...FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE... by Manic Street Preachers ------------.......................... *from ’Gold Against the Soul’ (1993)* Verse 1: I write this alone on my bed; I’ve poisoned every room in the house. The place is quiet and so a-lone Pretend there’s something worth waiting for. There’s nothing nice in my head; the adult world took it all a-way. I wake up with same spit in my mouth; I cannot tell if it’s real or not. Chorus 1:     I try and walk in a straight line.     An imi-tation of digni-ty.        From despair to where?        From despair to where? Interlude:       (x2) Verse 2: Out-side open mouthed crowds pass each other as if they’re drugged. Down pale corridors of rou-tine where life falls una-toned. The weak kick like straw ’till the world means less and less. Words are never e-nough; just cheap tarnished glit-ter. Chorus 2:     I try and walk in a straight line.     An imi-tation of digni-ty.        From despair to where?        From despair to... Bridge 1: Where...                            (x2) Chorus 3:                      A cripple walks in a straight line.     An imi-tation of digni-ty.        From despair to where?        From despair to where? CHORD DIAGRAMS:                                                  --------------                                                                                     EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE                        320003  x02013  x32010  x13331  x35543                                            EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE                    022000  x688xx  x577xx  577655  x24442              Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY Bristol England 2008 ()