[Verse 1]
On a submarine mission for you, baby
I feel the way you were going
I pictured you up on my TV screen
I feel your undercurrents flowing
[Chorus]
Submission
Going down, down, dragging me down
Submission
I can't tell you what I've found
[Verse 2]
You got me pretty deep, baby
I can't figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
You're shooting it out in heaven above
[Chorus]
Submission
Going down, down, dragging me down
Submission
I can't tell you what I've found
[Bridge 1]
Well it's a mystery (Ah)
Under the sea
In the water
I wanna share it
[Chorus]
Submission
Going down, down, dragging me down
Submission
I can't tell you what I've found
[Bridge 2]
'Cause it's a secret
Underwater
In the sea
[Verse 2]
You got me pretty deep, baby
I can't figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
Shooting it out in heaven above
[Chorus]
Submission
Going down, down, dragging me down
Submission
I can't tell you what I've found
[Bridge 3]
Submission
[Outro]
Down, down, under the water
Going down, down, under the water
Going down, down, under the water
Going down, down, under the sea
Submission was written by Steve Jones & John Lydon & Glen Matlock & Paul Cook.
Dean Wareham:
My favorite Peel Session recording was our cover of the Sex Pistols' “Submission”. People always say that’s an unlikely cover but Damon and I had been playing that one since our days in Speedy and the Castanets; it was one of the first songs we learned together.
—via Pitchfork