INTRO: X2   X2 VERSE 1: In 1985 I placed a bet and lied losing all that I had at least with all my heart intact In 1985  Orwell was proved right Torville and Dean’s bolero redundant as a sad welsh chapel In 1985 in 1985             So God is dead like Nietzsche said    Superstition is all we have left    Circle the wagons we’re under attack We’ve realised there’s no going back we’ve realised there’s no going back BREAK (intro repeated): X2   X2 VERSE 2: In 1985 the Civil War failed why kept hidden like scars of birth nature unable to soften the words In 1985 my words they came alive friends were made for life Morrissey and Marr gave me choice In 1985 in 1985             So God is dead like Nietzsche said    Only 16 years of age he said    See all the tears for the walking dead We’ve realised there’s no going back we’ve realised there’s no going back BREAK (intro repeated twice): X2 X2 X2 X2 ENDING: In 1985 I placed a bet and lied losing all that I had