Archives of Pain by Manic Street Preachers
Archives of Pain by Manic Street Preachers

Archives of Pain

Manic Street Preachers * Track #5 On The Holy Bible

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Archives of Pain by Manic Street Preachers

Release Date
Mon Aug 29 1994
Writed by
James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore & Nicky Wire & Richey Edwards
About

This controversial song can be read in a variety of ways. The lyrics are a pro-death penalty look at media glorification of serial killers, but it is not clear whether the words actually advocate capital punishment, if they are meant to be an ironic look at a perspective which advocates it, or if th...

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Archives of Pain Lyrics

[Sampled Intro]
I wonder who you think you are
You damn well think you're God or something?
God give life, God taketh it away - not you
I think you are the Devil itself

[Verse 1]
If hospitals cure
Then prisons must bring their pain
Don't be ashamed to slaughter
The centre of humanity is cruelty
There is never redemption
Any fool can regret yesterday
Nail it to the House of Lords
You will be buried in the same box as a killer
As a killer
As a killer

[Pre-hook]
A drained white body hangs from the gallows
It's more righteous than Hindley's crotchet lectures
Pain, not penance - forget martyrs, remember victims
The weak die young and right now we crouch to make them strong

[Hook]
Kill Yeltsin, who's saying?
Zhirinovsky, Le Pen
Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allitt, Sutcliffe
Dahmer, Nilsen, Yoshinori Ueda
Blanche and Pickles, Amin and Milosevic
Give them respect they deserve
I give them the respect they deserve
I give them the respect they deserve
I give them the respect they deserve

[Verse 2]
Execution needed
A bloody vessel for your peace
If man makes death, death makes man
Tear the torso with horses and chains
Let killers view themselves like they view the world
They pick at the holes
Not punish less, rise the pain
Sterilise rapists
All I preach is extinction

[Hook]
Kill Yeltsin, who's saying?
Zhirinovsky, Le Pen
Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allitt, Sutcliffe
Dahmer, Nilsen, Yoshinori Ueda
Blanche and Pickles, Amin, Manic Street Preachers
Give them respect they deserve
I give them the respect they deserve
I give them the respect they deserve
I give them the respect they d-e-s-e-r-v-e

Archives of Pain Q&A

Who wrote Archives of Pain's ?

Archives of Pain was written by James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore & Nicky Wire & Richey Edwards.

Who produced Archives of Pain's ?

Archives of Pain was produced by Manic Street Preachers.

When did Manic Street Preachers release Archives of Pain?

Manic Street Preachers released Archives of Pain on Mon Aug 29 1994.

What did Manic Street Preachers say about "Archives of Pain"?

Richey James was going trough deep emotional troubles when the song was composed, which should be taken in consideration. He provided a very brutal interpretation of the lyrics in a 1994 interview published just two months before his disappearance:

I like the idea in “Archives Of Pain” I took from...

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