Beyond ability and control
We could be weekend lovers
Steal a sentence and make a catch phrase
parole for our revolution
Whispered all across the street
about the new cool call
Or screamed at your face like a scabs payroll
Faces like angels, licking our fingertips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
With battered bodies and puckered lips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud
and fashionable ways
Yeah, get down, get down, yeah
Can I get a witness ?
This I gotta see
Bring it in one more time for me
Bring it in one more time for me
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience


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    "What the fuck, child? How can it be amazing if you don't even know what it's about, and you can't say it's about something amazing if you're not even sure."

    Songs can be amazing without knowing what they're about. Otherwise people couldn't enjoy music in languages they don't speak. And she said it's "probably" about something amazing. She didn't say it was.

    Reading comprehension is always a boon these days.

    DeltaTheNoobon May 08, 2007   Link
  • +1
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    I feel as this must be mentioned more than once REFUSED WERE WELL AHEAD OF THEIR TIME!

    enemy_withinon June 07, 2004   Link
  • +1
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    Coolest song i've ever heard.

    shadowwiththeeyeson October 20, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    this song is f-in great, theres no need to say anything else.

    foo55on May 15, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    the guitar riff to this song is about the best thing ive ever heard....ever.

    emorockidon August 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Nooooo, Refused come back.

    bigbadburton July 02, 2003   Link
  • 0
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    Guitars are great, but so are the drums in the middle of the song. :D

    Proddieon November 21, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "" REFUSED WERE WELL AHEAD OF THEIR TIME! ""

    ADimeADexteron December 30, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    refused are fucking dead?

    raejon January 13, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    scratch that....refused are fucking dead :(

    question mark was a typo

    raejon January 13, 2005   Link

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