break YouBlack Traffic
3:11
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Satisfied?Black Traffic
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—Spit You Out

Credits

Credited: Cass Lewis, Chris Sheldon, Jeremy Wheatley, Mark Richardson, Mark Richardson (Drums), Martin “Ace” Kent, Skin, Sterling Sound, Ted Jensen, 梁卓然 (Anthony Leung) (Engineer)