i believe

by peter shelley

buzzcocks _a different kind of tension_

IRS CD 70055 1980



in these times of contention

it's not my intention to make things plain

i'm looking through mirrors

to catch the reflection that can't be mine

i'm losing control now

i'll just have to slow down a thought or two

i can't feel the future

and i'm not even sure that there is a past



i believe in the workers' revolution and

i believe in the final solution

i believe in

i believe in

i believe in the shape of things to come and

i believe i'm not the only one, yes

i believe in

i believe in



when i poison my system

i take thoughts and twist them into shapes

i'm reaching my nadir and

i haven't an idea of what to do

i'm painting by numbers but i can't find the colours that fill you in

i'm not even knowing

if i'm coming or going, if to end or begin



i believe in the immaculate conception and

i believe in the resurrection and

i believe in

i believe in

i believe in the elixir of youth and

i believe in the absolute truth, yes

i believe in

i believe in



there is no love in this world anymore

there is no love in this world anymore



i've fallen from favour

while trying to savour experience

i'm seeing things clearly

but it has quite nearly blown my mind

it's the aim of existence

to offer resistance to the flow of time

everything is and

that is why it is will be the line



i believe in perpetual motion and

i believe in perfect devotion

i believe in

i believe in

i believe in the things i've never had and

i believe in my mum amd my dad and

i believe in

i believe in



there is no love in this world anymore

there is no love in this world anymore



i'm skipping the pages

of a book that takes ages for the foreword to end

triangular cover concealing another aspect from view

my relative motion is just an illusion of stopping too fast

the essence of being

these feelings i'm feeling i just want them to last



i believe in original sin and

i believe what i believe in, yes

i believe in

i believe in

i believe in the web of fate and

i believe i'm going to be late

so i'll be leaving

what i believe in



there is no love in this world anymore

there is no love in this world anymore x 16