Passive Tense

by Napalm Death

From the album: Time Waits for No Slave

Track 9 of 14 on Time Waits for No Slave (2009).

Duration: 3:50

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Lyrics for Passive Tense

Overbearing drive to break loose But not to inflict any wounding Back-breaking social codes I'm hurtling toward apoplexy "Conduct inappropriate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Conduct inappropriate! Institutional oafs break loose Care to neutralise us human germs Guidelines they so staunchly espouse Adjustable once they are exposed "Lifestyles disproportionate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Lifestyles disproportionate! Verbal diarrhoea Verbal diarrhoea Verbal diarrhoea Verbal diarrhoea Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl Are you some god, king and sage? God, king and sage? God, king and sage? God, king and sage? Superfluous slurs Superfluous slurs Resent, interject, intercept and molest Superfluous slurs Entrap, double back They collapse and entrance Superfluous slurs "Lifestyle disproportionate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Conduct inappropriate!

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More from Time Waits for No Slave

  1. Strong-Arm
  2. Diktat
  3. Work to Rule
  4. On the Brink of Extinction
  5. Time Waits For No Slave
  6. Life and Limb
  7. Downbeat Clique
  8. Fallacy Dominion
  9. Passive Tense
  10. Larceny of the Heart
  11. Procrastination On the Empty Vessel
  12. Feeling Redundant
  13. A No-Sided Argument
  14. De-evolution Ad Nauseum