[Verse 1]
Paralysis through analysis
Yellow moral unclean decay
Silence begins to hurt me now
The sunshine it fades away
Syllables have now disappeared
How could this happen to me?
How could this happen to me?
[Chorus]
But now i feel so weak
Dead trees and traffic islands never meet
Is this, is this my defeat?
This purgatory for beginners
Dead trees and traffic islands
Dead trees and traffic islands
[Verse 2]
Tolerance slips away
Body shrugs and says hello once more
Paint the walls within my mind
Clandestine brain finished period
Lips turn grey inside turns out
I show little defence
I show little defence
[Chorus]
Dead Trees and Traffic Islands was written by Nicky Wire & James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore.
Dead Trees and Traffic Islands was produced by Dave Eringa.
Manic Street Preachers released Dead Trees and Traffic Islands on Mon Apr 15 1996.