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 I am trying to be heroic

 In an age of modernity

 I am trying to be heroic

 Because all around me history sings

 So I enjoyed and I devoured

 Flesh and wine and luxury

 But in my heart

 I am lukewarm

 Nothing ever really touches me

Riff

At Les Trois Garcons

 We meet at precisely 9 o'clock

 I order the foie gras

 And I e-e-e-eat it with complete disdain

Bubbles rise in champagne flutes

 But when we kiss, I feel nothing

Feasting on sleeping pills

 And Marlboro Reds

(So busy won't save you)

Oh how our parents

 They suffered for nothing

 Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream

 Like the 80s never happened

 People are afraid, are afraid

 To merge on the freeway

Disappear here

Riff

Stroll the pier

 Into the magazine launch party

 I am handed a pill

 And I swa-a-a-allow with complete disdain

Kick-drum bangs off the high-hat

 Remember to look bored

 We suck each others' faces

 And make sure we are noticed

(Cocaine won't save you)

Because East London is a vampire

It sucks the joy right out of me

How we long for corruption in these golden years

Oh how our parents

 They suffered for nothing

 Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream

 Like the 80s never happened

 People are afraid, are afraid

 To merge on the freeway

Disappear here