Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
“Symphony of Tourette”, as its title suggests, is about Tourette’s Syndrome, a disease that affects your speech and can, in many cases, cause you to inadvertently and uncontrollably swear or make vulgar gestures. Co-writer and rhythm guitarist Richey James Edwards went further into the meaning of th...
[Verse 1]
Stutter, stutter, says the little boy
I wanna blow a hole in my head
I swear what this world wants to hear
Trapped in what we know as truth syndrome
Stutter, stutter, silence no friend
[Chorus]
Children can be cruel she said
So I smashed her in the fucking head
Sorry, dear, that's the nature of Tourette
[Verse 2]
Stutter, stutter, nothing else but me
I twitch and turn while underneath
My contemporaries are so in control
Fuck you, fuck you, I grunt and groan
Stutter, stutter, can't keep it no more
[Chorus]
Children can be cruel she said
So I smashed her in the fucking head
Sorry, dear, that's the nature of Tourette
[Verse 3]
Stutter, stutter, are your eyes closed?
You know a hole through which you can fall
But I can't even be bothered to hang on
When you're this numb news don't register
I just opened my eyes
Symphony of Tourette was written by James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore & Nicky Wire & Richey Edwards.
Symphony of Tourette was produced by Dave Eringa.
Manic Street Preachers released Symphony of Tourette on Mon Jun 21 1993.