Middle-Class Heroes-The Divine Comedy

[ti:Middle-Class Heroes] [ar:The Divine Comedy] [al:Casanova] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Middle-Class Heroes - The Divine Comedy [00:02.45]Hello [00:02.92] [00:03.75]What have we here [00:04.77] [00:05.67]A young lady [00:06.65] [00:07.89]To what do I owe this pleasant surprise [00:10.21]My pretty one [00:11.15] [00:12.36]How may I be of service this dark and wintry night [00:16.15] [00:17.21]Ah I see [00:18.73] [00:19.53]You wish me to look into the future [00:21.86] [00:22.92]Your future [00:24.01] [00:25.12]After GCSEs A-levels university [00:30.60] [00:31.55]After your first badly paid job in advertising [00:34.86] [00:36.26]Okay my pretty just cross my palm with plastic [00:41.25] [00:41.98]And I'll see what I can do [00:43.49] [00:44.77]Wait [00:45.70]The fog is lifting [00:47.55]I see oriental paper globes [00:53.85]Hanging like decomposing cocoons [00:59.07] [01:00.37]While exotic candles overload [01:05.15] [01:06.00]The dusty air with their stale perfume [01:11.70]And I see lentils beans seaweed and rice [01:17.90]In jars on the windowsill [01:23.31] [01:24.00]And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice [01:29.84]Running behind the lines of allergy pills [01:36.38] [01:37.11]All these things will come to pass [01:42.50]When heroes of the middle class [01:48.30]Face up to their responsibilities [01:59.00] [01:59.52]I see an Indian fertility God [02:05.28] [02:06.13]He's got thirty seven limbs to spare [02:10.70] [02:12.29]And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths [02:17.36] [02:17.88]That double up as evening wear [02:23.27] [02:23.82]And I see naked bodies twist and turn [02:29.78]On the futon of dreams fulfilled [02:35.00] [02:35.83]But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned [02:41.16] [02:41.80]He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills [02:48.18] [02:48.87]All these things will come to pass [02:54.39]When heroes of the middle class [03:00.16]Face up today and responsibility [03:15.47] [03:17.76]I see unspeakable vulgarity [03:22.16]Institutionalised mediocrity [03:25.24]Infinite tragedy [03:27.17]Rise up little souls [03:29.37]Join the doomed army [03:31.31]Fight the good fight [03:33.17]Wage the unwinnable war [03:35.62]Elegance against ignorance [03:37.92]Difference against indifference [03:40.50]Wit against sh*t [03:42.47]My words fly up to heaven [03:47.66] [03:48.25]My thoughts remain below [03:53.37] [03:55.06]Words said without feeling never to heaven go [04:04.76] [04:06.87]Never to heaven go [04:10.90] [04:12.02]Oh never to heaven go [04:17.05] [04:18.73]Never to heaven go [04:25.87] [04:42.85]All these things will come to pass [04:48.22]When heroes of the middle class [04:54.07]Face up repent and pay the price [05:00.40]For accidentally creating life [05:05.85] [05:06.38]An oversight for which they must atone [05:16.46]And sacrifice their own