Downbeat Clique

Napalm Death · Time Waits For No Slave [2009]

For independence, we alone define

Open-ended, not monopolized, it's just as it is



Does not need overstatement

Don't broadcast it from the rooftops

It's we alone that convene



But radical actor, there you are

The radical statesman picking holes

But radical actor, there you are

The radical statesman's checklist of faults



But radical actor, there you are

In radical terms, this target's soft

But radical actor, there you are

In radical terms, it's power to your lost soul



But radical actor, there you are

The radical heights of alienating

To be a cut above or below



Infighting starts to establish

A clearly marked distance

Because image is at stake

Infighting starts to establish

A clearly marked distance

Because image is at stake



Mindlessly stifling, downbeat clique

Downbeat clique, downbeat clique

Down-at-heel, downbeat clique

Downbeat clique, downbeat clique



Infighting starts to establish

A clearly marked distance

Because image is at stake

Infighting starts to establish

A clearly marked distance

Because image is at stake



Pitifully sniping, downbeat clique

Downbeat clique, downbeat clique

Re-branded morality, downbeat clique

Downbeat clique, downbeat clique



Exactly what are you achieving?



The faithful patron of one conclusion

With reflection, effects are null and void

It's just as it is



But radical actor, there you are

The radical statesman picking holes

But radical actor, there you are

In radical terms, it's power to your lost soul



But radical actor, there you are

The radical slip into social structure

And your threatening alliance with the norm

With the norm, with the norm, with the norm

With the norm, with the norm, with the norm