The The - The Nature Of Virtue Lyrics
Don't change yourself to suit everybody else
Don't change yourself to suit everybody else
You lay staring at your ceiling through all of the night
And out to haunt you come the ghosts of your life
You bury your head in a bone colored cradle
They say into every life a little rain must fall
But your dream cloud has burst
And dripped all over your face
A sick body forms a sick mind
But you're duty bound to do what's right
Is that the oasis of light in the darkness of your life?
You can't admit, but you can't deny
A small heart, a spiteful mind
Are you good or bad you ask yourself
And do the things you do hurt the ones who care the most for you
And do the things you do hurt the ones who care the most for you
Don't change yourself to suit everybody else
Don't change yourself to suit everybody else...
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The The The Nature Of Virtue Comments
I won't be changing any time soon.
the best of the the
What a cool piece of sound.
loved this as a colon student but now rediscovered with cynical ears and WOW its amazing.
I'd give anything to get this off iTunes but no way!
buy the perfect 12" off ebay...
I love this but it always slightly bothered me how he says "jujy" instead of "duty" at 3.15. I always suspected he wanted to go back and overdub that one line but didn't have the technology at the time. or maybe he just didn't care.
Twas the last.........
Raw Matt, I love it
I'm lucky enough to have the 12" of this... it's been one of my favorites for years. Thanks for posting; I'll digitize my 12" as soon as I fix my turntable, until then I'm glad to hear it!
Frickin' amazing. Why are these Soul Mining cassette songs sooo hard to get!!!
Brilliant. I hope to see The Pornography Of Despair finally released before I die of old age ..
Don't hold your breath
Fuckinsstastic!!!!! :)
Were so blessed with his work..Thank Christ He Never Sold Out....
Got this on tape, should be a rerelease
Would love to find a digital original version of this song as well as the 4 others that only came on the tape...
Classic!
this sounds a lot like LCD Soundsystem, Matt Johnson was the man...he needs to get back on tour!
Hold on, isn't it the original swing version on the b side of perfect. This is the one from the Cassette of soul mining, the b side to slow train and the 10 inch of Vs the world.
FUCKING AWESOME -1 of the standout tracks of the 80's - and still relevant now as it was in its day.
*time* . Fucking keypads!!
Takes me back,evocative of its
I have this on the V. The World 10" vinyl EP
Very raw, very Matt, it's like too much youth and exuberance spilling out in music and I love it
4m421ng!!!!
more to it then the ear can hear.
love and devotion
This was also on an EP called "Perfect", it was a lot of B sides... some of the best The The out there IMHO, I keep looking for a re-release but no such luck. My cassette recording has seen better days, so, THANK YOU!!
The David Lynch of music making. This song is on the 12'' single of "Slow train to Dawn".
Great Beat :)
@fabianlabian thanks that would be great to make those tracks available so they don't vanish from existence. The story of POD is that Matt gave cassettes to a small group of friends+family and he wasn't happy about the finished product, so he scrapped it and did Soul Mining. The album does exist though.
@blackadder3 i,m still waiting for PoD tho i have heard a few copies exist somewhere. I,ll try and get the bonus tracks off the cassette as i have it myself and i,m not happy that the cd,s havent got them on.
One of my favorite Matt Johnson songs! I have the Soul Mining cassette with the extra tracks taken from Pornography of Despair, I don't even have a cassette player but I keep thinking I'll digitize them for preservation. Seems like Matt will never release POD, even though he said he would over 10 yrs ago.
One of my favorite singles of all time!!.
Great! on youtube at last!