Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers & The Anchoress
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Vivian Maier was a street photographer in Chicago. She was mostly active in the 50s, and she took over 150,000 photos in her lifetime. Despite this, she went largely undiscovered.
[Verse 1]
You work these streets with a camera round your neck
It's your weapon of choice, it's your ultimate defence
I've seen your face but I've really seen your smile
Did you leave the ruins or did you build a life?
[Pre-Chorus]
Vivian, did you ever realise?
All that mystery that you left behind
[Chorus]
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
[Verse 2]
I've looked inside your soul but we never heard your voice
Did we ever see beneath your disguise?
The museums and galleries have become your home
Would it mean that much if you were looking down?
[Pre-Chorus]
Vivian, did you ever recognise?
All that history you never compromised
[Chorus]
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
(Did you ever recognise?)
Ah, Vivian
(You never compromised)
[Bridge]
Vivian, did you ever recognise?
All that history you never compromised
[Chorus]
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
Ah, Vivian
(Did you ever realise?)
Ah, Vivian
(The mystery you left behind)
Ah, Vivian
(Did you ever recognise?)
Ah, Vivian
(You never compromised)
Vivian was written by Sean Moore & Nicky Wire & James Dean Bradfield.
Vivian was produced by Dave Eringa.
Manic Street Preachers released Vivian on Fri Apr 13 2018.
According to James Dean Bradfield in 2018:
Nick has written outside of himself about Vivian Maier, the photographer. She didn’t have much of a personal life, but she just took photographs all the time. And somebody discovered these hundreds of thousands of negatives in a clearance sale in New York,...